I am preclearing a drive right now.  When it finishes, I would like to mount it outside of the array and copy some files to it, then unmount it and move the drive to a different server to copy the files.  What are the commands necessary to do this?  Do I have to format the drive first?  I do plan on using this drive in the array in my 'other' server.  Thanks for the help and sorry for the Linux newbie questions.

 

Edit - Maybe I should assign it in the array since I already precleared it?

If you're running unMENU, you can mount and unmount in the "Disk Management" page, assuming it's formatted with a file system native to unRAID.  Otherwise you have to use the mount command.  I make a new directory as a mount point, and then run the necessary commands.  This is what I do for mounting an NTFS drive:

 

mkdir /mnt/extrahdd
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/[sdX1] /mnt/extrahdd
rsync --ignore-existing --progress --stats -r -v /mnt/user/[sharename]/[filename] /mnt/extrahdd/
sync
umount /mnt/extrahdd

 

[sdX1] is the drive you're wanting to mount.

The above example is pulling from a user share, but if you're after a specific disk just use that instead.

If you're wanting specific files, you'll have to enter them one line at a time, but if they're all in folders, you can just use the folder name.

Thanks!