Your post is somewhat confusing and supplies no actual information/error details, I have searched for the motherboard and that board has the capability of enabling a Raid from within the Bios, is this how you created your Raid 5?
As BIOS S.M.A.R.T. check does not tell, what exactly is bad or assumed to be, try this:
Put back the original HDD,
enter BIOS,
set "S.M.A.R.T. status check" to "Off",
"Save changes and Reset".
The PC should boot normally then and you can do a backup of data and system.
The further depends on, how you created the RAID (by BIOS or by OVM). Maybe you can tell some more about it?
Display MoreAs BIOS S.M.A.R.T. check does not tell, what exactly is bad or assumed to be, try this:
Put back the original HDD,
enter BIOS,
set "S.M.A.R.T. status check" to "Off",
"Save changes and Reset".
The PC should boot normally then and you can do a backup of data and system.
The further depends on, how you created the RAID (by BIOS or by OVM). Maybe you can tell some more about it?
If might boot, but if the RAID was created in OMV it could very well be inactive and the filesystem not mounted and data not accessible. I say this because it sounds like the OP made a HDD swap without first removing the defective drive from the MD RAID from within OMV.
Jopa Krisbee I would agree with you both, the OP has given no information so we are guessing what is happening, but, TBH if the OP has enabled the raid and SMART from within the bios there's very little we can do. Putting hardware diagnostics/setup in front of OMV is counter intuitive and takes OMV out of the equation.
Well, then let's try another way. First with the question, if you installed OMV on one of HDDs, or on a separate drive, before you added RAID drives?
In first case it looks like the HDD, you replaced first, was the HDD, which OMV installed on and set as boot drive, and after you replaced it, BIOS did not find bootable HDD no more and changed its Boot Order settings or just cleared them. In second case, even if there was no need to, BIOS seems to have reacted same way.
So next step, I'd do, is to check BIOS Boor Order or simply try Boot Override one by one. And if this does not do it, "Load optimized default settings" or even clear CMOS completely. At least the latter must BIOS let find a bootable drive if any.
If OMV boots again now, then go Web GUI and there directly to Storage->S.M.A.R.T.->Devices and see, which of devices has status "bad" - should be the same as BIOS complained about -, highliight it and then click "Show details" and there "Attributes". Please make screenshot(s) of the bad attribute(s) and post it here. Further look, if OMV already set RAID5 "degraded" or still not, but anyway you should be able to access all your data to make backup(s). After data backup I'd suggest to clone the bad disk to your new one either from within OMV by omv-extras plugin "openmediavault diskclone" or by using a clonezilla boot stick.
If BIOS is not able to boot from any of the disks, then things get more complicated. Because you either need extra tool (kit) booting from an USB stick to repair your original boot drive or install OMV completely new then. In case of new OMV installation I strongly recommend to use a seperate small (32GB is enough) but HiQ SSD for system. You can add existing RAID drive set then and run all procedures needed to exchange one drive via Web GUI.
Hi dcoulon,
I have no idea no more, what happened to your OMV. Ok, give Boot repair a try - don‘t know it. I use testdisk and/or Hiren‘s Boot CD (HBCD) PE 1.08 running Win11 PE as a Live System.
Re to add existing RAID5 drives I just know, that it is possible, but I did not do it yet.
I‘m not at home until next monday, and cannot look after real omv procedures.
You are welcome.
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