FreeNAS 8.2 boot question

[aberator]

Hello,

I managed to install FreeNAS 8.2 on a 4GB USB drive. The problem is that my system can't automatically boot from a USB drive.

So my question is: is there any way to install the boot loader on a HDD so that it will boot my USB installation?

Thank you!

 

[paleoN]

Yes, you can. But you probably need to partition the drives manually and create the zpool manually.

If you have a cd drive in the system you can probably make a cd that will boot USB as well.

 

[survive]

Hi aberator,

How old is the system? I can't imagine anything fairly current can't boot from a USB key. Might be worth a look at the BIOS & see what your boot order is. Most BIOS'es will allow you to specify a one-time boot device for that the system will use on the next boot.

Can you grab something else like a "Puppy Linux" usb install or even a memtest usb installer:

http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.usb.installer.zip

and give it a try? I think we will know more about where the problem is once you make something boot from USB.

-Will