All hdd's having gpt problem's

[ikkenjij36]

Hi there after running some time with other os i wanted to install freenas but no matter what drive i install freenas i get the message first gpt invalid or corrupt using the second,but sadly no go for me.
Who can help me to erase all disks to reinstall the system like new?
Really like to try out freenas.
Need some real help here.

 

[cyberjock]

You can help yourself by wiping the disks using FreeNAS' GUI and the manual at doc.freenas.org. Keep in mind that this will wipe all data on the disks so you should unplug any drives you don't want to wipe to prevent a mistake.

After you wipe the disks you may have to reboot FreeNAS before you setup UFS or ZFS on your drives.

 

[ikkenjij36]

Well that's the problem i don't have a webgui cause i can't install freenas at all.
How do i wipe all my disks without an os on it?
After that i want to install freenas on it.

 

[gpsguy]

Install FreeNAS on a USB flash drive. It's the recommended way - see the manual.

With 50 posts under your belt, I *thought* you'd already done an installation on at least one machine in the past.

 

[ikkenjij36]

Install FreeNAS on a USB flash drive. It's the recommended way - see the manual.

With 50 posts under your belt, I *thought* you'd already done an installation on at least one machine in the past.

I already tried it on one machine but due to failing hardware it stopped.
Recently buoght some new hardware and trie to reuse some of my older hw that's whyy i am back asking for help on this beatiful forum.

 

[ikkenjij36]

Well after i tried it to boot from usb it doesn't work.
Seems that my mobo still doesn't support it so that is a no go ass well.
Who can give me some easy way howto format my drives?
Just need to overwrite them so i can install on them again.

 

[gpsguy]

You don't need to preformat them - just erase them. It's overkill, but you could download DBAN (Dariks Boot & Nuke) [Live CD], boot it and erase the drives.

Did you check your BIOS and see if there's an option for boot from USB? Or, check the boot order in the BIOS?

What's the make/model number of your motherboard?

 

[ikkenjij36]

You don't need to preformat them - just erase them. It's overkill, but you could download DBAN (Dariks Boot & Nuke) [Live CD], boot it and erase the drives.

Did you check your BIOS and see if there's an option for boot from USB? Or, check the boot order in the BIOS?

What's the make/model number of your motherboard?

Yes i checked the bios and it should boot from usb but it doesn't
the make is gigabyte ga-770x-ud3 or somthing like that.
And yes i just need erase the disks as you say but will try to dl dban and hope this is the solution.

 

[gpsguy]

If you're plugging the flash drive into a USB3.0 port, try a USB 2.0 port instead.

If you use DBAN, use the quick option.

 

[ikkenjij36]

Allright finally got the hdd's erased with gparted live cd.
Now my next issue,i want to have my 6x2Tb hdd as one big storage,freenas is insatlled now on my ssd^(60GB),what kind of raid/storage is the best i can make?
I want to run it namely as media server and share different folders to tv's media players and so on,win and android.
Maybe have it as back up for my laptop's,don't know how to do that yet but will look to the forum again.....
If i should open an other topic on this please say so and i will.

 

[Dusan]

With 6 drives RADIZ2 would be the recommended setup.

 

[ikkenjij36]

Allright thanks,it's busy now making the volume.
How about the rest of my qeustions?
I want to run sabnzb coucpotato sickbeard and so on and maybe as a backup server for my win laptops but want to craete aboout 6 folders for to share in samba and use pms as well.

 

[Dusan]

How about the rest of my qeustions?
I want to run sabnzb coucpotato sickbeard and so on and maybe as a backup server for my win laptops but want to craete aboout 6 folders for to share in samba and use pms as well.

All that is possible. What is the question? :)

 

[ikkenjij36]

Well tried all the services in the gui and worked but trying to get the folders straight was to much of a hassle again.
Will try it out for a few weeks and change to something easier if the need is there.