Hey guys this is my first post. I have searched around to find a way to transfer my 2TB of information to my new unRAID system (quite impressed with unRAID). I have seen that you can mount an NTFS drive and do a system copy via ssh or terminal or midnight-commander within the server itself. This would make for the fastest copying possible.

 

However I am unable to mount an XFS formatted partition in unRAID. Is this possible? I am really dreading transferring 2TB over my 10/100 network (no 1000 yet).

 

Can I remove one of the data drives from the array and put it in another computer that will be able to read the XFS drive to do the copy?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

However I am unable to mount an XFS formatted partition in unRAID. Is this possible? I am really dreading transferring 2TB over my 10/100 network

No xfs driver is included in the unRAID kernel.

Can I remove one of the data drives from the array and put it in another computer that will be able to read the XFS drive to do the copy?

You can, but do it after unRAID has created the file-system it needs with the disk partitioned as it expects, and BEFORE you assign a parity drive.

 

If you do it after you assign a parity drive you'll need to do a manual parity "check" and expect "many" parity errors as it brings parity into sync.

On yes, a 1000Mb/s switch is not that expensive.

If you pre-clear a drive, then move the pre-cleared drive to another linux system capable of handling both reiserfs and XFS, you can do a rsync from one drive to another.

 

After that you should be able to use it in the array provided you unassign/abandon currrent parity and regenerate parity when the new drive has been verified.

 

I.E. you have to dismiss all parity, reboot, come up, review the emhttp screen. shutdown, add in the copied drive to the array.

Boot up, check it out.

 

If it's all good, then you can add parity.

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Problem solved

 

Assuming you have gigabit LAN nics on both your desktop and server, of course.  You'll also need Cat5e or Cat6 cables.

Thanks Joe L. I just removed it and put both the XFS drive and one of the unRAID data drives in an Ubuntu machine but  not for anything would the Ubuntu machine mount the data drive. It spits out sync errors and such when you check the log.

 

Do I have to use a slackware derivative to mount both the source and the unRAID data drive to do the transfer?

 

Thanks for the other reply guys! I'm liking the forum support already

 

@Rajahal : Sold out 

 

@WeeboTech : That sounds interesting. Havent used rsync before. Is it difficult? (I'm more of an ubuntu guy  )

Thanks Joe L. I just removed it and put both the XFS drive and one of the unRAID data drives in an Ubuntu machine but  not for anything would the Ubuntu machine mount the data drive. It spits out sync errors and such when you check the log.

It is a standard reiserfs file-system on the first partition.

 

Mount it with something like this

sudo mkdir /mnt/mountpoint

sudo mount -t reiserfs -o rw /dev/sdX1 /mnt/mountpoint

 

where/dev/sdX1 = the first partition of the correct disk in the ubuntu server.  (replace "X" in "sdX1" with the correct device letter)

 

when done copying type:

sudo umount /mnt/mountpoint

Do I have to use a slackware derivative to mount both the source and the unRAID data drive to do the transfer?

No but you need to have ubuntu support reiserfs file systems AND mount the correct partition.

 

Joe L.

Joe L. That worked perfectly. The only thing is I needed to be root to browse and copy the files.

 

Thanks so much!

Havent used rsync before. Is it difficult? (I'm more of an ubuntu guy  )

 

rsync is available from the ubuntu repositories, just load the Synaptic Package Manager and search for rsync.  There's also a gui front end - grsync.  I've started using these to move my video rips from ubuntu to unRAID - it gives an amazing speed increase.  My ubuntu desktop only has 10/100 interface.