I'm new to unRAID and consequently on this forum a lot lately asking questions.  I appreciate the help.  While I understand the recommendation for new users to stick with the 4.7 build, I do get a thrill out of being on the cutting edge stuff.  I'm up and running on 5.0 beta14 right now because I didn't pay attention when I downloaded the latest version.  WHOOPS!  I'm just pre-clearing drives right now.  My question is...

 

What's the most current beta that is considered stable?  Is it still 5.0b6a?  The sticky seems to be from quite a while ago.  Will my computer blow up if I stay on beta14?

That depends on your equipment. First try beta 14.

A couple of what I would call "power users" here on the forums appear to run 5b12a.

That's what I would run...

 

if you have an LSI based SATA/SAS card, I think you have to run 5b12a as 13 and 14 I believe have issues with LSI cards.

I've been running 5b11 for several weeks without issue.

I have 1 MV8 & 1 M1015.

 

Thanks for the replies.

 

At the moment I'm using a generic Silicon Image 3114, but I have ordered a AOC-SAT2-MV8.  If I downgrade to 5b12a, should I just wipe my thumb drive clean and start over?

 

I haven't had any problems with beta 14 except these 2 lines that I noticed pop up in the log when I was zeroing all my harddrives.

 

Jan 28 18:09:32 mongo kernel: read_file: error 2 opening /boot/config/super.dat (unRAID engine)
Jan 28 18:09:32 mongo kernel: md: could not read superblock from /boot/config/super.dat (unRAID engine)

 

What is super.dat and is it a problem?

Thanks for the replies.

 

At the moment I'm using a generic Silicon Image 3114, but I have ordered a AOC-SAT2-MV8.  If I downgrade to 5b12a, should I just wipe my thumb drive clean and start over?

 

I haven't had any problems with beta 14 except these 2 lines that I noticed pop up in the log when I was zeroing all my harddrives.

 

Jan 28 18:09:32 mongo kernel: read_file: error 2 opening /boot/config/super.dat (unRAID engine)
Jan 28 18:09:32 mongo kernel: md: could not read superblock from /boot/config/super.dat (unRAID engine)

 

What is super.dat and is it a problem?

It is not a problem, as the file does not exist until after you start assigning disks to the array.  (It stores the disk assignments)

 

Joe L.