March 3, 200818 yr I think you are telling me your array is in the middle of a parity sync. Please post a new screen-shot so we can be sure it really is doing what you think it is. Joe L.
March 3, 200818 yr Author Yeah that's right. Here's a shot. got 2 hrs left. I'm going to go borrow a USB drive and I'll be back about when that is finished. Thanks
March 3, 200818 yr The motherboard you mentioned IS the #1 used MB for unRAID. All the ports should work with no problem once the BIOS is up to date. I bought one recently for another computer with the thought that eventually it would probably become my unRAID motherboard. I have a USB stick all set to boot dos with the latest and greatest BIOS just ready to patch. You're welcome to come by and borrow it (I live in Virginia) The motherboard does have a mode that you can put the BIOS on a USB stick and somehow get it to update from BIOS. It would be no problem to just put the BIOS file on the unRAID stick. Then you could maybe fix your BIOS tonight. But if you're in the middle of rebuilding parity, that will probably take into the wee hours. UPDATE: Man, that puppy is FLYING! 58K/sec!
March 3, 200818 yr Yes... you are indeed doing a parity sync... and at a very nice speed at that. (over three times the speed of my IDE based array) I'm glad your data is still safe. Joe L.
March 3, 200818 yr When the parity sync finishes, you might try your new 1T drive as a replacement for disk2 instead of disk5. It would be on a different cable, and a different controller (I think) Joe L.
March 3, 200818 yr When the parity sync finishes, you might try your new 1T drive as a replacement for disk2 instead of disk5. It would be on a different cable, and a different controller (I think) Joe L. Just to clarify - that is SATA2 on the motherboard, and NOT unRAID disk2. The unRAID disk numbers are just arbitrary mappings to physical drives.
March 3, 200818 yr Author I have a USB stick all set to boot dos with the latest and greatest BIOS just ready to patch. You're welcome to come by and borrow it (I live in Virginia) well, that's quite a trip for me, but couldn't you zip those files on your usb and email them to me? I would think they are small. I'm having no luck trying to figure out how to make a bootable USB drive. I can't seem to find the dos files I need. I checked out that HP utility and it asks me to browse to the DOS bootable files? Can't find those. It would be sweet if you could email them to me! [email protected]
March 3, 200818 yr Author Ok, So in the meantime while I'm trying to update my bios, I tried a second permutation. After my parity sync was complete and everything was fine, I did the following: 1)Unmounted Disk 1 from the Unraid array 2)Started the array - disk is reported as missing in the normal manner 3)Stopped the array 4)powered down 5)Unplugged disc 1 from the array and plugged in a 2nd new 1TB drive (not the first one) 6)Powered on system 7)the 1TB drive IS recognized during the boot sequence and I begin to see the standard boot info on the screen 8)during booting of the Unraid OS it freezes during the following statment [ 37.964789] Unpacking initramfs...<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: junk in compressed archive Nothing else happens. Does this mean anything to anyone? Update: I rebooted and this didn't happen a second time. Its now trying to rebuild disk I removed - I'll let you know what happens. knock on wood, check out this screen shot! It looks encouraging!
March 3, 200818 yr Kernel panic's are most often associated with memory errors. This might be your underlying issue. I strongly suggest you run the memory test, even if this rebuild of the data disk completes. If there is a more conservative setting of RAM timings in the MB bios you might want to try them. Or, try switching the two ram strips in their sockets... Joe L.
March 3, 200818 yr Author It worked, see screenshot. I'll run the memory test when I get back from work. Should the memory be in the same color slots on the motherboard, or next to each other? The manual doesn't say which (if it even matters) is the proper way for dual channel? Now they are both in the yellow slots. thanks
March 3, 200818 yr ... It would be sweet if you could email them to me! [email protected] Sorry, I'm not that sweet. Seriously, e-mailing copyrighted material is not cool. Did you see the following from my prior message: The motherboard does have a mode that you can put the BIOS on a USB stick and somehow get it to update from BIOS. It would be no problem to just put the BIOS file on the unRAID stick. Then you could maybe fix your BIOS tonight. But if you're in the middle of rebuilding parity, that will probably take into the wee hours. RTFM for howto. Glad you seem to be up and running again!
March 4, 200818 yr According to the manual, if you press Alt-F2 during bootup, you will be able to select a new BIOS file and flash your BIOS. Just dl the latest BIOS from the ASUS web site and copy it to your unRAID usb stick first. Good luck!
March 4, 200818 yr Author OMG! Holy Crap! That's all it took to update the bios. unbelievable. It took like 2 seconds and worked perfectly. I can't belive I took all that time trying to figure out how to load a dos bootable USB drive. Wow. Well, the bios is updated. Hmmm. . Now to leave well enough alone? Or should I try to see if there is still bugs in the system? I"m tempted to do nothing! Thanks for everyone's help and patience dealing with this Newbie!
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