Yes, I am being serious and either I need to stop taking whatever drugs I'm taking so that I stop deleting my own folders or there are gremlins in my system.

 

Note, this wouldn't be the first time stuff happens to me that's NOT supposed to be possible.

 

Anyway, I keep losing folders with stuff I didn't want to delete and I'm wondering, is there a way my server somehow deletes stuff by itself?

 

Yes, I have been deleting and consolidating files and of course, the most logical answer is that I deleted stuff but the question above still stands.

 

Is this at all feasible?

 

Thanks

 

George

Yes, I am being serious and either I need to stop taking whatever drugs I'm taking so that I stop deleting my own folders or there are gremlins in my system.

 

Note, this wouldn't be the first time stuff happens to me that's NOT supposed to be possible.

 

Anyway, I keep losing folders with stuff I didn't want to delete and I'm wondering, is there a way my server somehow deletes stuff by itself?

 

Yes, I have been deleting and consolidating files and of course, the most logical answer is that I deleted stuff but the question above still stands.

 

Is this at all feasible?

 

Thanks

 

George

Or, you might have some file system corruption that results in the directories not being visible.

 

Run reiserfsck on each of your disks as described in the wiki just to make sure that is not the cause.

Sorry, but I have NO idea how to do that? 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=reiserfsck+unraid+wiki

 

2nd result

THanks, that ain't gonna happen though, I'm way too stupid to follow any of those instructions. Thanks

THanks, that ain't gonna happen though, I'm way too stupid to follow any of those instructions. Thanks

If you cannot follow the instructions in the wiki, then.... we cannot help you.

 

http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Check_Disk_Filesystems

 

 

Ok, the question was mostly, if it IS feasible that it could happen. That I erase ONE important folder, ok but TWO...although it IS possible, I've also seen stuff happen to me that should NOT be possible.

 

Thanks

Can you attach a syslog?  Do you have unMENU installed?  If so it is even easier than this-

 

http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Capturing_your_syslog

Well, I managed to do the syslog thing and I see the name of the latest missing folder and 39 in parenthesis, does that mean 39 files, or?

 

ANywy, now that I have the log, what's the purpose of it?

Post it here for review.  That will give us a chance to review and find the errors..and method to troubleshoot.

Click on "Additional Options..." and "Choose File" to attach your syslog to your next forum post.<see attached photo>

Attached..

syslog-2010-09-01.txt

The folder I lost is called LATEST. I also lost one a week ago that I seem to remember was called video clips but I can't find that one

You must be running an addon or some additional process that is removing your directories. That or one of your hosts is infected by a destructive virus.

Is that what it looks like from the log or what makes you say so? What should I do? Virus check?

 

When you say addon, what do you mean?

Your log file explicitly shows something invoking the remove directory function of the filesystem on a metric ton of directories.

Ok, sorry but I have no idea what that means..?

 

This line

shfs_rmdir: rmdir: is repeated thousands of times.  

 

 

 

uNRAID is being be told to "rmdir" (ie DELETE) directories/files by an add-on or script on your system.

 

What add-ons or scripts have you had added to your system?

Add-ons:  http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=UnRAID_Add_Ons#Add_On_Projects

Scripts:  http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=UnRAID_Add_Ons#Add_On_Scripts

Nothing that I know of. It was built by one of the guys here and I have NO clue about any of this stuff. I just drive so to speak

Would this info be on the flash drive? The add on scripts I mean and if so, what should I look for?

 

There is a preclear file..?

 

Preclear does not delete files.

Do you want a screen capture of what's on the drive/flash and would this stuff be on there?

Look in the "custom" folder to view some of the packages <screen shot is ok>

You are also looking for .conf files, in the "packages" folder if you have unMENU installed. <screen shot is ok>

 

Copy your "go" file (located in /config) to your PC; and open with notepad+.  Copy the contents here.

Go file content...

 

#!/bin/bash

# Start the Management Utility

/usr/local/sbin/emhttp &

 

 

Screen caps coming up. I don't have a custom folder, just a config folder..

You must be running an addon or some additional process that is removing your directories. That or one of your hosts is infected by a destructive virus.

 

Based on what you posted so far...looking more like a virus on a windows host.