October 19Oct 19 Considering switching to internal boot. Currently booting from a USB stick. My Ugreen OS NVMe is disable in bios and I have two 1TB NVMe drives mirrored for cache plus 4 10TB HDDs for the array. I would rather not overwrite the original Ugreen OS or swap out the drive with a new one. From what I'm reading it looks like the best option is using a small partition of my cache drive for boot? I would first have to move everything to the array and then back again afterwards. I have no issues at the moment but did have a prior USB stick failure. So is this a good option for me? Anyone else do this on a Ugreen NAS? Thanks.
October 20Oct 20 Your prior USB failure was a drive issue rather than anything inherent to USB boot. USB boot remains tried and true -- overall, much less complex and almost completely independent of other parts of the system. I'd suggest buying a high-quality USB stick that is designed for long-term service. https://forums.unraid.net/topic/199642-psa-on-industrial-mlc-usb-boot-drives-mlc-nand-end-of-life-and-last-accessible-stock/
October 20Oct 20 Author Thanks. I couldn’t find the eBay listing from the thread you linked. Is it gone?
October 20Oct 20 Author Ok I think I found the right ebay listing and bought 2 drives since they are so cheap.https://ebay.io/m/AbSXLaYes I agree my issue was soley a USB drive failure. I figured internal boot from NVMe would be more reliable but agree USB is certainly simpler.
October 21Oct 21 Glad you tracked it down. I’ve added a direct link to the listing at the top of the PSA thread, so the next person won’t have to hunt for it.
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