November 20, 20232 yr My MB died and I replaced it with the exact model. When I boot into unraid using the old USB, it is loading to the wrong IP and has the name of towertest. So I copied my Config file and reinstalled the OS using the downloader utility. I changed my IP to the correct number and made sure the name is Tower. But when I bootup, it is still on the wrong IP and has Towertest as the server name. What am I doing wrong?
November 20, 20232 yr Author 3 hours ago, JorgeB said: Please post the diagnostics. I believe this is what you are asking for towertest-diagnostics-20231120-0757.zip
November 20, 20232 yr Community Expert Delete/rename /boot/config/network.cfg to set LAN settings to default DHCP, reboot and post new diags.
November 20, 20232 yr Community Expert IF you have defined the IP address assignment in your router, your new MB NIC will have a different MAC address. This will prevent it from being set to the address you had assigned for your old MB. The name mishmash could be the result of this also. Edited November 20, 20232 yr by Frank1940
November 20, 20232 yr Author Sorry it took too long. Work and family has to come 1st. It booted into a random IP and is still towertest towertest-diagnostics-20231120-1816.zip
November 20, 20232 yr Author 5 hours ago, Frank1940 said: IF you have defined the IP address assignment in your router, your new MB NIC will have a different MAC address. This will prevent it from being set to the address you had assigned for your old MB. The name mishmash could be the result of this also. I have not defined any IPs in my router other than a range that can be assigned when asked for an address.
November 21, 20232 yr Community Expert Flash drive has a weird identifier: Nov 20 18:11:56 TowerTest emhttpd: __0701697508D70228-0:0 (sda) 512 15133248 Not sure that will cause issues, but possibly that is the problem.
November 21, 20232 yr Author 3 hours ago, JorgeB said: Flash drive has a weird identifier: Nov 20 18:11:56 TowerTest emhttpd: __0701697508D70228-0:0 (sda) 512 15133248 Not sure that will cause issues, but possibly that is the problem. Don't understand why, here is the configuration I used to recreate the USB
November 21, 20232 yr Community Expert 27 minutes ago, davper said: __0701697508D70228-0:0 I'm mean the flash bran/model, this comes directly from the actual flash,f or example a more normal one: Kingston_DataTraveler_2.0_00241D8CE555BF115******-0:0
November 21, 20232 yr Community Expert I looked at your diagnostics and the network.cfg is missing from it. Shutdown the server. Pull your flash drive and have a look at it on your PC. Go to the /config directory/folder and look at the dates and times on the files. Do they make sense? (You do have a oldnetwork.cfg file. So you should have a new network.cfg with a later time and date.) While you have it out and in the PC, run chkdsk on it.
November 21, 20232 yr Community Expert 6 minutes ago, Frank1940 said: I looked at your diagnostics and the network.cfg is missing from it. That's normal since it was deleted, only changing something in the network settings recreates the file.
November 21, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, Frank1940 said: I looked at your diagnostics and the network.cfg is missing from it. Shutdown the server. Pull your flash drive and have a look at it on your PC. Go to the /config directory/folder and look at the dates and times on the files. Do they make sense? (You do have a oldnetwork.cfg file. So you should have a new network.cfg with a later time and date.) While you have it out and in the PC, run chkdsk on it. Hi The dates look correct to me. Some files were created years ago when I 1st created my server. But many are from the last 2 days, when I tried to recreate the USB. The network.cfg file did not get recreated. Per earlier instructions, I renamed the networkconfig file. Chkdsk did not find anny errors
November 21, 20232 yr Author It looks like I fat fingered the I address when I was recreating the USB. I change the IP in network.cfg and renamed it backto network.cfg and it is loading into the correct IP. But my issue with towertest is still there. It recognizes nothing of the old server despite me replacing the config folder from the old USB.
November 21, 20232 yr Community Expert And if you rename the server and reboot it goes back to towertest?
November 28, 20232 yr Author It changes to Tower.. But why wouldn't it remember any of my drives and configs? I thought that was what replacing the config folder would do? As of now, I have a flesh install of unraid amd itlooks like I need to build a new array from scratch.
November 28, 20232 yr Community Expert 23 minutes ago, davper said: itlooks like I need to build a new array from scratch. You just need to re-assign the drives, if you don't know the assignments see here: https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/manual/changing-the-flash-device/#what-to-do-if-you-have-no-backup-and-do-not-know-your-disk-assignments
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