Gunner Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Help. Noob here. Last night I attempted to install two drives to my Stable 4.7 Unraid server. According to the instructions in front of me everything looked fine. With the array stopped: 1. I assigned the new drives from the devices page. 2. The correct drives appeared as unformatted 3. I formatted the drives and "watched" them clear overnight. 4. This morning the drives still appear as unformatted and the "format" option is greyed out? Edit: Also the unformatted drives now have the green dot beside them. Should I post a log file? I rebooted the served this morning to see if this would help....when I viewed the log file it just contains information since the reboot....Grrrrrr. Edit: Here are the log files from yesterday Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks syslog-20120101-111904.zip syslog-20120101-111946.zip
dark_avenger Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Can you post a screenshot of the unRAID screen as well
Gunner Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks for answering. I was getting nervous no one was interested....I'm actually quite worried because I have not experienced this problem before. Here is a screen shot. If you or anyone requires any further information please do not hesitate to ask.....As you can see from the screen shot the issue is disk 13 and 14 still appear as unformatted. Edit: If I select the option to the format option "I'm sure I want to do this" the the format becomes available...I guess I'm wondering if I should select the option to format again? If yes should I take the array off line.
dark_avenger Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Been a while since I added a drive without using the preclear script but I'm fairly sure that the drives are added in two stages. First they are cleared and then after they have finished clearing then you format them. Info on the wikki suggests this is the case. It will clear the drives then format them. http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Configuration_Tutorial#Add_Drives_to_the_Array Are the drives you have added extra drives for drives that are replacing old ones? (If they are replacing old drives then they should not show unformated)
Gunner Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 No they are brand new drives. When I added the drives, the other day, I watched the progress as they cleared. I went to bed when they were at about 85% (clearing). I assumed that when I awoke in the morning the would have appeared as formatted (per the instructions I used). I wonder if I should select the format option and see what happens? Currently the other drives appear to be working and so do my shares. Thanks
dark_avenger Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 From memory they have to be formatted after the clear. Clear 0's the drive then format puts the reiser file system on the drive.
Joe L. Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 From memory they have to be formatted after the clear. Clear 0's the drive then format puts the reiser file system on the drive. You need to check the box to enable the "Format" button. It is a second and separate step from the actual clearing.
Gunner Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 Well that's embarrassing.....I selected to format the drives and all is well. I updated my written instructions....so hopefully this won't happen next time. Thank you gentleman
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