Could someone give me a walk through

[Deneys]

Hi all,

I have a old Acer aspire laptop that i am using. I have used it as a media server (windows with dlna software) to share movies and music to my smart tv, xbox and other laptops throughout the house. The dlna kept on crashing after a couple of days, so i looked for something new and came across freeNAS.

Now i did go through a couple of "how to" and installation guides, but here is my problem (witch i dont really know if it IS a problem)
I created a bootable flash drive and inserted it. (with FreeNAS 8.3.1)
It booted fine and whent through everything.
It gets to the part with the freeNAS logo (with 4 options i think) and then before i even get a chance to select anything it goes on right to the end. Displaying the menu with 11 options and the IP address.

MEANING, i did not setup any of my storage devices as i saw should be done on all the "how to guides".
Now a headed over to the IP and thought i might be able to attach the storage devices from there. When to storage - attach storage - selected the storage and gave it a name. It displayed the available space and name after adding.

Now i went to share (in order to map the drive on my PC) But there is no way to browse for the path. I only get "/" so i tried to type the path "/mnt/flash/" and also tried other variations with the path typed.
I kept on getting the error:

• The path must reside within a volume mount point

That was yesterday. This morning i thought i would give it a another go. When i go to the storage tab i get the error:
Error getting available space


I tried adding a other storage device and got the same error.

Now i know I have probable setup the entire thing incorrectly??? How should i do it? Is there a way i can reset it? Why did it not stop at the menu during installation?

 

[dlavigne]

It sounds like the guides you are referring to are for an older version of FreeNAS. Instead, refer to the User Guide for your version--download the correct version from http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Main_Page. Section 3.1 Quick Start Guide provides an overview with links to the part of the docs with the specific details.

 

[Deneys]

Thanks alot!!! Got it working!

But now i ran into a other problem.
I started by adding a oldish 200GB and 1TB drive. Set them up and shared (separately, 200GB as backups. And 1TB as Media) I can find them under network on my computer, and changed all the permissions for both of them.
I installed minildna and started coping a couple of movies from my 2TB witch i use with my TV. After 10 or so movies the NAS froze. I could not go to its IP or open it under my networks in my computer. So i restated it, only to have the same problem 5min later. What can this be.

The laptop that iam using is a duelcore 1.6ghz with 2GB of RAM. I know it is not a lot, but should work??

Any thoughts?