Hello all, I'm having issues and trying to get a diagnostic file to post but cannot find it! When I run the diagnostics it says it goes to /boot/logs but when I open /boot there is no logs folder. I tried to create it and it would not let me. I'm using Krusader to view the folders/files. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I would try ddrescue first with the other one, but since I'm going offline soon for the day I'll leave here the instruction for the other option in case you want to try that instead. I'm going to assume the rescued disk is disk1, if it's not adjust as necessary, also you need a new disk for disk3, if you want to rebuild it, if you just want to see if it can be emulated you can use the old disk for now: -Tools -> New Config -> Retain current configuration: All -> Apply -Check all assignments and assign any missing disk(s) if needed, including the cloned disk1 and the new (or old) disk3, if it's a new disk it should be same size or larger than the old one -IMPORTANT - Check both "parity is already valid" and "maintenance mode" and start the array (note that the GUI will still show that data on parity disk(s) will be overwritten, this is normal as it doesn't account for the checkbox, but it won't be as long as it's checked) -Stop array -Unassign disk3 -Start array (in normal mode now), ideally the emulated disk3 will now mount and contents look correct, if it doesn't post new diags -If the emulated disk mounts and contents look correct and you are using the old disk stop here, for now you can access its contents using the emulated disk, if there's a new disk3 and you want to rebuild it, stop the array -Re-assign disk3 and start array to begin.

Cannot find the Diagnostic file.

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October 14, 20223 yr

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It should mount now.

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October 14, 20223 yr

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You should now find that the drive can be mounted without any problems.

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October 14, 20223 yr

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It can!! Woo! Starting sync now!

Thank you for all the help! I know I'm a bit of a noob at unraid lol. 🙂

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October 14, 20223 yr

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It seems crazy to me that 2 drives were messed up and my main parity drive seems like it's going to be needing a replacement too. Is this common? Maybe I should not have ordered all exact same drives at the same time? Bad batch or something?

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October 14, 20223 yr

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Parity should be OK for now, but those are low end SMR drives, and based on the number of issues I've seen with them they are probably not the most reliable Seagate drive.

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October 14, 20223 yr

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Do you have any recommendations for replacement drives that are at least 8T? I don't really want to do this again in the future 😀

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October 14, 20223 yr

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Nothing special other than in general avoid SMR drives, Seagate Ironwolf/Ironwolf Pro, WD Red (for 8TB or larger) and Toshiba N300 are good options.

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October 15, 20223 yr

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Quick update everything synced up and it looks like my data is there! Thank you so much!!!! 😀

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