March 19, 201115 yr I always get a little paranoid before adding a new drive to my array, so I have to come on these forums to ensure that I'm doing everything right. So I just picked up a Hitachi 2TB 5K3000 Green drive from Fry's for $69.99 and wanted to make sure that all I had to do was connect my HDD, run the latest preclear script and add to the array. No funny stuff like jumpers or firmware upgrades I should be made aware of? I'm running unraid server pro 4.7
March 19, 201115 yr Author Just to reaffirm, these drives are NOT advanced format, correct? So I use the lower-case "a" when running the preclear?
March 19, 201115 yr Just to reaffirm, these drives are NOT advanced format, correct? So I use the lower-case "a" when running the preclear? using lowercase a will work BUT using uppercase A will not hurt it either. All drive can be and should be used with the UPPERCASE A option expect for the WD EARS drives that have a jumper installed.
March 19, 201115 yr Author I started the preclear last night before I saw your posting. My unRAID disk settings are Default Partition: MBR: Unaligned on unraid I input: ./preclear_disk.sh -M 4 /dev/sdX I didn't use either an "A" or "a" but I am to understand that in the absence of either, the script defaults to the disk settings. So am I fine with how I ran it or should I stop the preclear and start it over with an "A" and set it as an Advanced Format drive?
March 20, 201115 yr I started the preclear last night before I saw your posting. My unRAID disk settings are Default Partition: MBR: Unaligned on unraid I input: ./preclear_disk.sh -M 4 /dev/sdX I didn't use either an "A" or "a" but I am to understand that in the absence of either, the script defaults to the disk settings. So am I fine with how I ran it or should I stop the preclear and start it over with an "A" and set it as an Advanced Format drive? Let the pre-clear finish. The Hitachi drive is perfectly happy with partitions starting on sector 63.
March 20, 201115 yr Author Thanks for giving me peace of mind. I just added the new Hitachi to my array.
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