freenas 8-3 - disk wont show

[nancy2013ad]

yes, hello..
im runing freenas 8-3 p2 x86,
i have an asus P8 h67-m pro MOTHERBOARD, platform - intel *R, Core, i7. 2600k cpu - 3.40 GHz...

2 - 2TB Sata Hard Drives, just formated with diskwipe -another Sata running Freenas OS....

When loading Freenas all 3 drives show, but when i log in to set up on the View Disk - It wont show no drives ???

I can create a mirror on both drives, but can not create single drives ???

I can create CIFS, FTP, but can not finish the iSCSI setup because it does not show drives to point to ???

can someone help me with this issue ??

Thank You
Nancy

 

[cyberjock]

Why is there a poll attached to this?

 

[nancy2013ad]

Wanted To See How Many People Had The Same Issue, Plus It Gave Me The Option...

 

[nancy2013ad]

yes, hello..
im runing freenas 8-3 p2 x86,
i have an asus P8 h67-m pro MOTHERBOARD, platform - intel *R, Core, i7. 2600k cpu - 3.40 GHz...

2 - 2TB Sata Hard Drives, just formated with diskwipe -another Sata running Freenas OS....

When loading Freenas all 3 drives show, but when i log in to set up on the View Disk - It wont show no drives ???

I can create a mirror on both drives, but can not create single drives ???

I can create CIFS, FTP, but can not finish the iSCSI setup because it does not show drives to point to ???

can someone help me with this issue ??

Thank You
Nancy

Just Found This Article On The Web - Im Trying It ... Will Post Results Later ...

Add Hard Drives to FreeNAS
The first action that we need to perform is adding the hard drives on the system to FreeNAS. By default, FreeNAS is unaware of the hard drives in the system.

Start by clicking on the Management item under the Disks menu to bring up the disk management interface.

Click on the icon to start the hard disk addition process.

You will now be presented with a screen containing a number of drop down options.

In general, most of the options can be left to their defaults. The only drop down that you will probably need to use is the Disk drop down. This lists all of the hard drives on your system. Simply select the hard drive that you would like to add to FreeNAS and click the button.

Repeat this process for each hard drive in the system.

The only exception to this rule is the drive that contains the FreeNAS operating system. You will have to set the Preformated FS option to UFS.

When you have completed adding all of the disks, click on the button to activate the changes made.

LOOK FOR + icon ...

 

[cyberjock]

The poll has been closed since the poll is not related to the thread topic.

I'm no sure what your exact problem is, but using the x86 version on that hardware is far from ideal.

 

[gpsguy]

Nancy, it's clear that you didn't read the manual first. Rather than reading random documentation on the web, start with the official documentation. Another resource is cyberjock's guide.

2 - 2TB Sata Hard Drives, just formated with diskwipe -another Sata running Freenas OS....

When loading Freenas all 3 drives show, but when i log in to set up on the View Disk - It wont show no drives ???

At this point, it's probably best to start over and do it correctly.

Download a copy of Darik's Boot & Nuke and wipe all 3 hard disks. Use the "quick erase" option. There are other ways, but this is probably the easiest way for you. While this is running, you can browse the documentation.

As cyberjock said, with your hardware, you should be using the 64 bit version of FreeNAS.

FreeNAS is a lightweight OS (~2Gb) and the recommendation (1.4.3 in manual) is to install it on a USB thumb drive. I'd suggest using either a 4 or 8Gb flash drive. Anything larger is a waste of money, since you can't use it for data storage.

Install the 64 bit version on the flash drive and do your basic setup. If you've read cyberjock's guide, you should now have an idea of how you want to setup your drives. JBOD (single drives), RAIDZ1 or ??? Most of us, choose some form of RAID, since we're looking for data protection.

Section 6.3.3 (Volume Manager) will guide you through the setup. You should see your member disks in the selection box.