May 19, 20251 yr I tried following the instructions on the FAQ for shrinking an array (link below) https://docs.unraid.net/legacy/FAQ/shrink-array/#the-clear-drive-then-remove-drive-method But ran into an issue stopping the array (where it was not able to unmount the disk I cleared) and needed to follow these steps to create a fake disk for it to unmount before I could continue with the steps. Create a local virtual disk using `dd if=/dev/zero of=diskX bs=1M count=310` (where "X" is the disk number) in some folder like `/tmp` Created filesystem with `mkfs -t xfs diskX` Create a folder at `/mnt/diskX` (again where "X" is the disk number) Mount the local virtual disk as the missing drive with `mount diskX /mnt/diskX`. Just wanted to make this post in case the instructions could be updated to prevent having this be an issue for others.
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