Adding 2nd Unassigned Device

[DigitalDivide]

I had a second drive laying around and popped it into my server to use as an unassigned device.  I have one already in my server.  It comes up as a mountable drive but when I try to mount it, it doesn't mount.  

 

Can I only have one?  Is there something else I need to do?

[dlandon]

You can have more than one UD drive.  Post the diagnostics zip file.

[DigitalDivide]

I think the drive might be bad.  I took it out and popped it into a windows machine.  Drive doesn't show up....I would assume that means it's bad right?

[dlandon]

Probably.

[DigitalDivide]

My mistake.  I got in in windows, removed the partition and formatted it as ntfs and put back into the server.  Booting now

[DigitalDivide]

Ok it mounted.  Just a quick question.  SHould I leave it as NTFS or make it xfs like my other unassigned disk?  If I do want to change it to xfs how do I do that?

 

Now I'm wondering if I can just add it to the array and it will prompt me to format it. Once it's formatted, I can then remove it from the array and make it an uassigned disk....Will that work?

 

As well, the disk shows as /mnt/disks/New_Volume can I change the name from New_Volume to something else?  I'd like it to read DelugeTorrents when I'm browsing my disks.

 

 

Edited May 19, 2020 by DigitalDivide

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, DigitalDivide said:

If I do want to change it to xfs how do I do that?

 

1 hour ago, DigitalDivide said:

As well, the disk shows as /mnt/disks/New_Volume can I change the name from New_Volume to something else?

See the first couple of posts on the UD support thread:

 

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/44104-unassigned-devices-managing-disk-drives-and-remote-shares-outside-of-the-unraid-array/

 

[DigitalDivide]

Got it!  Found it just before you sent that link.  BTW when I click your link .  Managed to format it as XFS and rename it.  

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