Had a FreeNAS7 box and then obtained some hardware and decided to build a unRAID box and I *love* what I've seen so far for what I need to do.

 

My frustration however is that I can't get unRAID to detect a WD MyBook (Mac) attached to the system.

 

The system is an IBM ThinkPad T43P w/ P4M 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM.  I'm booting off a 2GB Kingston Flash Drive.

 

The WD is brand new/refurbished that just came back from WD.  It is recognized on the thinkpad if I boot into Windows but when I fire up unRAID I hear the drive spin up but when I go to assign devices the only thing I see is the laptops internal SSD and a the bootable flash drive.

 

I've installed SNAP but even when I add a record with the serial number on the back of the drive - it's a no go.

 

I've searched but can't find anything similar.  Can anyone shed some light for me?

 

Thank you.

 

Version:

unRAID Server Basic version: 5.0-rc3

 

Syslog:  http://pastebin.com/W6xXp4ee

 

I don't think its a good idea to rely on a sticker for the drive id!  Read through the snap thread, there is command that you need to run in order to find the correct drive id

but when I fire up unRAID I hear the drive spin up but when I go to assign devices the only thing I see is the laptops internal SSD and a the bootable flash drive.

You cannot assign USB drives to an unRAID array.  It has always been that way.

Only SATA or IDE drives can be a part of the protected array.  They are the only ones you'll see in the drop-down-list.

 

To see the disks detected by the OS, even if not able to be assigned, you can still use them in SNAP, type

 

ls -l /dev/disk/by-id

 

Joe L.

Thanks Joe. 

 

I've been so impressed with unraid that I built a desktop machine today using it.  No more DIY NAS using laptops!  The policy makes total sense.

 

Thanks again!