March 7, 201610 yr So basically i started the unRAID installation process went through everything fine, but the only issue I seem to be having is that the unRAID system isnt showing any picture. No GUI no web interface no VM nothing its just showing some command prompt type screen... The only issue i may think that may be causing this is because I currently do not have a gfx card in the system and have been using an onboard gfx. http://puu.sh/nxU7y/701c6f02c6.JPG This is what I see on my monitor plugged into the unRAID system. any one willing to help? thanks in advance! also... wtf is a parity check and why does it take 10 hours to complete?
March 7, 201610 yr Community Expert So basically i started the unRAID installation process went through everything fine, but the only issue I seem to be having is that the unRAID system isnt showing any picture. No GUI no web interface no VM nothing its just showing some command prompt type screen... The only issue i may think that may be causing this is because I currently do not have a gfx card in the system and have been using an onboard gfx. http://puu.sh/nxU7y/701c6f02c6.JPG This is what I see on my monitor plugged into the unRAID system. That is all that is MEANT to be displayed! unRAID is managed by making a browser connection to the server. Many (most) people run the unRAID server in headless mode and only connect a screen/keyboard when trying to troubleshoot a problem with all access to it being over the network. What are you actualy expecting to see? Are you thinking of running a VM and attaching the monitor/keyboard to that (which requires hardware pass-through support on your unRAID hardware). also... wtf is a parity check and why does it take 10 hours to complete? A parity check is where unRAID is reading every sector on every disk and checking that the associated sector on the parity disk has the correct value to enable rebuilding a disk in the case of failure. The length of time it takes depends on the size of the parity disk - for instance on my system where the parity disk is 8TB it takes a little over a day. Smaller disks will take proportionally less time. With the 10 hours you quote I would think you had something like a 3TB or 4TB parity drive?.
March 7, 201610 yr Author That is all that is MEANT to be displayed! unRAID is managed by making a browser connection to the server. Many (most) people run the unRAID server in headless mode and only connect a screen/keyboard when trying to troubleshoot a problem with all access to it being over the network. What are you actualy expecting to see? Are you thinking of running a VM and attaching the monitor/keyboard to that (which requires hardware pass-through support on your unRAID hardware). what im expecting to see is some type of GUI or interface. I also was thinking of after i create a VM that i would also be able to see that just as is done on another computer on the network. A parity check is where unRAID is reading every sector on every disk and checking that the associated sector on the parity disk has the correct value to enable rebuilding a disk in the case of failure. The length of time it takes depends on the size of the parity disk - for instance on my system where the parity disk is 8TB it takes a little over a day. Smaller disks will take proportionally less time. With the 10 hours you quote I would think you had something like a 3TB or 4TB parity drive?. my parity disk is 2tb thank you for the answer!
March 7, 201610 yr Community Expert what im expecting to see is some type of GUI or interface. I also was thinking of after i create a VM that i would also be able to see that just as is done on another computer on the network. There is no GUI that runs on the attached monitor with the current unRAID release. All that comes up on the local monitor is a basic Linux Command line interface and is really only expected to be used by those who are happy with Linux Command line and who want to use it for special purposes. The roots of unRAID is running it as a NAS so that you do not lead local access. Also, the unRAID GUI is browser based and the unRAID distribution (which runs from RAM) does not include the relevant graphics drivers/software and/or browser to run it on the local monitor. There have been rumors of a GUI on the local monitor coming in a future release of unRAID but at the moment that we have no idea if the rumors are true. If your hardware supports passthrough of the graphics card then you could have a VM that auto-started and used the monitor and bring up the unRAID GUI on that. If run that way then it would feel very like a standard desktop system.
March 7, 201610 yr Community Expert Simpler explanation: To get to the user interface for your unRAID server, open a web browser on another computer on your network and go to http://tower
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