BloodyIron
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Since last time I posted here I got temp banned, despite reading the manuals and searching for hours, and stating that i had searched in my original post, I'm going to be a bit more verbose this time as clearly some admins are trigger happy.
I have used the FreeNAS 8 img file to format a USB key to be bootable, since the target system has no optical drive. It is bootable and completes booting, however when I am presented with a numerical menu there is no install option in that menu, nor was I presented with an install option at an earlier stage of boot. This is different from my experience using the iso's as I recall there being an install option in the menu in previous installations I've done with optical media.
Now, I have also tried a few USB formatting tools to boot the iso off a USB, but the farthest I've gotten is getting to the point where it appears the kernel has finished loading and it's now trying to mount the cdrom, but can't because either I messed up the formatting or whatever, but it can't find a cdrom device to mount and just loops.
Can I please get some advice on this matter?
I have used the FreeNAS 8 img file to format a USB key to be bootable, since the target system has no optical drive. It is bootable and completes booting, however when I am presented with a numerical menu there is no install option in that menu, nor was I presented with an install option at an earlier stage of boot. This is different from my experience using the iso's as I recall there being an install option in the menu in previous installations I've done with optical media.
Now, I have also tried a few USB formatting tools to boot the iso off a USB, but the farthest I've gotten is getting to the point where it appears the kernel has finished loading and it's now trying to mount the cdrom, but can't because either I messed up the formatting or whatever, but it can't find a cdrom device to mount and just loops.
Can I please get some advice on this matter?