Another stupid person has his flash drive die

[exotic-impersonation4696]

So, I feel sure this is covered elsewhere, but I can't find it.  I have read and reread the unraid instructions.  Still too nervous to try anything.

The background:  I'm bee bopping along enjoying my unraid server when I notice that my flash drive (in the GUI) is lit up red and at 100%.  So I try to reboot (that fixes everything right?).  No it does not.  System never reboots, obviously.  Frantic research begins.  I shut down the system and pull the flash drive.  Nothing will read it.  So I remember that you can make a new drive once a year.  Then I recall that my back up files were on my old computer which I sold....  OK so I need to make a new one but don't want to start over.  I get the USB creator and make a new drive with 6.12.14.  The instructions say to open boot/config/disk.cfg.  Change startArry = "yes" to startArray = "no".  I can not find this file.  

First: is there a step by step instruction for someone who is teetering over the edge of understanding on how to restore my unraid server with out loosing my terabytes of data?

Second:  If not can someone tell me where this disk.cfg file is on a freshly created Unraid flash drive with 6.12.14?  I promise to buy another flash drive, keep it updated and taped to the machine if I ever get it going.

 

Thank you,

 

Peter

[trurl]

Do you know your disk assignments? 

[exotic-impersonation4696]

Not exactly sure what that means.  I should be able to tell which disk is the parity disk and which are data drives if that's it.  But I don't know which is A: or B:

[JorgeB]

Assuming you only had parity1, the order of the remaining disk is not important.

[exotic-impersonation4696]

How do I keep the array from starting, or do I need to do that step?

[JorgeB]

If the devices are not assigned, it won't start.

[exotic-impersonation4696]

OK thanks,  Ill try it tonight....

[exotic-impersonation4696]

OK heart failure.  I did not see I needed to test the mount drives with the plug in.  Assigned all disks as Data and spun up the drives.  Found the one that won't mount, but when I spooled down the array and changed the allocations it says wrong disk.  Help!

[exotic-impersonation4696]

Going to bed.  Maybe it will be better in the morning,.

[JorgeB]

9 hours ago, exotic-impersonation4696 said:

Found the one that won't mount, but when I spooled down the array and changed the allocations it says wrong disk.  Help!

You need to do a new config to re-assign the drives.

[exotic-impersonation4696]

Woo Hoo its alive.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Peter