unraid on motherboard's microsd

[emrepolat7]

Hi Guys;

I have a HPE server which has motherboard with a microsd slot. I searched the forum whether it can be unraid booted (& licensed) from microsd card. All I found was regarding microsd usb card readers. 

 

Can I buy unraid license and use on motherboard microsd? 

 

 

[testdasi]

6 minutes ago, emrepolat7 said:

Hi Guys;

I have a HPE server which has motherboard with a microsd slot. I searched the forum whether it can be unraid booted (& licensed) from microsd card. All I found was regarding microsd usb card readers. 

 

Can I buy unraid license and use on motherboard microsd? 

 

 

It depends on whether the card reader has a unique GUID or not. Impossible to know without actually owning the product.

You probably are better off assume "No".

 

[emrepolat7]

Thank you for your reply,

 

I got little confused about slot vs reader. Maybe both are the same. Let me attach my microsd slot/reader picture just in case they are not the same. Then you can easily identify. 

Edited July 8, 2020 by emrepolat7
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[JonathanM]

IF it works, then your license would be tied to the motherboard.

 

Can't hurt to try, you will have to follow the directions to manually install Unraid onto the flash. When you boot it and try to register your trial install it will let you know if it can't be licensed.

 

I'm kind of betting that it won't work at all though.

[emrepolat7]

I tried it. it worked but when I registered it gave me 15 days of trial period, instead of 30 days.
what does that mean?

[JonathanM]

6 hours ago, emrepolat7 said:

I tried it. it worked but when I registered it gave me 15 days of trial period, instead of 30 days.
what does that mean?

No clue. If you go to tools, registration, what info does it give you? Does the flash GUID look like a random string of numbers and letters?

[emrepolat7]

yes. it looks like;

Flash Vendor:   Generic-

Flash Product:   SD_MMC_MS_PRO

Flash GUID:     some numbers & letters 

[JonathanM]

13 hours ago, emrepolat7 said:

Flash GUID:     some numbers & letters 

any repeats or series?

[emrepolat7]

xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx000000

 

only last 6 letter are same

Edited July 10, 2020 by emrepolat7

[JonathanM]

3 hours ago, emrepolat7 said:

xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx000000

 

only last 6 letter are same

Do you have a way to verify that not all boards use the same GUID? I suspect given the string of 6 repeated characters that it's not unique, and can't be licensed.

[emrepolat7]

I was able to buy and register unraid even though it is not a valid GUID.
I hope I won't have a problem in the future.

[sota]

the real test will come when/if you need to change the SD card.

[emrepolat7]

14 minutes ago, sota said:

the real test will come when/if you need to change the SD card.

I don't think there will be a problem with that. sd card  or usb, we will have to change it sometime for some reason someday. If I remember correctly, we have the right to change it 1 or 2 times a year.  On the other hand, if the registration is based on my motherboard than I also do not need to worry about that