grither Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 hi guys, had a great system with an 80gb cache drive. it was filling up, so today i tried swapping in a 250gb model did all the mover stuff, to get files off the 80gb cache drive. then inserted the new. but system won't boot, hangs at the attached pic. took unraid flash out, backed up config folder, formatted fresh, then copied over config folder. but no luck any advice? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Will it boot without the new drive? Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 yes it will! thanks for asking, should i format the drive somehow in my pc first? Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Other info: tried different slot, same prob tried formatting to ntfs and fat32 on pc, neither work when server boots, i see the drive in the list of drives recognixed on the sata cards drive is a samsung ssd v-nand 850 evo any thoughts? Maybe somehting with the master boot record? Edited February 25, 2017 by grither Quote Link to comment
thegizzard Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Did you follow the cache drive upgrade process in the FAQs. I just did this and it was a breeze. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
thegizzard Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Fwiw.. here is the thread where Johnny black put me on track for my cache upgrade. https://forums.lime-technology.com/index.php?/topic/55089-Migrate-Cache-disk-spinner-to-SSDSent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 i appreciate the help but i think we have different issues.... i followed the replacement guide exactly, my problems came about when i powered down, installed the cache drive, and tried to boot. system just won't boot with the ssd installed, but will boot without. maddening! plus i already have an ssd installed! my 80gb cache drive. trying to install a 250gb as the 80 is getting full Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 aargh can't believe this! just exchanged samsung 250 for a wd 250! and hangs at same screen as picture above!!! is there something i need to enable in the bios? i do have one ssd installed and working, not sure what else to do???? Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 just totally out of ideas. even powered down, removed old cache ssd, inserted new in same slot, would not boot. then removed new drive, inserted old, and booted right up. is there something i should be doing to prepare the ssd before putting into server? i installed my first one so long ago, i have no recollection of what i did. should i format through my pc and if so, what file system? Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 should i leave it at the stage in the picture? i have left it there about 30 min before shutting down. could it actually be doing something like formatting? i don't think so but desperate for an idea.... Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 bump for some advice? I know my hardware is pretty old, maybe it just can't work with newer ssd drives Quote Link to comment
grither Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 just tried adding a precleared full size drive, booted right up no problem. for some reason my server won't take a (second) ssd, but takes 3.5 drives no problem so weird, still open to advice! Quote Link to comment
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