April 2, 201412 yr I discovered this when the mover clobbered a directory that was set to cache only. After digging, I found there was no .cfg for that share. I then tried to create a few shares, and found that no .cfgs were created for the new shares. I've repaired by flash drive with testdisk (on a mac); it had some boot sector errors. Before I declare bankruptcy and format and reinstall (assuming it has some errors on the flash drive), is there anything else I should check? Many thanks!
April 2, 201412 yr find a windows machine and run chkdsk on your flash..... it sounds like its in read-only mode Myk
April 2, 201412 yr Author find a windows machine and run chkdsk on your flash..... it sounds like its in read-only mode Myk I'll do that, thanks. I know I'm in a minority, having only Mac and Linux machines, but is there really no comparable alternative on those platforms to chkdsk on Win? Cheers,
April 3, 201412 yr Use DISK UTILITY on the Mac. Its called 'FAT', but its FAT32. (you use a Terminal command to get FAT16)
April 3, 201412 yr Author So I was able to get the drive plugged into Windows, which said something about checking the disk as soon as I plugged it in, so I ran it. Nothing obvious came back, and nothing about read only, but I have since restored it to the Unraid and booted. I created a new share using the UI, but no .cfg was created. Anything else you'd suggest? Thanks!
April 3, 201412 yr Don't just 'repair'. I'd reformat it again. On PC or MAC. Run Makebootable Then copy over unRAID again. Your first post says there were errors in the Boot Region of the flash. If a reformat doesnt' fix it, I'd replace it.
April 3, 201412 yr Author Ok, thanks. Is there a good way to copy over shares.cfgs following a format? ...Or should I just not move the /boot/shares .cfg's when I reformat? I want to have a consistent .cfg situation when I'm all done (able to be created, deleted, etc). EDIT: Can I manually create a .cfg for the missing cache only share? Thank you!
April 5, 201412 yr Author I'm considering not moving my /boot/shares folder over to the freshly formatted flash. Will that force a creation of .cfgs, or can I trigger that by changing their configs once I boot up? I'd like to rebuild 100% from fresh sources in case I keep moving over corrupted data. Thoughts? Probably going to tackle it this weekend.
April 5, 201412 yr No need to copy the file. I think this is what should happen...and then what you need to do: 1. Right now, at the top level of physical disk1 and disk2, etc. there are folders. There might be a folder called 'video_rips' at the top level of 2 of your data drives. Another drive might have a top level folder for TIMEMACHINE, etc. Each of these is a 'User Share' 2. Without a user shares config, when you boot up, the top level of each physical drive is scanned for folders and a 'user share' is created for each folder. (if the same folder appears on several physical drives,only one 'user share' is created.) ...and so the 'shares' are 'back', but what's been lost are the individual SHARE SETTINGS appropriate to each. (include/exclude disks, Cache only, High water, etc. etc.) Don't forget your end users and passwords. You just need to methodically work your way through the GUI And set all the appropriate settings. At the end, restart...just to be sure.
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