oeci Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I want to re-purpose my old PC based on an AMD FX-8350 CPU as a file server for daily backups of my media storage. The mainboard is a Gigbyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (rev. 3.0) which comes with a Realtek onboard NIC. I donwloaded Unraid (6.8.3), installed it onto a USB flash drive and successfully booted the server. But no matter what I do I cannot get a network connection (neither by using automatic setup nor by setting a static IP) . There is an error message at the bottom of the screen (I use a dedicated monitor to set up the server) saying: "Interface Ethernet Port 0 is down. Check cable!" So far I've tried 3 different network cables as well as different ports on different switches but these are definitely not the issue here. Help would be highly appreciated as I would love to use Unraid for my file server. To facilitate troubleshooting I've attached the diagnostic files... bodenwiesli1-diagnostics-20200314-0504.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Link keeps going up and down, try disabling bonding, failing that try a different NIC if available, Quote Link to comment
oeci Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 I've already tried disabling bonding, it does not help. And unfortunately I haven't got any network cards. Quote Link to comment
oeci Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 Whats further confusing is the fact that this is a very old mainboard so the drivers for it have long been incorporated into the Linux kernel. I myself have successfully run Linux Mint as well as Fedora on this mainboard without any issues. Quote Link to comment
oeci Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Update: I tried the latest Beta (6.9.0 beta 1) and this one works perfectly (with and without bonding). Is the beta stable enough for a personal file server that primarily serves for daily backups? It's not the only backup, I've got several external HDD's with images of my drives that I update on a monthly basis plus there is another HDD with my most important data in a drawer at the office, this one is updated every two - three months. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 6 hours ago, oeci said: Is the beta stable enough for a personal file server that primarily serves for daily backups? Should be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment
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