Hey peeps,

 

I have been using unraid for around 3 years without issue and have a Plus license.

 

A while back my unraid wouldnt boot. Seemed to be some errors on the flash disk. I took the flash disk out and put in into a windows machine and run a check disk which reported that some errors were found. The unraid server however still wouldnt boot. So copied the data off the flash, formatted it, and copied the data back and everything started to work again.

 

This has happened twice in the last 6 months, and today my flash file system reported an error saying that it was "read only". I cant write any new files to the drive or edit existing ones.

 

Is the flash dead? Can licenses be transferred to another GUID or do I need to buy another license?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hey peeps,

 

I have been using unraid for around 3 years without issue and have a Plus license.

 

A while back my unraid wouldnt boot. Seemed to be some errors on the flash disk. I took the flash disk out and put in into a windows machine and run a check disk which reported that some errors were found. The unraid server however still wouldnt boot. So copied the data off the flash, formatted it, and copied the data back and everything started to work again.

 

This has happened twice in the last 6 months, and today my flash file system reported an error saying that it was "read only". I cant write any new files to the drive or edit existing ones.

 

Is the flash dead? Can licenses be transferred to another GUID or do I need to buy another license?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

I am surprised you waited this long to take some positive action.  Flash Drives do not last forever and all of them will eventually fail. 

 

I understand that Tom will give you a new license for another GUID if you explain the situation to him.  My recommendation to contact him would be through the LimeTech website.  Under the Compnay tab, you will find a contact page. 

Heh, hi frank, thanks for your input.

 

Working in IT support and consultancy makes fixing computer issues the  last thing you want to do. My better judgement told me to replace the flash some time ago, and I acted upon this by backing the flash up quite regularly but I was under the impression that meant a new license purchase. It wasn't until I read on these forums that there was in fact possibility to transfer.

 

I absolutely love the product, and have sold many unraid builds to my clients. It pleases me to hear that licenses are in fact transferable, this makes the product so much better.