This doc has some hints for creating grub on USB:

https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_o_install_clearos_using_usb

Re: NOOB QUESTION: What Network Type should face the client?

Here is also a guide that will help.

https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_o_network_types_-_external_lan_hotlan_dmz

Re: Raid and OS on separate drives?

Here is a video I did last month on this topic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJkfd8O-j8

Also, once you have your volume, the storage app will help but if you want to manually configure bind mounts you can read this technical explanation.

https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_o_storage_manipulation_using_bindmounts

Check your portal on the ClearSDN:

https://secure.clearcenter.com/portal/

Whether you have paid or not you can look at your system(s) there. Worst case scenario is that you can register/re-register your system by going to the registration page in Webconfig and adding a 'reset' to the URL:

https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_o_reset_registration

Here is a video I did last month on this topic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJkfd8O-j8

Also, once you have your volume, the storage app will help but if you want to manually configure bind mounts you can read this technical explanation.

https://www.clearos.com/resources/documentation/clearos/content:en_us:kb_o_storage_manipulation_using_bindmounts

The new MicroServer Gen 10 from HPE comes with ClearOS pre-installed and supports a headless mode. You only need to plug in your laptop or other computer into the second network port and then navigate a web browser to:

http://172.22.22.1:81

Most browsers have broad support for visually impaired operators. From there you can use the username 'root' and password 'password' to run the initial install wizard.

You will want to change directory to / in order to run 'du -h --max-depth=1'. ie.

cd /
du -h --max-depth=1

From there, it will tell you which folder is the big consumer. Enter into the folder that is the big consumer with 'cd /directory_name' and then repeat

du -h --max-depth=1

You'll get the hang of it.

Another useful command for us to understand the situation is going to be:

df -h

I don't know that the term 'oversight' is appropriate here. DNSmasq not only provides DHCP services but it is also the foundation for a number of services which required a functioning DNS server. The services include:

Samba
Gateway.Management
DNSThingy
...and every single update including security updates.

Simply stopping in essentially breaks a number of things. If you are skilled enough to compensate for these by properly assembling a replacement or by over the architecture of the DNS of the server with some replacement then it will also be trivial for you do the other types of things that does whatever it is that you need to do. Some of these other tasks include:

Disabling the consumption of port 53 by DNSMasq by setting the port parameter to '0'.
Rolling in Bind and DHCPd from ISC because you want to use them instead.

The purpose for not having the start/stop button is to save people from breaking essential functions of the system. Feel free to do it manually but having that button NOT there is a good thing and will save a lot of heartache for those people who don't know/realize that the DHCP services is also the same thing that is making it so that there server can run DNS resolution on their updates.

We will always push hard for security updates and bug fixes. In truth, a lot of packages are already staged for release with 7.4 already and you can look in the 'clearos-updates-testing' repos to see what is coming.

Also, you can track our progress here:

https://tracker.clearos.com/roadmap_page.php

With the service stopped, does the pid file exist?