Flash Boot drive adding files.

[itwonttakelong]

Newbie here.  when my server boots up I see file like this  "422:c3/00" and they go on and on and on and then at the bottom it says "Not automatically fixing this" I have no idea what this is or how to get rid of it. Any help would really  appreciative.

[trurl]

Does it complete booting? Do you have a flash backup?

[itwonttakelong]

Yes it completes boot, and I did back up the flash. This has been going on for some time now everything runs fine but I getting more and more file or folders on my flash drive and at the bottom it says " Not Automatically Fixing This" Makes me think I did something to cause this but I have no Idea what.

[trurl]

attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread

[itwonttakelong]

Is this what you want ?

thor-diagnostics-20220706-1224.zip

[trurl]

What do you get from the command line with this?

ls -lah /boot

 

[trurl]

Why are you installing all of NerdPack? Do you even know what most of that is for? I recommend only installing those things from NerdPack that you use frequently.

[itwonttakelong]

ls -lah /boot
total 296M
drwx------ 10 root root  16K Dec 31  1969 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root  440 Jul  6 12:25 ../
drwx------  8 root root  16K Jul  6 18:08 .git/
-rw-------  1 root root  180 Mar  9 17:56 .gitattributes
drwx------  3 root root  16K Mar  2 08:28 EFI/
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0000.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  32K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0001.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0002.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0003.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0004.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0005.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  32K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0006.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  16K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0007.REC
-rw-------  1 root root  32K Mar  2 08:31 FSCK0008.REC
drwx------  2 root root  16K Mar  2 08:28 System\ Volume\ Information/
-rw-------  1 root root 111M Jun 14 11:32 bzfirmware
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Jun 14 11:37 bzfirmware.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root 5.9M Jun 14 11:32 bzimage
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Jun 14 11:37 bzimage.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root  18M Jun 14 11:32 bzmodules
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Jun 14 11:37 bzmodules.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root 135M Jun 14 11:37 bzroot
-rw-------  1 root root  26M Jun 14 11:33 bzroot-gui
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Jun 14 11:37 bzroot-gui.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Jun 14 11:37 bzroot.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root  30K Jun 14 11:32 changes.txt
drwx------ 11 root root  16K Jul  6 12:19 config/
-r--------  1 root root 120K Mar  2 08:31 ldlinux.c32
-r--------  1 root root  68K Mar  2 08:31 ldlinux.sys
-rw-------  1 root root 7.8K Jun 14 11:32 license.txt
drwx------  2 root root  16K Jul  6 12:25 logs/
-rw-------  1 root root 1.8K Jun 14 11:32 make_bootable.bat
-rw-------  1 root root 3.3K Jun 14 11:32 make_bootable_linux
-rw-------  1 root root 2.4K Jun 14 11:32 make_bootable_mac
-rw-------  1 root root 147K Jun 14 11:32 memtest
drwx------  2 root root  16K Mar  8 10:00 preclear_reports/
drwx------  2 root root  16K Jun 16 09:26 previous/
drwx------  2 root root  16K Mar  2 08:30 syslinux/
-rw-------  1 root root  492 Jun 14 11:32 syslinux.cfg-
-rw-------  1 root root  493 Mar  2 08:31 syslinux.cfg-.save
-rw-------  1 root root  510 Jul  1 18:25 syslinux.cfg-.save.1
-rw-------  1 root root 250K Jul  1 18:19 syslog
-rw-------  1 root root 250K Jul  1 18:19 syslog.txt

[itwonttakelong]

Nerd pack was a recommended plugin to install when I was setting up this server. I tried to uninstall it afterwards and it took my server with it. so I just leave it alone. I use perl and maybe something else. how do I remove it without messing up my server ?

[trurl]

Except for the .REC files that looks normal. Those files (a few months old) are due to trying to fix corruption on the flash drive, similar to checkdisk in Windows. The message you are getting during boot is probably saying it isn't going to try to fix it.

 

Put flash in your PC and see if it can fix it. You can delete those .REC files.

 

Or you can reformat it, prepare it as a new install, and copy the config folder from your backup. config folder is all you need to get your configuration back on a new install.

[trurl]

Just now, itwonttakelong said:

Nerd pack was a recommended plugin to install when I was setting up this server. I tried to uninstall it afterwards and it took my server with it. so I just leave it alone. I use perl and maybe something else. how do I remove it without messing up my server ?

You can leave it installed, but you should go to its settings and remove (uncheck) all the packages you don't use. Uninstalling it shouldn't mess up your server though. Maybe just a symptom of your flash problems.

 

You can manually delete config/plugins/Nerdpack folder and config/plugins Nerdpack.plg from flash drive and it won't be loaded next time you boot.

[itwonttakelong]

Well Thank you trurl , you made my Day !

[Steviewunda]

I'm experiencing exactly the same issue, and booting takes much longer (maybe 5 minutes) than my other Unraid server. I have included the results of the command 'ls -lah /boot', and attached my diagnostics zip. I would be grateful if someone could check these, and let me know if I should also follow trurl's recommendations. Note that unlike the original poster, I have no '.rec' files. Cheers, Steve

 

root@Tower2:~# ls -lah /boot
total 321M
drwx------  9 root root  16K Jan  1  1970 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root  440 Apr  9 15:47 ../
drwx------  8 root root  16K Mar  8 04:43 .git/
-rw-------  1 root root  180 Dec 12 00:14 .gitattributes
drwx------  3 root root  16K Dec 10 01:59 EFI/
drwx------  2 root root  16K Dec 10 07:39 System\ Volume\ Information/
-rw-------  1 root root 118M Dec 10 11:20 bzfirmware
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Dec 10 11:20 bzfirmware.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root 6.0M Dec 10 11:20 bzimage
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Dec 10 11:20 bzimage.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root  20M Dec 10 11:20 bzmodules
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Dec 10 11:20 bzmodules.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root 158M Dec 10 11:20 bzroot
-rw-------  1 root root  20M Dec 10 11:20 bzroot-gui
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Dec 10 11:20 bzroot-gui.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root   65 Dec 10 11:20 bzroot.sha256
-rw-------  1 root root  23K Dec 10 11:20 changes.txt
drwx------ 11 root root  16K Apr  9 15:47 config/
-rw-------  1 root root 120K Dec 10 11:20 ldlinux.c32
-rw-------  1 root root  68K Dec 10 11:20 ldlinux.sys
-rw-------  1 root root 7.8K Dec 10 11:20 license.txt
drwx------  2 root root  16K Jan 22 14:31 logs/
-rw-------  1 root root 1.8K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable.bat
-rw-------  1 root root 3.3K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable_linux
-rw-------  1 root root 2.4K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable_mac
-rw-------  1 root root 147K Dec 10 11:20 memtest
drwx------  2 root root  16K Jan 21 22:41 preclear_reports/
drwx------  2 root root  16K Dec 10 01:59 syslinux/
root@Tower2:~#

tower2-diagnostics-20230409-1600.zip

Edited April 9, 2023 by Steviewunda

[Steviewunda]

I just ran scandisk on the USB drive in my Windows PC, but it found no errors. After error-checking I re-inserted it in the Unraid server, and boot time was about 9 minutes.

[Steviewunda]

Solved - I used the USB Creator tool to recreate the USB stick - no change. Then I followed these instructions which resolved this issue - boot time is now about 2 minutes