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YpsiNine
Guest
Hello,
I just had the worst day in a long time.
It all started when I thought I would up the security of my NAS a notch by using HTTPS instead of HTTP to access the Web GUI. So I went along and created a CA and then a certificate, configuring FreeNAS to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. I did not choose the HTTP+HTTPS option. The problem arose quickly: there was no way of accessing the Web GUI through HTTPS, there was always an error about the certificate similar to this thread: Malformed certificate. And obviously I could not access through HTTP either since I chose only the HTTPS option.
So I started reading the forum about solutions. Someone suggested to simply Factory Reset FreeNAS, so I started Putty and could connect and then I ran the program that one sees when looking at the monitor physically connected to the NAS, where you have 14 or so choices. I chose reset to factory settings. So far so good.
Now, after the system rebooted, it simply would not go any further. I got an error message which is just looping, it went like this:
freenas init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs (see pic1.jpg)
Over and over and over and over. So I had to read up on this error, someone said it's related to locale, some other people said it's related to the network. So i unplugged the network cable and tried again, but same problem. When trying to access the Web GUI with the network cable plugged in, all I see is some error message:
{"message": "Error: no such column: system_settings.stg_guicertificate_id", "events": [], "error": true} (see pic2.jpg)
At this point I started to panic. I took out the USB key where FreeNAS is installed and copied the whole drive by using the "Read" function in Win32DiskImager. I have no idea if this even works, but it copied all 32 GB (29,8 GB) of the drive.
Ok, so I continued to read. I figured I would try a 2nd USB key with the full .iso on it and use the "Upgrade" function. But this didn't work either, the following error occured after entering a password for root:
freenas-install/boot/default no such file or directory
Then it says the install fails and it goes back to the initial screen where you can install, restart or shutdown etc. I tried to find some info on this error message but I was unsuccessful. I did not dare to do a fresh install because I am worried that my data will be lost forever.
So this is where I am now. I am starting to panic. The install is the latest stable 9.3 build, I think it had a date in late September.
Can someone please help me?
Hardware:
Supermicro mb
Intel 4350 cpu
16 GB ECC ram
8 x 2 TB disks, 8 x 3 TB disks, 4 x 4 TB disks
I just had the worst day in a long time.
It all started when I thought I would up the security of my NAS a notch by using HTTPS instead of HTTP to access the Web GUI. So I went along and created a CA and then a certificate, configuring FreeNAS to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. I did not choose the HTTP+HTTPS option. The problem arose quickly: there was no way of accessing the Web GUI through HTTPS, there was always an error about the certificate similar to this thread: Malformed certificate. And obviously I could not access through HTTP either since I chose only the HTTPS option.
So I started reading the forum about solutions. Someone suggested to simply Factory Reset FreeNAS, so I started Putty and could connect and then I ran the program that one sees when looking at the monitor physically connected to the NAS, where you have 14 or so choices. I chose reset to factory settings. So far so good.
Now, after the system rebooted, it simply would not go any further. I got an error message which is just looping, it went like this:
freenas init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs (see pic1.jpg)
Over and over and over and over. So I had to read up on this error, someone said it's related to locale, some other people said it's related to the network. So i unplugged the network cable and tried again, but same problem. When trying to access the Web GUI with the network cable plugged in, all I see is some error message:
{"message": "Error: no such column: system_settings.stg_guicertificate_id", "events": [], "error": true} (see pic2.jpg)
At this point I started to panic. I took out the USB key where FreeNAS is installed and copied the whole drive by using the "Read" function in Win32DiskImager. I have no idea if this even works, but it copied all 32 GB (29,8 GB) of the drive.
Ok, so I continued to read. I figured I would try a 2nd USB key with the full .iso on it and use the "Upgrade" function. But this didn't work either, the following error occured after entering a password for root:
freenas-install/boot/default no such file or directory
Then it says the install fails and it goes back to the initial screen where you can install, restart or shutdown etc. I tried to find some info on this error message but I was unsuccessful. I did not dare to do a fresh install because I am worried that my data will be lost forever.
So this is where I am now. I am starting to panic. The install is the latest stable 9.3 build, I think it had a date in late September.
Can someone please help me?
Hardware:
Supermicro mb
Intel 4350 cpu
16 GB ECC ram
8 x 2 TB disks, 8 x 3 TB disks, 4 x 4 TB disks