FreeNAS-8.3.1-ALPHA-r12516M-x86.iso

[meho]

Hello Everyone,

I was just wondering, when i downloaded the FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x86.iso image, the size was 96M.

I installed the 8.2.0 release and tried it out, I like it. However, curiosity did get the better of me, so I wanted to compile and install a fresh installation.

I updated my sources and checked out the FreeNAS. After following the instructions in the README, I ended up with the fresh ISO and images. My question is,

Why is the image I compile on my machine twice the size than the ISO i downloaded?

Code:

[19:48] root@disgrace [/usr/src/trunk/os-base/i386] # uname -a ; ls -alh | egrep '(Free|*.img)' ; ls -alh /saved/FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x86.iso
FreeBSD disgrace 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #2 r237939: Thu Jul  5 20:00:25 EDT 2012     root@disgrace:/usr/obj/opt/src/sys/disgrace  i386
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   164M Oct  1 17:15 FreeNAS-8.3.1-ALPHA-r12516M-x86.GUI_Upgrade.txz
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   149M Oct  1 16:53 FreeNAS-8.3.1-ALPHA-r12516M-x86.GUI_Upgrade.xz
-rw-r--r--   2 root  wheel   149M Oct  1 08:20 FreeNAS-8.3.1-ALPHA-r12516M-x86.img.xz
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   219M Oct  2 02:18 FreeNAS-8.3.1-ALPHA-r12516M-x86.iso
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   157M Oct  2 14:53 _.imgfile
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   942M Oct  1 08:21 firmware.img
-rw-r--r--  1 brenda  brenda    96M Sep 25 16:05 /saved/FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x86.iso

Also, as we can see from uname -a, I compiled this on a 9.0-RELEASE. Is this a problem?
It Seems when I attempt to boot this installation image in virtualbox, it hangs right after it loads the kernel and never boots.

I know the README says the environment need to be 8.2 or higher so I am wondering if 9.0 was the problem :)

thanks in advance.

 

[William Grzybowski]

ALPHA images are debug images, for developers, they have more packages compiled in, thats why they are bigger.

 

[meho]

ok, I see, I would have liked the BETA version but this (ALPHA) is what svn pulled, either way, it doesn't matter.

my next question:

what kernel config file does one edit?
is it:

Code:

/usr/src/trunk/FreeBSD/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC

or

Code:

/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC

also, this is a screenshot of where it hangs on boot in VirtualBox.


I thought that, since the ISO was so large, it would have taken a while to decompress (It took 9 hours for xz to compress the image during the build).

I was wondering if it was in fact possible to compile on 9.0-RELEASE, I assume it was ok as the build completed without any errors.

I'm stumped

 

[William Grzybowski]

The kernel config to edit is nanobsd/FREENAS.i386

No idea why it is hanging on boot for you, works for me. And yes, you can use 9.0 to build.

 

[meho]

Thank you so much for your input.

Ok, I will try to work through this and post back the results if there are any.

 

[meho]

ok, I disabled the debug and recompiled. all seems well for now

Host:

Code:

FreeBSD disgrace 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #2 r237939: Thu Jul  5 20:00:25 EDT 2012     root@disgrace:/usr/obj/opt/src/sys/disgrace  i386

running VirtualBox

FreeNAS guest:

Code:

FreeBSD freenas 8.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p4 #1 r241076M: Wed Oct  3 13:37:53 EDT 2012     root@disgrace:/usr/src/trunk/os-base/i386/opt/src/trunk/FreeBSD/src/sys/FREENAS.i386  i386

of coarse, compile time with debug off was a fraction of the time but that too may have some consequences.