gl3nn Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hello guys, I shut down my unraid server last night and now it doesn't want to boot. I retried a few times to boot but to no succes. Unraid hangs on "Starting rsyslogd daemon". I will include a picture Greetings gl3nn Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Put your flash drive in your PC and let it checkdisk. Quote Link to comment
gl3nn Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I tried putting it in my windows pc and it founds some fault and it restored them. After that i ran the command chkdsk [drive] /f /r /x. but it still hangs on the same part Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Try copying bzimage,bzroot from the download. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I tried putting it in my windows pc and it founds some fault and it restored them. After that i ran the command chkdsk [drive] /f /r /x. but it still hangs on the same part I recommend plugging flash into PC, make backup of your 'config' folder. Then reformat the usb flash - volume label UNRAID - then copy over release from zip file. Click 'make_bootable' as administrator (don't forget this step), then drag your 'config' file backup to the flash. Quote Link to comment
gl3nn Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 I tried putting it in my windows pc and it founds some fault and it restored them. After that i ran the command chkdsk [drive] /f /r /x. but it still hangs on the same part I recommend plugging flash into PC, make backup of your 'config' folder. Then reformat the usb flash - volume label UNRAID - then copy over release from zip file. Click 'make_bootable' as administrator (don't forget this step), then drag your 'config' file backup to the flash. Thanks i will try this when i get home tonight Quote Link to comment
gl3nn Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 I tried putting it in my windows pc and it founds some fault and it restored them. After that i ran the command chkdsk [drive] /f /r /x. but it still hangs on the same part I recommend plugging flash into PC, make backup of your 'config' folder. Then reformat the usb flash - volume label UNRAID - then copy over release from zip file. Click 'make_bootable' as administrator (don't forget this step), then drag your 'config' file backup to the flash. Thanks i will try this when i get home tonight This solved it! Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment
tone Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I am experiencing this now and I am unsure how to progress past the suggestions in this post (reformat usb flash). Details: - Sever was running fine for the last 18 months - Did a hardware upgrade (new cpus, case w/backplane) this last weekend and ran into this issue once but a reboot fixed it - Since then every time I reboot it has this issue. I have left it for 1 hour + with no change Steps I tried: - First I backed up my flash drive to my macOS desktop (verified it looked good, size was correct, etc) - I used the `Unraid USB Creator` on macOS. - Selected Stable, Unraid 6.8.1 (212 mb) - Clicked Customize - Checked Allow UEFI Boot - Selected my flash drive and Clicked Write - Replaced the /config folder from my desktop backup - Tried to boot into unRaid, boot screen shows, tried normal (headless), with GUI, and Safe mode. All had the same result. I have attached a 2 second video of the hanging. I have attached a screenshot of the hanging (same as video, just not live). Also, when I hit Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard it tried to Reboot (SIGTERM), it never actually reboots, it hangs also. I uploaded a pic of that. Thank you in advance, this is a super bummer for me as I have always had a really clean experience with unraid. IMG_6713.MOV IMG_6713.MOV Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 hours ago, tone said: I am experiencing this now and I am unsure how to progress past the suggestions in this post (reformat usb flash). This thread is over 3 years old and marked solved, but keep it here now that you have posted in it. Are you booting from a USB2 port? You should. Quote Link to comment
tone Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, trurl said: This thread is over 3 years old and marked solved, but keep it here now that you have posted in it. Are you booting from a USB2 port? You should. Yes, I am using a USB2 port. It is the existing motherboard, flash drive, and same exact port as before (last 18 months). Quote Link to comment
tone Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Tonight I will try: Get a windows 10 PC and run chkdsk on the flash drive This will determine if something is wrong physically or logically with the flash drive Try a brand new flash drive and clean copy of unraid (without my existing /config file) This will determine if something is wrong with the server's hardware (mobo, cpu, ram, usb port, etc.) Install a clean/new copy of unraid on a new flash drive and then move my /config folder over (I will need to move my license if this works, nbd) Also, LMK if I should start a new thread for this, not trying to hijack and existing thread but it is the same issue. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Have you done memtest? Quote Link to comment
tone Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Following up on my previous post. First thing I did was to plug the flash drive into a Windows 10 PC, I ran chkdsk d: /f /r /x and it resulted in 0 errors. Next, I had an idea, try formatting the flash drive using the Windows 10 machine. I figured there could be an issue isolated with macOS. Downloaded Unraid USB Creator Win32 and reset the drive. I did not add my /config folder back. It booted up quickly to `Tower login:`. I was able to browse to my server IP via another computers web browser and saw it as an unregistered copy of unraid. So far so good! I have eliminated physical problems with the machine and the USB flash drive. Next I wanted to add the /config folder back to the drive but via the Windows 10 PC. Unraid booted up fine, it got past the rsyslogd.pid step. So I am still a bit confused as to the root cause. Potential culprits: - macOS formatting might have an issue - Copying /config from a macOS might have an issue - Other? I never did a memtest but will kick one off later this week. Quote Link to comment
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