So this is my issue, 

 

I have unraid on a USB and when i boot into the GUI on the machine i have interent and can browse around on firefox, HOWEVER localhost on that machine wont connect nor can i connect usig any other PC i own, i have tried 3 usb drives in case that was the problem and 2 motherboards in case that was the problem. I have done regular DHCP for ip address and static ip address both through unraid and my router. My router is PfSense custom build so i have all the options in the world to try things out but nothing seems to work. 

 

Im switching from freenas so i have about 12TB of data sitting in external drives waiting to go into unraid since im fed up with FreeNas causing me issues. I have 21TB in the machine for UNRAID but i cant get past the not able to access it. 

 

My router sees the maching and says its online but i cant do anything with it other than the manual GUI that cant even connect to its own self.

Since you have access to the GUI on the console (if I am reading your post correctly), try this:  Go to   Tools   >>>  Diagnostics   and click on that icon.  That should write a Diagnostics file somewhere on the flash Drive--- Probably in the logs directory/folder.  If successful, post that up in a new post.

 

If not, take a sharp non-blurry photo of the     Settings  >>>  Network Settings     page.

1 hour ago, Frank1940 said:

Since you have access to the GUI on the console (if I am reading your post correctly), try this:  Go to   Tools   >>>  Diagnostics   and click on that icon.  That should write a Diagnostics file somewhere on the flash Drive--- Probably in the logs directory/folder.  If successful, post that up in a new post.

 

If not, take a sharp non-blurry photo of the     Settings  >>>  Network Settings     page.

The menu I see doesn't have those options. I just get 

Unraid web interface (says not connected)

Unraid documentation (I can go to that site)

Terminal

Htop

Midnight commander

Second set of info: network

Shutdown the server.  Pull the flash drive out.  Plug it into another computer.  Open up the    logs     folder/directory in the root of that dive.  You will find a file named       tower-diagnostics-20171226-1111.zip       and that is the file to upload.  

Ive tried multiple times, neither time did the file or usb drive change. even after it "saved" here is a clip of the usb drive after removing it and putting it on my PC

Then what is this in the photo in your second post?

 

(   /boot   is where the flash drive in mounted in the Linux file system.)

5 minutes ago, Frank1940 said:

Then what is this in the photo in your second post?

 

(   /boot   is where the flash drive in mounted in the Linux file system.)

but no logs are appearing in the USB drive 

The symptoms reported imply that Unraid booted ok off the USB drive but the USB drive failed to be mounted on /boot.

 

There are several this to check/try:

- Can you confirm that the drive is formatted as FAT or FAT32.

- If plugged into a USB 3 slot try putting it in a USB 2 slot if you have any.

The symptoms reported imply that Unraid booted ok off the USB drive but the USB drive failed to be mounted on /boot.
 
There are several this to check/try:
- Can you confirm that the drive is formatted as FAT or FAT32.
- If plugged into a USB 3 slot try putting it in a USB 2 slot if you have any.

It is fat32 I have one motherboard with one USB 2.0 drive and it still was the same issues

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What is the size of the flash Drive?  It should be 32GB or less.

11 hours ago, Frank1940 said:

What is the size of the flash Drive?  It should be 32GB or less.

SanDisk 16GB Ultra Fit

 

thats the flash drive i used, i own three of them.

 

It is in Fat32 i even use the unraid software to make the usb.

 

Ill be putting up a youtube clip soon to showcase me installing the usb software then what it does so everyone can get a better understanding.

Here is the devices im running

 

my test bench that it wont work on:

ASRock X370 Killer SLI   -     With a ryzen 5 1400

 

My main Server that is also doesnt work on:

Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING   -   With a I7 7700K

 

I use Cat6a cables and run a PfSense router, passes through a linksys for wireless.

i do get this error when loading

 

/dev/disk/by-label/UNRAID not found

 

or something of the like. im not home so cant quote it.

 

Could that be contributing to this issue? 

 

Based on what you ask, it seems like there should be more on the usb after booting the system up then shutting it down, but its the same files/folders as it were when i made it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, dragon_of_snow said:

i do get this error when loading

 

/dev/disk/by-label/UNRAID not found

Could that be contributing to this issue? 

Not contributing, that IS the issue. That means your USB is not being detected and mounted, so nothing in the config files is being read or applied, and you can't save diagnostics to the USB cause it's not mounted.

The USB drive should have the label UNRAID, and should after boot then show up as a symlink wit the name /dev/disk/by-label/UNRAID -> ../../<actual device name>

 

This is used to mount the thumb drive after the system has performed the initial boot sequence.

 

If you insert the USB stick in another computer - does the stick show the volume label 'UNRAID'?

Just now, pwm said:

The USB drive should have the label UNRAID, and should after boot then show up as a symlink wit the name /dev/disk/by-label/UNRAID -> ../../<actual device name>

 

This is used to mount the thumb drive after the system has performed the initial boot sequence.

 

If you insert the USB stick in another computer - does the stick show the volume label 'UNRAID'?

yes, it shows unraid and even used the unraid software to make the stick

OK, try booting NOT using the UEFI mode.  This is often called the legacy mode

Just now, Frank1940 said:

OK, try booting NOT using the UEFI mode.  This is often called the legacy mode

 

Im pretty sure i set that option in the bios. let me run home for lunch and ill get back to you in about an hour and a half

If that does work, try boot it in another computer.  (I believe I saw a laptop also in the video.  unRAID will not write to any HD on any device UNLESS you tell it to!)

On 12/27/2017 at 11:28 AM, Frank1940 said:

OK, try booting NOT using the UEFI mode.  This is often called the legacy mode

 

 

This did the trick, it turns out i had my BIOS set for dual boot mode to do either.

 

I cant find where to say this has been solved on the thread

3 hours ago, dragon_of_snow said:

I cant find where to say this has been solved on the thread

Edit the title of your first post in the thread.