Yesterday, iXsystems upload a snapshot of their new FreeNAS release on the SVN.
The new FreeNAS is based on nanoBSD, then here are all the steps for generate the disk image of this release (from a FreeBSD 8.1 amd64).
Refer to the README file for more information.
cd /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd svn co https://freenas.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freenas/experimental/ix freenas
cd freenasÂ
Then for build the 64bit release:
sh ../../nanobsd.sh -c freenas64.conf
Of for build the 32 bit release:
sh ../../nanobsd.sh -c freenas32.conf
The resulted disk image will be found in:
/tmp/YOUR-LOGIN/obj.freenas64|32/_.disk.full
(Don’t forget to copy the disk image in other place and before a reboot if you have the ‘clear_tmp_enable=”YES”‘ in you rc.conf!)
Cross-compilation of a 32bit release should be possible, but didn’t works for the moment (stop during compile of ports/net/unison).
The generated image can only boot from the first IDE device (/dev/ad0s1a) because of original nanoBSD script limitation (removed in BSDRP).
If you would test it from an USB key, first step is to copy it on your key (/dev/da0 for this example):
And we need to adapt it, first by setting glabel on each partitions:
glabel label freenas /dev/da0s1a
Then mount the root filesystem of the FreeNAS:
And add this line to boot/loader.conf (it’s a FreeBSD 8.1 boot from usb «feature»):
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
Modify the etc/fstab like that:
/dev/label/freenas / ufs ro 1 1
/dev/label/cfg /cfg ufs rw,noauto 2 2
/dev/label/data /data ufs rw 2 2
And at last, modify conf/default/etc/remount too:
Unmount the key:
Now you can try to boot from your usb key (login: root, no password).
FreeNAS is configured as DHCP client, you can try to connect to the very experimental WebGUI, but as wrote in the readme, this first snapshot is only a testing of the «base» system.