smaiderman Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Hello everyone. I wonder if you can help me. I'm a total "not windows" noob, and I'm trying to set my Unraid NAS (core i3 13100, 36GB ram, 56TB) Yesterday I did my first install, and ended up messing with something wrong I then re created the usb install, and started fresh. Today, I thought, lets try things in virtual machines, in case I break something. I managed to create a share and access it via windows network (such a score for me ), transferred the iso to the isos share, and tried to create a VM for ubuntu. I read the options, and the only one I could understand was the GPU. I changed virtualized to the i3 iGPU. As soon as I tried to start it, my screen went black (I guess you cant choose the gpu u are using in unraid to be the one used in your VM) I accessed via windows http://servername.local/Dashboard , and went to delete the VM, but there was none. So I thought, lets reboot the system. And now I'm stuck, the black screen is still there, and I lost http://servername.local/Dashboard access.... I want to create a Plex Media Server, but I don't want to move to a completely new OS and risking to lose all my data (currently 26Tb of media) I wonder if there is a safe way to start in Unraid OS or do you think I should stay in windows... I didnt think to read the forum, and now I read that it is important to habe the logs BEFORE restarting... but now it is late. I didnt have any plugin installed, and I am using the last unraid version. Thank you! Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Do you know your disk assignments? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Do you have the file 'config/vfio.cfg' on your flash drive. If so then try deleting that to see if the system then boots as that file is used to specify hardware that is passed through to a VM and is therefore unavailable for Unraid to use. BTW: When first trying with the VM start by NOT assigning any graphics card to the VM and let Unraid emulate one that you can access via VNC. You only need to pass through a GPU if you need to maximise performance of the GPU. Quote Link to comment
smaiderman Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 8 hours ago, trurl said: Do you know your disk assignments? Do you mean what disk is cache, parity and storage? Yes, I do know Quote Link to comment
smaiderman Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 8 hours ago, itimpi said: Do you have the file 'config/vfio.cfg' on your flash drive. If so then try deleting that to see if the system then boots as that file is used to specify hardware that is passed through to a VM and is therefore unavailable for Unraid to use. BTW: When first trying with the VM start by NOT assigning any graphics card to the VM and let Unraid emulate one that you can access via VNC. You only need to pass through a GPU if you need to maximise performance of the GPU. Thank you for your answer, I'll check in 3 days when I come back home. Quote Link to comment
smaiderman Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 9/12/2023 at 9:10 PM, smaiderman said: Thank you for your answer, I'll check in 3 days when I come back home. That file is not present in the flash drive sadly Quote Link to comment
smaiderman Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 well. I tried formatting the flash drive and creating it new, but I'm still in the black screen. Should I reset bios settings? Quote Link to comment
Solution smaiderman Posted September 15, 2023 Author Solution Share Posted September 15, 2023 I managed to solve I entered the bios (MSI) disabled both fast boot options, and fixed the boot order to use the USB as 1st option Thanks to every participant trying to help Quote Link to comment
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