limetech Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Download. Finally, 4.3 "final" is ready and is now shipping with all server products. IMPORTANT: this release includes a critical bug fix. If you are running 4.3-beta4, -beta5, or -beta6, and have added a New disk to an existing array, parity may be incorrect, and you must run a Parity-Check operation. Note: If Parity-Check detects any parity mismatches, they will be corrected. As always, a big "thank you" to our beta-testers and individuals on our Community Forum (who make this forum one of the friendliest and helpful on the 'net IMHO). Future direction: May proved to be the biggest month, in terms of sales, ever, which partially explains the long delay in 4.3 release. We are currently working to update the documentation to properly reflect 4.3 features (thank you to NASUser for his great work on the Wiki). Due to critical bug fix in this release, I did not want to delay any longer. We also have a guy working on the website and system usability - we might finally get around to renaming that 'Restore' button In terms of system features, we'll now turn full attention to proper support of alternative protocols (NFS, AFP, etc.). We also plan to provide additional choices for file systems (NTFS and XFS). More later.... unRAID Server 4.3 (final) Release Notes ======================================= IMPORTANT: this release includes a critical bug fix. If you are running 4.3-beta4 or higher, and have added a New disk to an existing array, parity may be incorrect, and you must run a Parity-Check operation. Note: If Parity-Check detects any parity mismatches, they will be corrected. Upgrade Instructions (Please Read Carefully) ============================================ If you are currently running unRAID Server 4.2-beta1 or higher (including 4.2.x 'final'), please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot If you are currently running unRAID server 4.0 or 4.1, please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot syslinux.cfg menu.c32 memtest This can be done either by plugging the Flash into your PC or, by copying the files to the 'flash' share on your running server. The server must then be rebooted. If you are currently running unRAID Server 3.0-beta1 or higher, please follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Referring to the System Management Utility 'Main' page, make a note of each disks's model/serial number; you will need this information later. 2. Shut down your server, remove the Flash and plug it into your PC. 3. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Properties. Make sure the volume label is set to "UNRAID" (without the quotes) and click OK. You do NOT need to format the Flash. 4. Copy the files from the new release to the root of your Flash device. 5. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Eject. Remove the Flash, install in your server and power-up. 6. After your server has booted up, the System Management Utility 'Main' page will probably show no devices; this is OK, navigate to the 'Devices' page. Using the model/serial number information gathered in step 1, assign each of your hard drives to the correct disk slot. 7. Go back to the 'Main' page and your devices should appear correctly. You may now Start the array. If you are installing this release to a new Flash, please refer to instructions on our website at: http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/?page_id=19 Changes from 4.3-beta6 to 4.3 (final) ------------------------------------- Bug fix: correct bug introduced in 4.3-beta4 which could cause New disks added to an existing array to not be cleared(!). Improvement: added NTP (Network Time Protocol) package. Improvement: fixed possible shutdown/reboot if user refreshes browser after previous shutdown/reboot. Improvement: subtle change in 'split-level' value 0. A value of 0 is now interpreted as "split permissable at all levels". Bug fix: fix problem if user shares enabled before first disk is formatted, user shares would not show up unless stop/start array executed. Bug fix: fix problem where new disks added to an existing array were not sent proper spin-down time delay. Bug fix: retored missing 'ethtool', 'dosfsck', and 'compress/uncompress' commands. Bug fix: fix problem with ftp being unable to 'cd' into directories. Bug fix: fix problem where mover 'mv' error messages were not getting into syslog. Improvement: added the 'dumb' terminal terminfo file. Changes from 4.3-beta5 to 4.3-beta6 ----------------------------------- Improvement: update to latest Intel network driver (7.6.15.4). Bug Fix: Correct problem enabling SMART before reading disk temperatures. Bug Fix: Fix crash that may occur if there is a large number of user shares. Changes from 4.3-beta4 to 4.3-beta5 ----------------------------------- Bug Fix: Fix 'hang' that may occur starting syslogd. Improvement: Add 'sync' as last step in 'mover' script Changes from 4.3-beta3 to 4.3-beta4 ----------------------------------- New feature: cache disk support. Improvement: enable SMART before reading disk temperature. Improvement: upgrade from linux kernel 2.6.24.3 to 2.6.24.4 (refer to http://lwn.net/Articles/274741). Improvement: upgrade from Samba 3.0.28 to Samba 3.0.28a (addresses some Vista issues, refer to http://us1.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.28a.html). Improvement: added back a few more missing libraries needed for certain user customizations. Bug Fix: Support normal expansion of array when Parity is not installed. Changes from 4.3-beta2 to 4.3-beta3 ----------------------------------- Bug fix: Turn off user share filesystem debugging output accidentally left on - doh! Changes from 4.3-beta1 to 4.3-beta2 ----------------------------------- Bug fix: Restore missing 'installpkg' script. Bug fix: Fixed possible user share crash if top-level disk directories contain ordinary files. Bug fix: Fixed warning message generated by 'find' when searching user shares. Bug fix: Fixed problem reporting correct hostname to DHCP server. Changes from 4.2.3 to 4.3-beta1 ------------------------------- Improvement: With user shares enabled, directories/files created directly in a disk share will show up immediately in the correct user share. Improvement: Included 'vsftpd' server. Improvement: Upgrade to linux kernel 2.6.24.3. Improvement: Enable kernel support of up to 4GB of memory. Link to comment
Equilibrium Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Bravo, I can't wait to try it out! Link to comment
PhilH Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Congrats Tom on the banner sales. I hope they keep up. Phil Link to comment
Joe L. Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 We also have a guy working on the website and system usability - we might finally get around to renaming that 'Restore' button In my humble opinion, the "rename" of the "restore" button just might be worthy of an increment of the "Major" release version of unRAID to "5.0" ;) ;) If not that, we can throw a huge party. (with Virtual Beer) Joe L. Link to comment
NLS Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 upgrade done without a hitch - whole thing probably took 30" thank you Tom and thanks for ntpd too Link to comment
Rob_Esc Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 ...we can throw a huge party. (with Virtual Beer) Excellent! I helped contribute to those May sales, and now here's to my first upgrade! Link to comment
RobJ Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Nice to see smartctl included! It is v5.36, so does not yet support some of the 'unknown attributes' of newer drives, but I think this is a good step. Link to comment
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