im moving from an old lenovo to a new ryzen 5 mini pc.  i cant get the mini PC to boot to unraid.  itll boot to a proxmox installer, windows, everything else.

 

eventially i was directed to another thread where it was suggested to edit the name of the EFI folder on the flash drive.  i created a new installer to test, removed the character and it booted on the new pc.  victory!

 

but now i need to make the edit to the existing flash drive.  Can i just shut it down, pop the usb into my desktop, edit the name of the folder, plug it back in and fire it back up?  Or do i actually have to set it up as a new install, then copy the config folder over with the edited folder name?  I dont want to mess up my array, so i just want to make sure ive got my ducks in a row before i mess something up.  for reference, this is where i found that info.  is this current and accurate?  anything i need to look out for?  im worried ill break my array or something.

 

any help would be much appreciated!  i just want to get up and running on my new hardware.

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2 hours ago, elnorte13524 said:

Can i just shut it down, pop the usb into my desktop, edit the name of the folder, plug it back in and fire it back up?

Yes 

thanks!  im up and running on the new hardwre, with one minor issue.  it wont boot if my storage drives are connected (4 usb drives - i know its less than ideal).  if i disconnect the drives it boots fine, then i plug the drives in and i can start the array.  any ideas?  this seems more of a hardware specific issue than unraid, but i figured i might as well ask.  ill dig more into the hardware side of it later.

26 minutes ago, elnorte13524 said:

(4 usb drives - i know its less than ideal)

Not recommended for many reasons. Don't be surprised if you don't encounter one or more of those reasons.

 

27 minutes ago, elnorte13524 said:

it wont boot if my storage drives are connected

Probably your BIOS is "helping" you out by trying to boot from one of the "new" disks.