All the FSCK files on flash are from correcting filesystem corruption on flash, so that is probably what happened to your ident.cfg and maybe some other things. Do you have a current flash backup?

Blimey ok so there's something wrong with the USB stick?

 

- Downloaded backup of the stick.

- Formatted the stick.

- Reinstalled unraid via the installer

- Loaded up unraid that way.

 

It instantly recognised both drives and is doing a rebuild now.

I though a new installation would mean new config.

Can't complain.

 

Have ordered a samsung usb stick. 

The current one is sandisk.

 

This whole build is new so no data is important.

Edited September 7, 20223 yr by dopeytree

Hooray after 17hours the disk is rebuilt and all looks ok.

 

Will monitor the USB stick for corruption.

 

Thanks for the help guys.

 

Ok now using a nice Samsung BAR Plus USB key instead of sandisk.

 

Turns out this is the top drive that @SpaceInvaderOne reccomends here: 

 

 

 

Out of curiosity would there be a benefit in unraid using BTRFS for the usb key instead of fat32?

 

I very much appreciated the automatic licence transfer feature. 

 

If anyone finds this it means you can transfer your licence to 1 new usb key once a year yourself - incase of damage etc.

Edited September 9, 20223 yr by dopeytree

53 minutes ago, dopeytree said:

 

Out of curiosity would there be a benefit in unraid using BTRFS for the usb key instead of fat32?

Not possible with the current technologies available.

 

The USB key needs to be the lowest common denominator able to be read and written by every popular OS. BTRFS doesn't play well with current versions of microsoft software without 3rd party mods.