Is this even a good idea?

haha too risky for me

what's wrong with the script ?

 

for the number of times you're going to need it, just stick with the script.

Hush your dirty mouth sparky

We need a container. You've spoiled us get to work

 

 

I kid kid

Maybe a plug-in since it doesn't have any special dependencies? And an email alert when it done or having problems

There was an attempt to do this with Simplefeatures a few years ago. Maybe bonienl can comment.

There was an attempt to do this with Simplefeatures a few years ago. Maybe bonienl can comment.

 

there was a heated discussion about it as i recall.

In the unraid gui, when I hover over a drive outside of the array, check out the url link it is displaying. It opens a blank page but is that a sign that limetech is planning on adding this soon?

In the unraid gui, when I hover over a drive outside of the array, check out the url link it is displaying. It opens a blank page but is that a sign that limetech is planning on adding this soon?

 

i wouldn't swear to it, but i think that's something to do with displaying preclear progress in the webui.

In the unraid gui, when I hover over a drive outside of the array, check out the url link it is displaying. It opens a blank page but is that a sign that limetech is planning on adding this soon?

 

That link is not used, maybe I should have taken it out, as it was something from the past ...

 

Though Limetech has put native preclear support on their roadmap under version 6.2 ...

 

Ahh, that explains it.

 

Unfortunately 6.2 will probably be released in 2018 judging by LT's track record 

 

I kid, I kid

 

But, seriously. . .

 

j/k

 

not

Perhaps ask for a update in the topic: unRAID Project Roadmap Announcements ...

 

Who knows, perhaps there are positive surprises !?

 

Didn't simplefeatures used to show the pre-clear progress of a drive? I'm not getting this with dynamix.

Didn't simplefeatures used to show the pre-clear progress of a drive? I'm not getting this with dynamix.

 

The preclear progress indicator is still in. Dynamix (SF) looks for the file /tmp/preclear_stat_<device> and if existing it will print its contents (this is the progress information supplied by the preclear script).

 

To make the progress information visible, the drive must be listed under the "Unassigned Devices" though.

 

Might as well make a GUI (web or X) for preclear that shows progress bar and ETA of whole process.. and make it multi-tab, in case user needs to run preclear on multiple drives at the same time, it can all be viewed from a single place.

Might as well make a GUI (web or X) for preclear that shows progress bar and ETA of whole process.. and make it multi-tab, in case user needs to run preclear on multiple drives at the same time, it can all be viewed from a single place.

 

^^^this^^^

Didn't simplefeatures used to show the pre-clear progress of a drive? I'm not getting this with dynamix.

 

The preclear progress indicator is still in. Dynamix (SF) looks for the file /tmp/preclear_stat_<device> and if existing it will print its contents (this is the progress information supplied by the preclear script).

 

To make the progress information visible, the drive must be listed under the "Unassigned Devices" though.

 

 

Where exactly?

 

 

 

Another observation is that the dashboard CPU utilisation doesnt seem to match what I get in htop, at all.

 

it's always shown for me on the unassigned devices tab, although since dynamix i've only ever precleared a drive with the array started, which is kind of one of the points of preclear script, to allow clearing of drives while the array is live.

... to allow clearing of drives while the array is live.

 

Yes but unRAID trashed my partition tables for me, so I have no array. I can't imagine I'd be alone in wanting this to show up even when the array isn't running? Think of a new user for example... They'd have no data either and be in a similar position to me.

 

 

Yes but unRAID trashed my partition tables for me

 

and i bet you never thanked them , lol.

 

 

but to be fair though, if someone can iniatate a preclear via terminal and screen, they can get progress there if the array is offline.

it's always shown for me on the unassigned devices tab, although since dynamix i've only ever precleared a drive with the array started, which is kind of one of the points of preclear script, to allow clearing of drives while the array is live.

Isn't unassigned devices tab (section) a plugin? Or is just the ability to mount unassigned devices the plugin and the tab (section) shows up anyway? Doesn't seem to be in the screenshot.

[me=ironicbadger]goes to check the dynamix plugins[/me]

it's always shown for me on the unassigned devices tab, although since dynamix i've only ever precleared a drive with the array started, which is kind of one of the points of preclear script, to allow clearing of drives while the array is live.

Isn't unassigned devices tab (section) a plugin? Or is just the ability to mount unassigned devices the plugin and the tab (section) shows up anyway? Doesn't seem to be in the screenshot.

 

 

 

my plugins page, excluding dynamix and unraid itself

 

 

and unassigned devices tab is there, and was there prior to me getting any of the self installed plugins

 

 

 

 

I don't have that tab. Wonder why!

I don't have that tab. Wonder why!

Do you have any unassigned devices?  If not, that's why it doesn't show up.