davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Hello again everyone, I really could use some help figuring out what is going on. Last year I made this post..... I live in Florida work up way north close to Canada for a large part of the year and last year I didn't have a chance to figure out the problem when I was home. I returned up north again but now I am home for the next 6 months and really need to get my machine up and running again. The same problem exists as described in the link above. I'm not super savvy with all this and it was a miracle I got it all to work in the first place, can I just reinstall the OS on the flash drive and start all over or will that cause a problem with all my data on the drives? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 The most obvious reason for that message would be that the server does not have the flash drive set as the boot device. If this is happening regularly after a power off then bad CMOS battery on the motherboard might be the culprit. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, itimpi said: The most obvious reason for that message would be that the server does not have the flash drive set as the boot device. If this is happening regularly after a power off then bad CMOS battery on the motherboard might be the culprit. Hi, thank you the response. Flash drive is in and working plus I did replace the battery last week. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Just now, davidshinobi said: Hi, thank you the response. Flash drive is in and working plus I did replace the battery last week. But that message only appears when the machine is not trying to boot off the flash drive so have you checked the BIOS setting? Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, itimpi said: But that message only appears when the machine is not trying to boot off the flash drive so have you checked the BIOS setting? This is what I have going on so far from the webGUI, I assume its working?.... this is the server connected to its own monitor. What I can't do is add a Network Connection to access the data from my desktop and everything is connected exactly as it was when it all was working fine a few years ago. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 When I first got this machine working I wrote everything down in case I forgot later on. This is not working and this is how I was able to add a network connection from my PC to the server. Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, davidshinobi said: This is not working and this is how I was able to add a network connection from my PC to the server. From the PC are you trying to 1) just access the Unraid GUI? 2) access the shares and contents of the Unraid array? 3) both? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 If this is not allowed I apologize but the person who helps me get this up and running today or tomorrow, this is probably not much but I will PayPal you $50 for the trouble. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Hoopster said: From the PC are you trying to 1) just access the Unraid GUI? 2) access the shares and contents of the Unraid array? 3) both? I have some family video footage on the server I need get to, to make a montage with for an upcoming anniversary. Edited February 1, 2023 by davidshinobi Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, trurl said: attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread How, I cannot connect to the server from my PC. This is the problem I am having, I cant connect to it to do anything. Edited February 1, 2023 by davidshinobi Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 The word diagnostics in this post and that post is a link explaining how you can get diagnostics Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, trurl said: The word diagnostics in this post and that post is a link explaining how you can get diagnostics Ok, done.... I downloaded it but how do I get it here? Please understand, before I could access the GUI from a browser (Google) but I can't do that now so there's no way for me to get the file from my server to my PC to post it here. As mentioned before, it was a miracle I got all this to work in the first place years ago. Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, davidshinobi said: I have some family video footage on the server I need get to I will let @trurl continue once you post diagnostics, but, for share contents to be accessible on a PC in the LAN, the shares need to be exported with the appropriate sucirty setting. Public is probably easiest until you get thing sorted out. You don't have to map network drives to access shares, but, it is one way of getting to exported shares. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 On top of all of the above, now I cant get into this.... Yes, I wrote it down and no I didn't change anything..... same as it was from years ago. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, davidshinobi said: I downloaded it but how do I get it here? Shut down, put flash drive in your PC, get diagnostics zip file from the logs folder on flash attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, davidshinobi said: now I cant get into this.... What is "this"? Is that the forum login page? You are logged into the forum now. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, trurl said: Shut down, put flash drive in your PC, get diagnostics zip file from the logs folder on flash attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread. I went through every folder, am I just not seeing it? Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, trurl said: Shut down, put flash drive in your PC, get diagnostics zip file from the logs folder on flash attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread. I think I figured it out.... fractal-diagnostics-20230201-1508.zip Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Delete or rename config/network.cfg on the flash drive, put it in your server, reboot. Then see if you can access your server on the network Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 When this was up and running last time, this is how I was able to access the server from my PC by creating a new network connection and it was just like adding an external hard drive..... I wrote down the mapping route but its not working now. Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 1 minute ago, trurl said: Delete or rename config/network.cfg on the flash drive, put it in your server, reboot. Then see if you can access your server on the network ok, trying now... Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, trurl said: Delete or rename config/network.cfg on the flash drive, put it in your server, reboot. Then see if you can access your server on the network Ok, deleted (made a copy), reinstalled and server booted up. What is it I have to put in here to access it from my PC? I put what it was before and it's not working. If this means anything, My PC has a ethernet cable to a switch and vice versa from the server, this is how it was before to connect the 2 machines together. However, my PC is connected to the internet via WiFi this time instead of a cable from the router to the switch then to the PC. Edited February 1, 2023 by davidshinobi Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, davidshinobi said: What is it I have to put in here to access it from my PC? Instead of trying to map a network drive (I never bother with that), just see if you can see your server on the Network in Windows Explorer Quote Link to comment
davidshinobi Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, trurl said: Instead of trying to map a network drive (I never bother with that), just see if you can see your server on the Network in Windows Explorer The way I did it before was the only way I knew how... What is it I have to do to try your way? Quote Link to comment
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