September 30, 20205 yr I just noticed I have a couple I/O errors on my USB boot flash drive. I see it's just from a single sector. I'm apt just to keep an eye on it for now but wonder if I should go ahead and replace it? What say you? unraid-diagnostics-20200929-2116.zip
September 30, 20205 yr Community Expert 8 hours ago, Taddeusz said: I just noticed I have a couple I/O errors on my USB boot flash drive. I see it's just from a single sector. I'm apt just to keep an eye on it for now but wonder if I should go ahead and replace it? What say you? unraid-diagnostics-20200929-2116.zip 267.88 kB · 1 download Personally, I wouldn't wait! This is an item which will cost less than $10US and a failure in the future may give some real headaches. At this point, it is a simple maintenance item and not a server outage. That is always a good situation.
September 30, 20205 yr Author 3 hours ago, Frank1940 said: Personally, I wouldn't wait! This is an item which will cost less than $10US and a failure in the future may give some real headaches. At this point, it is a simple maintenance item and not a server outage. That is always a good situation. That's a good point. The last flash drive I had become unbootable. I was fortunate that I was able to duplicate it to a new drive.
October 1, 20205 yr Author Am I correct that I just need to copy the config folder from my old Unraid USB drive?
October 1, 20205 yr Community Expert Yes. Make sure the .key file for the old disk is in the config folder. As I recall, when the new drive boots up, that will cause a prompt for you to update the .key file. Doing so will 'blacklist' the old flash drive. Before doing anything try to make a complete copy of the old flash/boot drive. (You will never need it if you make one!) It should also give a good clue as to where the problem is on that old flash drive. At this point, you don't exactly where the I/O problem is on the drive. If your luck is good, it will be in a file that you really don't need... You may also want to get some screen captures of the disk assignments and other settings on the current system so if problems do arise, you can rebuilt from the bottom up.
October 3, 20205 yr Author That was a fairly painless process. Used the Unraid USB Creator on the new flash drive and then copied the config folder from the old drive. Booted up, replaced my key, and started the array up. Also gave me a chance to upgrade my motherboard's BIOS. Edited October 3, 20205 yr by Taddeusz
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