February 28, 20242 yr I have a spare (licensed) unraid flash drive that I bought in a two for one deal when I first setup my unraid server. LT's recently announced pricing changes for their licenses started me thinking about possibly putting this license to some use but not really sure how yet. For now I'm just trying to work out a method for keeping it up-to-date. It has some very old config that I would like to remove. I know bzroot, bzimage and the pro.key files need to remain. Is there anything else? Once I have the vanilla file system what would be the best way to keep it updated? It's not installed in any hardware currently but could I mount it in my current unraid server and run some sort of automated sync with each unraid update? Maybe just a manual sync is less headache? Any ideas?
February 28, 20242 yr Community Expert Solution If you don't have any configuration you want to keep, all you need is the license .key file in the config folder, or at least keeping that .key file associated with that flash drive in some way. The bz files are included in every version install.
February 28, 20242 yr Community Expert I might suggest that you put that flash drive associated with the .KEY file in a heavy envelope and tape it in a spot where you would look if you ever needed it. The server case might be a good spot-- say the side that the Motherboard is closest to would be excellent. (The biggest danger is that you will grab that flash drive in a hurry some day when you need it to put some files on for a friend or family member.)
February 28, 20242 yr Author 10 hours ago, trurl said: If you don't have any configuration you want to keep, all you need is the license .key file in the config folder, or at least keeping that .key file associated with that flash drive in some way. The bz files are included in every version install. Since I don’t really have a use for it yet I’m reluctant to actually add any configurations, plugins etc. I guess the best course would be to leave it empty other than the key file and just download the current version of unRAID when I get set to actually use the flash. I may store the key file in a seperate directory that won’t get overwritten when I unpack the unRAID OS zip file though.
February 28, 20242 yr Author 9 hours ago, Frank1940 said: I might suggest that you put that flash drive associated with the .KEY file in a heavy envelope and tape it in a spot where you would look if you ever needed it. The server case might be a good spot-- say the side that the Motherboard is closest to would be excellent. (The biggest danger is that you will grab that flash drive in a hurry some day when you need it to put some files on for a friend or family member.) Great idea. I probably wouldn’t overwrite this drive since it’s named UNRAID but why take a chance.
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