Before installing, it is important to remember that the FreeNAS® operating system must be installed on a separate device from the drive(s) that will hold thestorage data. In other words, if you only have one disk drive you will be able to use the FreeNAS® graphical interface but won’t be able to store any data,which after all, is the whole point of a NAS system. If you are a home user who is experimenting with FreeNAS®, you can install FreeNAS® on an inexpensiveUSB thumb drive and use the computer’s disk(s) for storage.

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Hello folks, I have been looking for a while to solve this but didn't work. I have a server with 4 SAS hard drive the problem is either doesn't detect my disk or detect only one: When I use RAID 1+0: Detect one disk (suppose 2) When I use RAID 5: I have been able to install FreeNAS but.
Rebooted NAS (FreeNAS 9.3) - ipconfig /flushdns - change from using PIN to password - Change from password to PIN - using regedit added the AllowInsecureGuestAuth = 1 to the registry. Notes on NAS: using Freenas 9.3, ZFS volume, enabled CIFS shares. Do not require login to access media files (or any files).
It is by far the most recommended HBA for FreeNAS. Despite the SAS 2008’s age, it is still considered a top HBA. The primary issue with the SAS 2008 is speed. It was designed in a time where hard drives dominated. It simply does not have the I/O performance to handle arrays of even modern consumer SSDs.

Plan to build my home Nas based on FreeNas. But I found, for many reasons, I'd better install FreeNas to a hard drive instead of running FreeNAS from a USB key as intended. Is it possible and how?:confused: Thank you for your thoughts and inputs. Mar 13, 2017 Hello folks, I have been looking for a while to solve this but didn't work. I have a server with 4 SAS hard drive the problem is either doesn't detect my disk or detect only one: When I use RAID 1+0: Detect one disk (suppose 2) When I use RAID 5: I have been able to install FreeNAS but.

This section describes the following:

2.1. Getting FreeNAS®¶

The latest STABLE version of FreeNAS® 9.3 can be downloaded fromhttp://download.freenas.org/.

Note

FreeNAS® will only install to 64-bit hardware and the installer will not work on 32-bit hardware.

The download page contains the following types of files:

.iso: this is a bootable installer that can be written to either a CD or USB flash as described in Preparing the Media.
.GUI_Upgrade.txz: this is a compressed firmware upgrade image. If your intent is to upgrade FreeNAS®, download this file and see the section onUpgrading.

Each file has an associated sha256.txt file which should be used to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. The command you use to verify thechecksum varies by operating system:

on a BSD system use the command sha256 name_of_file
on a Linux system use the command sha256sum name_of_file
on a Mac system use the command shasum -a 256 name_of_file
on a Windows or Mac system, you can also install a utility such asHashCalc or HashTab

The value produced by running the command should match the value of the sha256.txt file.

2.2. Preparing the Media¶

Beginning with version 9.3, FreeNAS® must be installed using a menu-driven installer, as the ZFS boot partition is created during the installation. Toperform an installation, download the .iso file and write it to either a CD or a USB stick.

To burn the .iso file to CD, use a CD burning utility.

The command which is used to burn the .iso file to a compact flash card or USB thumbdrive depends upon the operating system. This section demonstratesutilities for several operating systems.

Note

if you will be burning the installation file to a USB stick, you will need two USB slots, each with an inserted USB device, where one USB stickcontains the installer and the other USB stick is selected to install into. When performing the installation, be sure to select the correct USBdevice to install to. In other words, you can not install FreeNAS® into the same USB stick that you boot the installer from. Afterinstallation, remove the USB stick containing the installer, and if necessary, configure the BIOS to boot from the remaining USB stick.

Once you have written the .iso file to the installation media, make sure the boot order in the BIOS is set to boot from that device and boot thesystem to start the installation.

2.2.1. On FreeBSD or Linux¶

On a FreeBSD or Linux system, the dd command can be used to write the .iso file to an inserted USB thumb drive or compact flash device.Example 2.2a demonstrates writing the image to the first USB device (/dev/da0) on a FreeBSD system. Substitute the filename of your .iso file andthe device name representing the device to write to on your system.

Warning

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The dd command is very powerful and can destroy any existing data on the specified device. Bevery sure that you know the device name to write to and that you do not typo the device name when using dd! If you are uncomfortable usingthis command, write the .iso file to a CD instead.

Example 2.2a: Writing the .iso file to a USB Thumb Drive

When using the dd command:

if= refers to the input file, or the name of the file to write to the device.
of= refers to the output file; in our case, the device name of the flash card or removable USB drive. You may have to increment the number in the nameif it is not the first USB device. On Linux, use /dev/sdX, where X refers to the letter of the USB device.
bs= refers to the block size

2.2.2. On OS X¶

Insert the USB thumb drive and go to Launchpad ‣ Utilities ‣ Disk Utility. Unmount any mounted partitions on the USB thumb drive. Checkthat the USB thumb drive has only one partition, otherwise you will get partition table errors on boot. If needed, use Disk Utility to setup one partition onthe USB drive; selecting “free space” when creating the partition works fine.

Next, determine the device name of the inserted USB thumb drive. From TERMINAL, navigate to your Desktop then type this command:

This will show you which devices are available to the system. Locate your USB stick and record the path. If you are not sure which path is the correct one forthe USB stick, remove the device, run the command again, and compare the difference. Once you are sure of the device name, navigate to the Desktop fromTERMINAL, unmount the USB stick, and use the dd command to write the image to the USB stick. In Example 2.2b, the USB thumb drive is/dev/disk1, which is first unmounted. The dd command uses /dev/rdisk1 (note the extra r) in order to write to the raw devicewhich is faster. When running these commands, substitute the name of the installation file and the correct path to the USB thumb drive.

Example 2.2b: Using dd on an OS X System

Note

if you get the error “Resource busy” when you run the dd command, go to Applications ‣ Utilities ‣ Disk Utility,find your USB thumb drive, and click on its partitions to make sure all of them are unmounted. If you get the error “dd: /dev/disk1: Permission denied”,run the dd command by typing sudo dd if=FreeNAS-9.3-RELEASE-x64.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=64k, which will prompt for your password.

The dd command will take some minutes to complete. Wait until you get a prompt back and a message that displays how long it took to write the imageto the USB drive.

2.2.3. On Windows¶

Windows users will need to download a utility that can create a USB bootab