fonzie Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Correct. No firmware update, no jumper. Great drives. Quote Link to comment
fonzie Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Just to reaffirm, these drives are NOT advanced format, correct? So I use the lower-case "a" when running the preclear? Quote Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
fonzie Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment
Joe L. Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
fonzie Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Thanks for giving me peace of mind. I just added the new Hitachi to my array. Quote Link to comment
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