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:
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?
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?