I just left on a 2 week work trip and now “Your flash drive is corrupted or offline”

[Mannymal]

Edit: the docker went offline a few minutes after posting this. I rolled the dice and told ths server to reboot. It's now working without apparent issues. The flash drive is backed up. I ordered a new flash drive and will try to walk my wife through the steps of transferring the registration to the new flash drive. I have to say, I'm ot a fan of the OS running off a flash drive. It's just not a reliable option.

 

unRAID 6.12.13 just upgraded 3 days ago from 6.12.10. Lifetime license but it now says it’s missing key file. 
 

the server was running rock solid without any issues at all for months until I upgraded to .13 then a day after I left on my trip I had a “500 error” trying to access it remotely so my wife had to do a hard reboot from home (held power button) as I couldn’t access the GUI to do a graceful reboot thanks to that 500 error. The reboot let me access it remotely again but I was afraid not doing it gracefully would cause issues.
 

So, it seems the USB drive is failing maybe because of that reboot and I will not be home for another two weeks to replace it. The server is currently running a parity check. 
It’s a Samsung USB drive, the rugged chrome metal one that is highly recommended. 
 

I see the drive under Boot Devices in the main page with a green circle 🟢 to the left of it. 234 writes 6363 reads 0 errors. But I keep getting that banner saying the device is corrupted or offline, and unRAID says it’s missing the key file. 

 

Will the server go offline? This would be very disappointing as the main purpose of this server is for me and my family to access it while we are not home, so if the OS cannot reliably run off a USB key it defeats the purpose of having a resilient server. 
 

Thank you.

 

 

Edited September 7, 2024 by Mannymal
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