April 26, 20242 yr Ok, so first thing is… can I install unraid to a HDD? I am using a Dell R720 and would like to just boot off the HDD so I don’t have to “interrupt” the boot sequence and force it to boot from the flash drive every time I need to make an update. Now on to the burning question, I set up my flash drive on a cheap USB flash that at the time was the only drive my computer would recognize. This has been fixed and would like to use a Samsung drive if I can’t boot to HDD like I previously asked. I have TB’s of data on my unraid server that I can’t loose so if I flash a new USB flash and start using that will I loose access to all my data bc it was put on there from the old flash drive?
April 26, 20242 yr Community Expert Solution Unraid only supports booting off the flash drive (and loading the OS into RAM. Not sure why you have to ‘interrupt’ the boot sequence - the flash drive should be set as the default boot drive in the BIOS to avoid this. Have you read this section of the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI or the DOCS link at the top of each forum page. It covers transferring the licence to a new flash drive.
April 27, 20242 yr Author I haven’t read it yet but am now. I’ll let you know if I have any questions. Thanks for the link.
April 27, 20242 yr Author Ok, that actually answered a lot of my questions. Thank you again for the link.
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