Cant format or preclear drive. Disk is part of unRAID array. Aborted

[Genesius10]

i have just changed cache drive.  i unassigned one drive and assigned the new drive.  unraid said something like 'disk will be formatted when array starts'.  so i started the array.

next i have an error 'unmountable, unsupported partition layout'.  

 

i stopped the array, unassigned the new drive.

 

Format is greyed out,

ive tried preclear but i get he error below 'nvme0n1 is part of unRAID array. Aborted'

 

What am i doing wrong and how can i get this to work.  

 

im only testing unraid at the moment so if i have to start again i can.

 

 

Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Command: /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/preclear.disk/script/preclear_disk.sh --erase-clear --cycles 1 --no-prompt /dev/nvme0n1Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Preclear Disk Version: 1.0.20Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk /dev/nvme0n1 is a SSD, disabling head stress test.Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: S.M.A.R.T. info type: defaultJan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk size: 1000204886016Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk blocks: 1953525168Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Blocks (512 bytes): 1953525168Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Block size: 512Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Start sector: 0Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk /dev/nvme0n1 is part of unRAID array. Aborted.Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: error encountered, exiting...

[Herbiewalker]

Did you try to use the new config tool (in the tools tab) to reassign everything properly, then restart the array.....

 

If you just dropped/added in the main tab I had issues when I did that as well. Had to use the new config tool to clean it up. 

 

 

[ados]

9 hours ago, Genesius10 said:

i have just changed cache drive.  i unassigned one drive and assigned the new drive.  unraid said something like 'disk will be formatted when array starts'.  so i started the array.

next i have an error 'unmountable, unsupported partition layout'.  

 

i stopped the array, unassigned the new drive.

 

Format is greyed out,

ive tried preclear but i get he error below 'nvme0n1 is part of unRAID array. Aborted'

 

What am i doing wrong and how can i get this to work.  

 

im only testing unraid at the moment so if i have to start again i can.

 

 

Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Command: /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/preclear.disk/script/preclear_disk.sh --erase-clear --cycles 1 --no-prompt /dev/nvme0n1Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Preclear Disk Version: 1.0.20Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk /dev/nvme0n1 is a SSD, disabling head stress test.Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: S.M.A.R.T. info type: defaultJan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk size: 1000204886016Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk blocks: 1953525168Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Blocks (512 bytes): 1953525168Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Block size: 512Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Start sector: 0Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: Disk /dev/nvme0n1 is part of unRAID array. Aborted.Jan 24 23:37:09 preclear_disk_203796803654_10946: error encountered, exiting...

Warning if you use the clear config you will have no RAID settings and will need to rebuild.

Check if drive is part of the cache and settings are set correct for the drive i.e. MBR: 4K-aligned

You can also run a preclear on the drive but would not recommend for an SSD or NVMe