Dual booting Linux and FreeNAS/manual partition question

[graysky]

I'd like to try FreeNAS on the same box/HDD as a Linux install. I have a ZFS pool on the box using three other drives that am currently using under Linux (ZOL). The "system" disk is GPT formatted and I have a 250G partition available for FreeNAS. Using the linux util, gdisk, I have created the partition but am unclear what type to assign it for freeNAS. I'm guessing "bf00 Solaris root" ... my options:

Code:

0700 Microsoft basic data  0c01 Microsoft reserved    2700 Windows RE       
4100 PowerPC PReP boot    4200 Windows LDM data      4201 Windows LDM metadata
7501 IBM GPFS              7f00 ChromeOS kernel      7f01 ChromeOS root   
7f02 ChromeOS reserved    8200 Linux swap            8300 Linux filesystem 
8301 Linux reserved        8302 Linux /home          8400 Intel Rapid Start
8e00 Linux LVM            a500 FreeBSD disklabel    a501 FreeBSD boot     
a502 FreeBSD swap          a503 FreeBSD UFS          a504 FreeBSD ZFS     
a505 FreeBSD Vinum/RAID    a580 Midnight BSD data    a581 Midnight BSD boot
a582 Midnight BSD swap    a583 Midnight BSD UFS      a584 Midnight BSD ZFS 
a585 Midnight BSD Vinum    a800 Apple UFS            a901 NetBSD swap     
a902 NetBSD FFS            a903 NetBSD LFS            a904 NetBSD concatenated
a905 NetBSD encrypted      a906 NetBSD RAID          ab00 Apple boot       
af00 Apple HFS/HFS+        af01 Apple RAID            af02 Apple RAID offline
af03 Apple label          af04 AppleTV recovery      af05 Apple Core Storage
be00 Solaris boot          bf00 Solaris root          bf01 Solaris /usr & Mac Z
bf02 Solaris swap          bf03 Solaris backup        bf04 Solaris /var     
bf05 Solaris /home        bf06 Solaris alternate se  bf07 Solaris Reserved 1
bf08 Solaris Reserved 2    bf09 Solaris Reserved 3    bf0a Solaris Reserved 4
bf0b Solaris Reserved 5    c001 HP-UX data            c002 HP-UX service   
ea00 Freedesktop $BOOT    eb00 Haiku BFS            ed00 Sony system partitio
ef00 EFI System            ef01 MBR partition scheme  ef02 BIOS boot partition
fb00 VMWare VMFS          fb01 VMWare reserved      fc00 VMWare kcore crash p
fd00 Linux RAID

 

[gpsguy]

You can't.

Installing FreeNAS creates 4 primary partitons and takes over the entire disk. Since the recommended way of installing FreeNAS is to install it on a flash drive, just go that route.

 

[fracai]

Well, couldn't you have multiple boot devices and select from the boot screen?

 

[graysky]

OK... I have a 16G USB stick on which I will install FreeNAS. I have booted successfully and can access the webGUI but don't see any installation options. Also read this but again, found nothing:

http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Initial_Setup

Am I confused? Is FreeNAS not meant to be installed to a device but rather run as a live USB?

EDIT: OK... by burning from an img to the USB, I in effect did the installation. I was expecting this would more or less place the CD on a USB for installation. So this is a Live-distro... is there a way I can write the CDROM iso to a USB so I can do a proper install?

 

[pirateghost]

You are installed on the USB. It is not a live CD distro

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