FreeNAS-11.2-U5 is breaking Pen Drives

[VioletDragon]

Hi,

I created a Pen drive using Disks in Ubuntu however its now causing Blue Screens in Windows 7. I then tried another Pen Drive in Windows 7 and burnt the image using Rufus then all of a sudden another Blue Screen now when ever i plug either pen drives in its causing Blue screens in Windows 7 yet i can format in Linux perfectly fine any ideas?

 

[Kiran Kankipati]

True. Not just this version, in general it is a bad idea to use a pen-drive for continuous use. And even worse as a server OS drive. A cheap low-capacity SSD is all we need. It is built for such a purpose. Anyway I discussed in detail in the video a while ago.

 

[VioletDragon]

True. Not just this version, in general it is a bad idea to use a pen-drive for continuous use. And even worse as a server OS drive. A cheap low-capacity SSD is all we need. It is built for such a purpose. Anyway I discussed in detail in the video a while ago.

Im making install Media to install to a SSD. Ive just done a test. Ive just used Disks in Ubuntu on my workstation to burn FreeNAS-11.1-U7.iso on the Pen Drive that caused the Blue screen with this iso it does not cause the Blue screen but with FreeNAS-11.2.U5.iso it causes the Blue Screen

 

[Kiran Kankipati]

Im making install Media to install to a SSD. I've just done a test. I've just used Disks in Ubuntu on my workstation to burn FreeNAS-11.1-U7.iso on the Pen Drive that caused the Blue screen with this iso it does not cause the Blue screen but with FreeNAS-11.2.U5.iso it causes the Blue Screen

Interesting. I see... BTW, may I know your USB drive model/ picture which caused the issue. I think some combination of violent read/write or something might've caused this issue. In my case, I have installed in a Kingston USB3.0 flash drive. It is overheating the drive. After few months, before it gets any failure, migrated to a HDD. Since I dont have any available SATA ports, for now plugged this HDD via USB HDD enclosure. Works perfect.

 

[VioletDragon]

11.1 is fine i can boot from that but 11.2 is a issue even when creating the Pen Drive. I have done a video but cant seem to post it. there is a issue with 11.2.

 

[VioletDragon]

The Pen Drives i am using are USB 2.0 Drives the one is a Kingston G3 8GB and the other is a Hama 4GB. Here is the solution to fix the issue with the Pen Drive even after formatting them in a Linux using gparted.

Restore the Disk image of FreeNas 11.1 to the Flash drive then format it again itll fix the issue with the Blue screen. I have just installed FreeNas 11.1 without any issues what so ever.

 

[Kiran Kankipati]

very interesting. I see. Why dont you install on a spare HDD and get away using USB pen drives altogether. You can use any low-spec HDD. (and may be some SSD in future).

 

[VioletDragon]

That might be a possibility but i think its a issue with the iso itself.

 

[VioletDragon]

Hi,

I did a video on demonstrating the issue here is what happens.

https://youtu.be/cvysOYXHHBw

 

[nick779]

True. Not just this version, in general it is a bad idea to use a pen-drive for continuous use. And even worse as a server OS drive. A cheap low-capacity SSD is all we need. It is built for such a purpose. Anyway I discussed in detail in the video a while ago.

Unless something has changed in the last year, this is complete nonsense. Mirrored flash drives have been a standard for the FreeNAS OS for years. The file system is READ-ONLY while in use so there are no excessive reads or writes.

 

[russnas]

I know peeps suggests using a hdd now but i have been using a 8gb verbatim drive for the past 5 years

 

[pschatz100]

Hi,

I created a Pen drive using Disks in Ubuntu however its now causing Blue Screens in Windows 7. I then tried another Pen Drive in Windows 7 and burnt the image using Rufus then all of a sudden another Blue Screen now when ever i plug either pen drives in its causing Blue screens in Windows 7 yet i can format in Linux perfectly fine any ideas?

After formatting them for Linux, they will not work in Windows. To get them to work in Windows again, you need to remove the existing partitions and then re-partition them. A simple reformat alone will not do the trick.

 

[jlpellet]

Hi,

I created a Pen drive using Disks in Ubuntu however its now causing Blue Screens in Windows 7. I then tried another Pen Drive in Windows 7 and burnt the image using Rufus then all of a sudden another Blue Screen now when ever i plug either pen drives in its causing Blue screens in Windows 7 yet i can format in Linux perfectly fine any ideas?

I believe that this is likely a known issue with Windows 7 32-bit & the new FreeBSD ISO (that moved away from GRUB) in that FreeBSD uses a nonstandard GPT layout in their ISOs (don't recall the details) & post-Win7 MS modified the GPT driver to support. If this is the issue, Linux disk diagnostics will show it but, AFAIK, everything later than Win7 is OK with the GPT layou FreeBSD uses.

For more info, see the links below.

https://www.google.com/search?sourc...hUKEwiKs7mYjd7jAhVM2qwKHeI_DTcQ4dUDCAc&uact=5

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/blue-screen-of-death-when-insert-freebsd-usb-stick.62230/

Hope this helps.

 

[sretalla]

Unless something has changed in the last year, this is complete nonsense. Mirrored flash drives have been a standard for the FreeNAS OS for years. The file system is READ-ONLY while in use so there are no excessive reads or writes.

It has.

In the release notes from 11.2-U4, there was a change to the documentation to mention that USB drives are no longer recommended.
https://jira.ixsystems.com/browse/NAS-101056

Although from what I can see, the actual changes to the documentation fail to make the crucial point intended in the subject line of that change. (@dlavigne )

 

[ThreeDee]

small SSD's are pretty cheap anymore .. that coupled with a SATA to USB cable and you are golden ..