Paul Taylor Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) I have created a boot USB, but when I boot up (in GUI mode) on my PC Lenovo Yoga laptop cannot get any further because UNRAID doesn't recognise its on the network, unfortunately this computer has no ethernet port, when i boot this computer with Windows networking works fine. When I tried the same boot USB on another computer that does have ethernet connector then it works, but this is my main computer and so I dont want to use this as UNRAID device. Edited May 29, 2019 by Paul Taylor Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Unraid does not include any Wi-Fi drivers. As a server OS it expects wired connections. Cannot you make a wired connection to your router and get that to handle any Wi-Fi requirements? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 A laptop isn't really the appropriate platform for Unraid anyway. What do you want Unraid to do? Quote Link to comment
Paul Taylor Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 OK. the computer has no ethernet connecter but may be I can use an ethernet to usb dongle. What would be a typical platform, I'm a bit unclear what would be the standard usecase but really I just wanted to try it out and the laptop is what I had freely available. Quote Link to comment
Paul Taylor Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 okay i found an old computer that I thought was broken but is not. So I now have it running am I correct in saying that unRAID is in essene a way to create a NAS drive, but one that can be run with any old computer and drives of differing sizes and you dont need to work out upfront what size it needs to be and therefore is it more affordable then a Qnap, Synology offering Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Unraid can be just a NAS if you want, pretty much as low or high powered as desired. There are people running everything from 2TB to 100's of TB. Depending on the hardware you run it on, it can host docker applications or virtual machines as well. What did you expect it to be when you first found it? Quote Link to comment
Paul Taylor Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 When I say NAS I do mean something that run some applications as well (as can QNAP) rather than just serve files, so okay that is great, I wil start a new thread for any other issues. Quote Link to comment
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