Aloha,
I had previously gotten a FreeNAS install up and running using an SSD as the OS drive, but was advised this was, at best, wasteful. So, I took the suggestions here and ordered a SanDisk Cruzer and have been attempting to load FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 onto this. It boots to a a point, and then hangs.
- The drive is sitting in a USB 2.0 slot
- First attempt: used dd to write the image from my Mac. Put it into my NAS and booted. It hung at "Setting hostid [...]"
- Second attempt: Used the CD to install onto the USB stick on the NAS, rebooted, hung at the same point
- Third attempt: dd'd the image from linux onto the USB stick, same result.
Any clues? I've attached a picture of where the boot process gets to. I left it there over night without any change. Looking at the logs of the dhcpd server, the NAS isn't asking for an IP either, so no chance of seeing if the web interface might be accessible...
Thanks for any help!
I had previously gotten a FreeNAS install up and running using an SSD as the OS drive, but was advised this was, at best, wasteful. So, I took the suggestions here and ordered a SanDisk Cruzer and have been attempting to load FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 onto this. It boots to a a point, and then hangs.
- The drive is sitting in a USB 2.0 slot
- First attempt: used dd to write the image from my Mac. Put it into my NAS and booted. It hung at "Setting hostid [...]"
- Second attempt: Used the CD to install onto the USB stick on the NAS, rebooted, hung at the same point
- Third attempt: dd'd the image from linux onto the USB stick, same result.
Any clues? I've attached a picture of where the boot process gets to. I left it there over night without any change. Looking at the logs of the dhcpd server, the NAS isn't asking for an IP either, so no chance of seeing if the web interface might be accessible...
Thanks for any help!