Updated Hardware and followed Spaceinvaders YT Guide to Move my Unraid but Computer Says NO!!

[OsoPolar]

HI Guys 

I followed SpaceInvaders Guide to the letter i checked my Hardware was fine and unchecked what i needed in VM's and stopped the whole container pool. 
I did a full upgrade of Containers & Plugins and checked for any issues with Fix.
I did my rebuild and my rig boots up into BIOS i did my required settings for VMs in BIOS and then went to try and get into Unraid.

Then my misery started i end up in a constant loop of booting back into BIOS.

I tried CSM/UEFI mode but the BIOS was having none of it  saying VBIOS not detected and defaulted my back to UEFI mode. 

 

Mobo MSI Z590-A PRO Motherboard ATX 

RAM CORSAIR CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 VENGEANCE LPX 64GB 

GPU onboard mobo

CPU i3 10100

 

I am thinking the USB needs to boot in UEFI mode as it was made years ago.
But need some expert help on how i can my server back to life.
My whole home automation is on it and my life depends on it

 

See screenshots here 

[itimpi]

1 minute ago, OsoPolar said:

I am thinking the USB needs to boot in UEFI mode as it was made years ago.

To enable booting in UEFI mode you need the EFI folder to be present on the flash drive with any trailing tilde character removed from the name

[OsoPolar]

Are you referring to this here ?

I was told to run the file in the root called "make_bootable_linux" is this not required?

Do you think this will solve my issue?  

[itimpi]

2 minutes ago, OsoPolar said:

Are you referring to this here ?

I was told to run the file in the root called "make_bootable_linux" is this not required?

Do you think this will solve my issue?  

Yes.   If that folder has the trailing tilde character then you can only boot in legacy mode.

[OsoPolar]

11 minutes ago, OsoPolar said:

Are you referring to this here ?

I was told to run the file in the root called "make_bootable_linux" is this not required?

Do you think this will solve my issue?  

I am going to try your a life saver if this works 

[OsoPolar]

14 hours ago, itimpi said:

Yes.   If that folder has the trailing tilde character then you can only boot in legacy mode.

Firstly can i thank you for your speedy reply and help.

I have a couple of follow ups if you do not mind which i guess will need another thread.

Hopefully the 1st question is a quick answer, the second i think will deserve its own post.

 

I am keen to to get my server running today but i noticed in my manual if i have a IVME in slot 3 it stops 2 of the SATA ports.

One of these has a SSD 500gb  plugged which i use for caching (i have a PCI SATA card coming tomorrow to rectify this issue) 
Q1 Will Unraid run without a Cache card for a day?

 

Q2

Due to my cache being 75% full i have added 2 x 1TB IVME's to add to caching pool but would like some advice how to configure in relation to my shares.

 

So on my upgrade i will have 2 x 1TB new nvme cache drives plus (when i connect tomorrow) the original SSD 500 gb.

 

Cheers 

Edited December 7, 2022 by OsoPolar