May 23, 20224 yr I got ahead of myself, wasn't grasping what i should be doing and went ahead with new config. It wanted to erase parity disk which didn't seem right so i rebooted. I had a flash backup with the original config and loaded that. The disk i wanted to replace is 'unmountable' at the moment, which isn't really an issue because it's going to be replaced and recent parity check was good. I have the new disk ready to go, listed in unassigned devices. At the moment, it's going through a parity check. Can i cancel that check? And just so i don't mess up again: 1. Stop array 2. De-assign the disk i want to remove 3. Assign the disk that will be replacing that one in the same slot. 4. Start array Correct? or am i messing up Thanks a ton folks!
May 23, 20224 yr 14 minutes ago, jonfive said: The disk i wanted to replace is 'unmountable' at the moment, Which means the replacement will be unmountable as well. Parity, if valid, will rebuild the drive as it is, with whatever corruption is present. Parity doesn't hold files, it works with the entire partition, file system included, so if the file system is corrupt that's what parity will rebuild. When did that disk become unmountable?
May 23, 20224 yr Author 1 minute ago, JonathanM said: Which means the replacement will be unmountable as well. Parity, if valid, will rebuild the drive as it is, with whatever corruption is present. Parity doesn't hold files, it works with the entire partition, file system included, so if the file system is corrupt that's what parity will rebuild. When did that disk become unmountable? Just as i rebooted. i think i just did too many things at once all willy-nilly
May 25, 20224 yr Author On 5/23/2022 at 3:10 PM, JonathanM said: Tools, diagnostics, attach the zip to your next post in this thread. gah, sorry it took so long to get back to you. things just got crazier. shucked seagates are the bane of my existence Disregard this whole thing.. in the middle of just copying off remaining files disk by disk to new wd nas drives and replacing the entire array on 6.10. Only ended up losing a few tb, of which are 100% replaceable. thank you SO much for all your efforts here. you guys are really the stars of the show
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