Good Morning

Long time lurker, first time builder. I just completed my server using 4.2.4 (basic free version), and finished the parity check. I also did memtest for one pass. I now have a few questions:

1. Should I upgrade to 4.5 (Dec 9)?

2. The unRaid would not boot on my machine unless I had set acpi=off in the syslinux.cfg file. I am using a GIGABYTE|GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard with a AMD Sempron 2.7ghz processor. Did I miss something in the BIOS?

3. If I purchase the pre-made flash drives from Lime tech, what size are the drives, and what build will I get? Or should I buy my own flash drive and just get the license?

4. I am using XBMC in two rooms - if I set users, will this affect me? This may be off-topic, but I get the feel there are a few of us using unRaid.

5. What about Slimserver? I am thinking of purchasing a Squeezebox in the next few months.

 

Now I am going to add unMenu, and take it from there.

Thanks in advance.

1. Should I upgrade to 4.5 (Dec 9)?

YES.  There have been a LOT of fixes and performance improvements in both the unRAID modules and the included Linux kernels, including ACPI support.

 

2. The unRaid would not boot on my machine unless I had set acpi=off in the syslinux.cfg file. I am using a GIGABYTE|GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard with a AMD Sempron 2.7ghz processor. Did I miss something in the BIOS?

I can't guarantee it, but ACPI issues should be handled much better with the latest kernels.  You do of course have to have ACPI enabled in the BIOS settings.

 

4. I am using XBMC in two rooms - if I set users, will this affect me? This may be off-topic, but I get the feel there are a few of us using unRaid.

Not an answer, but see the UnRAID Topical Index, XBMC section.

 

5. What about Slimserver? I am thinking of purchasing a Squeezebox in the next few months.

Not an answer, but see the UnRAID Topical Index, SlimServer section.

Thanks for the nudge on the wiki - I did not realize that page even existed. Thanks!

And I'll be on 4.5 (basic) tomorrow.

Thanks again