February 25, 20242 yr Hi all, So I've been trying out unRAID and have decided to purchase it. I'd like to start on a brand new usb drive (samsung fit) as the current one is years and years old (sandisk). At the same time I'd like to start absolutely fresh but keep all my data. So first of all, how do I purchase a license to a new drive? When I go to purchase it shows my current USB drive GUID. Secondly, below is my drives and shares How would I go about keeping the data intact? Is it just a case of mounting the drives in the correct order? As well as the cache pool? Would that just happen seamlessly if I mount them in the current order? Thank you!
February 25, 20242 yr Recommend way is to use the Replace the USB flash device procedure from the guide. When you do this, all of your current settings and shares will be preserved. If you want to start "fresh", then you'd use a brand new flash drive set up as new, boot the fresh drive and then use the "New Config" tool, reassigning all your drives to their proper assignments and selecting the "parity is already valid" checkbox. If you don't select the proper assignments though, there is risk of data loss here. Alternatively, you can set up a new USB drive and just copy the /config folder from your current drive, which should preserve your array and shares configuration as well. I would suggest using the method from the guide - what are you hoping to achieve by "starting fresh"? Edited February 25, 20242 yr by sreknob clarity
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