Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Hello everyone. I am trying to combine two unraid machienes I have been running. But since Unraid still does not support multiple arrays in a single install, I am trying to run the second unraid in a VM. But when i plug a new unraid USB into the already running system, the USB is not available to be assigned to a VM. As unassigned disks plugin, says the USB is "array" The Log tells me what happens: It seems like the existing unraid picks up the USB unraid, and locks the device, as it now is the active license. The USB i am using is using a new blank unraid 6.10.3 install, until i know if this would work or not. I already own the two unraid pro licenses. The host unraid system is currently running Unraid 6.9.2 I can post diagnostics, but i don't know if that would help anyway. Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 @Struck You need to change the 2nd USB to be a different volume name and change the syslinux config with the label name. append unraidlabel=UNRAID-VM initrd=/bzroot Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, SimonF said: @Struck You need to change the 2nd USB to be a different volume name and change the syslinux config with the label name. append unraidlabel=UNRAID-VM initrd=/bzroot Thanks for the informatiopn. This solved my initial problem. I followed the video, but the USB does not appear as a boot device in the VM. I edited the files on thje USB drive, and ran the make_bootable file without any problems. Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Struck said: Thanks for the informatiopn. This solved my initial problem. I followed the video, but the USB does not appear as a boot device in the VM. I edited the files on thje USB drive, and ran the make_bootable file without any problems. How are you mapping the USB device to the VM? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Struck said: Thanks for the informatiopn. This solved my initial problem. I followed the video, but the USB does not appear as a boot device in the VM. I edited the files on thje USB drive, and ran the make_bootable file without any problems. Is the USB drive the same model as that used by the host? It is much more convenient if it is not. Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, SimonF said: How are you mapping the USB device to the VM? Using the USB Manager shown in the video. I have also tried to assign it using the normal method in the VM settings. Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, itimpi said: Is the USB drive the same model as that used by the host? It is much more convenient if it is not. Host is using a HP w165 usb, VM is using a Sandisk extreme USB. So different vendor and model. Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Struck said: Using the USB Manager shown in the video. I have also tried to assign it using the normal method in the VM settings. Are you using ovmf for the bios and have renamed the efi- directory on flash to efi? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Struck said: Host is using a HP w165 usb, VM is using a Sandisk extreme USB. So different vendor and model. If that is the case then it should be possible to assign the USB device to the VM simply by editing the VM settings. Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, SimonF said: Are you using ovmf for the bios and have renamed the efi- directory on flash to efi? I actually used the USB media creation tool to create the media, but altered the drive label and edited the files afterwards, Maybe this is not the way to do it. EFI folder is named as is default, when using the media creation tool. Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 I tried creating the USB with the manual way, of, but I still have the same error. Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 What does the console show? Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, SimonF said: What does the console show? Cant really find anything about the USB in the Logs for the VM: Unraid Host logs tells me this: Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Struck said: Cant really find anything about the USB in the Logs for the VM: Unraid Host logs tells me this: What about the vnc console? does it just show the uefi boot? Quote Link to comment
Struck Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, SimonF said: What about the vnc console? does it just show the uefi boot? Quote Link to comment
SimonF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Struck said: Not sure why you are not seeing any devices. Quote Link to comment
Solution Struck Posted August 18, 2022 Author Solution Share Posted August 18, 2022 I finally got a breakthrough. I tried many different settings. But when I switched the USB Controller from 2.0 EHCI to 3.0 (qemu XHCI) It suddently appeared as a bootable device I didn't try this earlier, since i expected 2.0 to work better for boot than 3.0. Thanks for all your guys help so far Quote Link to comment
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