May 28, 20206 yr I plugged in a keyboard and monitor and that started with Tower login: I typed root and now I have a shell. Is there a getting started troubleshooting guide?? I can't even ping it from my PC (although I can ping my router from the Unraid box so it does have network) Edited May 29, 20206 yr by toiletduck
May 28, 20206 yr you have booted in console mode (default). When you boot your system, you will see a blue menu that lists things like memtest, safemode etc. use the down arrow to select the 2nd line and this will boot you to gui mode.
May 28, 20206 yr How are you trying to access the GUI? Via the name of your tower or via the IP address? Have you set a static IP or is it dynamic? You're best setting a static IP so it doesn't change. Check the IP address for Unraid in your router and try connect that way. Guessing your Unraid server is connected directly to your router via an ethernet cable? Note - Unraid does have a GUI option when it boots so you can select "GUI" when Unraid is first booting if that would be easier for you to debug.
May 28, 20206 yr Author Thanks for the replies, Yes I've tried selecting the 2nd option when booting which gives me a desktop but I seem to be missing a lot of options, the only options in the menu are: unRAID Web Interface unRAID Documentation Terminal Htop Midnight Commander More info: I had a bad cable initially it seems, but I've run Ubuntu Live (14) and can connect to the internet and ping this desktop (another person suggested my hardware might not be compatible with Linux). When I load unRAID it seems to assign a weird IP 169.254.218.199 and when I try and ping that from this desktop I get transmit failed. General failure. When booting to GUI it can't connect to the internet. PS I noticed a Bond0 error (Cannot find device Bond0) in the command prompt during boot which is why the other person suggested hardware fault Edited May 28, 20206 yr by toiletduck
May 28, 20206 yr Author Managed to get it working on another USB stick that initially wouldn't boot at all by running "make bootable"... Even though I used the USB making tool.... Odd.
May 28, 20206 yr If you've solved it, edit your title by double clicking on it and add [SOLVED] so others can see. Glad you've got it working!
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