bidmead Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) This is an issue I first raised in the Dynamix plug-in topic but I'm pretty sure it was the wrong place for it. I have 16GB SanDisk Cruzer Fit as my (so far very satisfactory) boot flash drive. However, I noticed recently that it's being reported on the MAIN page as having a capacity of only 2GB. My first thought was that it must be a fake and I ordered a second 16GB Cruzer as a replacement. However, it occurs to me that if the controller had been programmed to report 16GB while there was only 2GB of storage really available there's no way that I know of that an operating system like UnRAID could know any different without actually flooding the device with writes and checking the reads. And it's very dubious (isn't it?) that UnRAID's MAIN page reporting would be doing this. If UnRAID were to do this (not such a bad idea) the place to do it would be the USB Creator Tool. I'm currently running UnRAID 6.9.0.rc2. But, referring back to earlier screenshots I see this issue was also present in the previous stable version. I'll be happy to swap out the Cruzer if this one turns out to be fake. But before I do the necessary testing I'd appreciate hearing some thoughts on this from the community. Is the Cruzer likely to be a fake? Or is there a bug in UnRAID's reporting? -- Chris Edited January 10, 2021 by bidmead grammar correction Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 If you toss the flash into a Windows box what does it show for capacity? Post your diagnostics Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, bidmead said: I have 16GB SanDisk Cruzer Fit as my (so far very satisfactory) boot flash drive. However, I noticed recently that it's being reported on the MAIN page as having a capacity of only 2GB. I have a 16GB Cruzer Fit for my main Unraid boot drive and its size is reported correctly by Unraid. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Most likely explanation is a 2GB partition with the rest of the drive unallocated. Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 @squid Good thought. But I can probably do this in situ with Linux. I'll report back. Yes, @jonathanm, that occurred to me. But why would the UnRAID USB Creator Tool do this? -- Chris Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Report as promised, @squid. Linux seems to think this is kosher. But, of course, Linux (and Windows) would only be reporting what the USB controller announces. Does UnRAID have a more thorough way of probing the NAND? -- Chris Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 What does the 'lsblk' command under Unraid show? Note that 'sda' is the whole drive and so it is still passible for there to be a partition (sda1) present that is not the whole drive. 1 Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 By golly, @jonathanm and @itimpi, you guys are right. So, many thanks. But why would the UnRAID USB Creator do this to a 16GB drive? Doesn't it begin with a FAT32 format? Or does it use the existing FAT32 format (in which case, probable user error). Perhaps more to the point, what's the best way home from here? 1. Spin down the array 2. Backup the boot USB 3. Reformat the boot USB as FAT32 4. Unzip the backup and copy its files and directories across to the reformatted USB 5. Run the make bootable utility 6. Powercycle the NAS. Any thoughts? I assume I can do all this from inside UnRAID. -- Chris Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 21 minutes ago, bidmead said: Perhaps more to the point, what's the best way home from here? Leave it alone? I don't see any benefit, and plenty of ways to screw it up. Granted, it wouldn't be that hard to fix, but what would you gain? You are currently only using a little over 1/4 of the allocated space. If the USB firmware is intelligent, it will use the remaining capacity behind the scenes for wear leveling anyway. Think of it as a little aggressive over-provisioning that should extend the life of your device. If you do start to run close, address it then. Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 A very smart and prompt response, @jonathanm. Much appreciated. Yes, I'll take your advice. BTW, the community has me labelled, entirely incorrectly, as an "Advanced Member". How do I become an "unAdvanced Member" like you? -- Chris Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, bidmead said: How do I become an "unAdvanced Member" like you? Click on your name at the top of this page, profile, edit profile, member title. Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Sadly, @jonathanm, Rank doesn't seem to be editable for the likes of me. The only other option would be to work hard to deserve my Advanced title. Oh, God... -- Chris Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, bidmead said: Sadly, @jonathanm, Rank doesn't seem to be editable for the likes of me. The only other option would be to work hard to deserve my Advanced title. Oh, God... -- Chris rank isn't edited, it's replaced by member title. Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 17 minutes ago, jonathanm said: rank isn't edited, it's replaced by member title. I can't find a field called "member title" on the edit profile page. (Shows how completely I'm not an Advanced Member...). -- Chris Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 And now, I am not an Advanced User anymore. I think the status changes after a given number of posts and/or time of registration. 1 Quote Link to comment
bidmead Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) I think the ability to edit that field must be an earned privilege I've yet to achieve, @ChatNoir. I can find no such field in my profile. -- Chris Edited January 11, 2021 by bidmead 1 Quote Link to comment
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