February 18, 20206 yr I'm trying to add a parity drive to my system, but it's telling me invalid expansion. As shown in the screenshots Any ideas?
February 18, 20206 yr Looks like you are also trying to add disk4 and disk5 at the same time as the parity drive, is that correct?
February 18, 20206 yr Community Expert It says you may not add new disk(s) and also remove existing disk(s). Did you remove any disks?
February 18, 20206 yr Author 3 minutes ago, trurl said: It says you may not add new disk(s) and also remove existing disk(s). Did you remove any disks? No, didn't remove any disks. 4 minutes ago, jonathanm said: Looks like you are also trying to add disk4 and disk5 at the same time as the parity drive, is that correct? That is correct /u/nitebleu over on /r/unraid was able to help me. I had to start the array, stop it, add the parity disk, and then start it again. Unraid is now seeing my parity drive
February 18, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, uktz said: I had to start the array, stop it, add the parity disk, and then start it again. Unraid is now seeing my parity drive Yes, you can't add data drives and parity drives at the same time without doing further steps.
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