Hi there, I upgraded from a working 5.0.4 unRAID system to 5.0.5 using the clean install USB drive option, following instructions. Included simple features. I have a LSI M1015 8port PCIe card. On reboot, the drives were not visible. I went into bootup and changed the boot sequence to UEFI: USB disk. On bootup, it shows 'tower' login and only 3-4 primary disks, all unassigned. I had about 9 disks in total, with the remaining 5 on the M1015 card, now not visible.

 

Recovery mode.

Copied original 5.0.4 files back into USB drive, I incl overwriting the hidden file. The bootup failed with 'boot error' no matter what sequence is set.

 

Panic Question: while I investigate further, will the array and data be still intact? Did the first boot using 5.0.5 cause any change to the unRAiD array? So far I had just been working on the USB drive.

 

I figured my problem may be the recovery mode back to original may be flawed. I intend to make bootable using the 5.0.4 make bootable but Run as Administrator. I will try it first and post. Please answer my panic question first. Thanks!

 

 

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I am no genius, but as long as it didn't try to write to the array (which it doesn't sound like it would have been able to anyway), then your data SHOULD be intact.

 

Wait for someone much smarter than me to help you get your array back up and running though.

As long as you did not assign any drives to the array slots, unraid will not write to them, so your data should be fine. Did you complete an error free parity check before you started the upgrade?

When you say "clean install USB drive" do you mean you started from scratch and didn't keep or copy any of your previous configuration to the flash drive? And why include simple features? It has been incompatible with all of the v5 final releases.

 

You say it shows only 3-4 primary disks. Which is it? 3 or 4. If you wiped your flash for a fresh install and didn't put your key file back then you only get 3 disks with unRAID Basic.

 

Also, starting with a fresh install means you will not have any of your drive assignments, since they are kept on the flash drive. Not a big problem because you can assign them again as long as you know which drive is which. Most importantly, don't accidentally assign one of your data drives as parity.

 

What is on your flash now exactly? Did you restore a backup of your 5.0.4 install and it won't boot? If so then you probably just need to run make_bootable again.

 

Thanks a heap, guys, and trurl for your comment.

 

I left out this all-important statement in my New Flash device upgrade: Before ejecting your flash, restore the 'config' directory from your back up.

 

I have successfully rebooted using the old install after 'make bootable' command. I'll proceed carefully for the 5.0.5 next.

 

Thanks again.