karthikeyan d
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Hi FreeNAS/TrueNas community forums
I have been using freenas as a file server form 2014 and my last update version was FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314 .
i have tried updating to the next version in the past , but due to some issue , i could not up date from the above version.
Since my freenas server was running without any issues for past 6-7 years , so i dint want to risk fiddling around to try and upgrade.
I Dont run it 24/7 . I run it as a storage server and media server which is used only when necessary.
My Server Config
Motherboard = INTEL DG43RK
Processor = Intel Celeron CPU E3300 2 2.50 GHz
RAM =8 GB DDR3 1333 Corsair xms
PCIE HBA = 4 SATA PORTS (Some generic card )
L2ARC = Kingston 60 GB SSD
HHD = 7 (2TB Seagate ironwolf drives) in raid z1
SMPS = 650 W CORSAIR
Boot drive = 4 GB Kingston
Couple of days back , my freenas GUI showed a critical error - Boot volume state is UNAVAIL ; one or more devices are faulted in response to IO failure
following this the GUI became unresponsive , on restart the boot loader screen got suck in the following
i read through some forums and discussion , most of them said it would be a failing / failed usb boot drive .
i panicked and googled for my version of freenas iso (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314) . it was no were to be found.
more panic set in . Some how managed to find a 9.3 version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201504152200) . i installed it on a new usb drive and booted my OS , logged into the new OS and setwizard showed up . and i did the following ,
then GUI would not respond . i restarted the server and the boot loader got stuck again in as in the previous boot loader image .
Then the next day i inserted the old usb drive (kingston 4 gb ) and booted my freenas server. It booted up fine and ran with no errors for 2 hrs.Then the same Critical error on GUI - Boot volume state is UNAVAIL ; one or more devices are faulted in response to IO failure and boot loader go stuck on rebooting my freenas server.
I then changed the usb port from on the moterboard to rear IO usb port , the system booted up and is running fine for past 3 days , even after multipe reboots and multiple manual shutdowns. USB header or connector on motherboard gone BAD ? ??.
I BACKED UP MY IMPORTANT FILES
I HAVE SAVED MY CONFIG
NOW I WANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING
1) MAKE A COPY/CLONE THE CURRENT USB BOOT DRIVE (4 GB kingston )
2) MAY BE UPGRADE TO 9.3 version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201504152200) is this previous version an upgrade to mu current version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314)
3)IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUMP VERSIONS AND GO TO freenas 10 or freenas 11
NEED HELP FIND ISO's and with CLONING MY OLD USB
PLEASE HELP
THANKYOU
I have been using freenas as a file server form 2014 and my last update version was FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314 .
i have tried updating to the next version in the past , but due to some issue , i could not up date from the above version.
Since my freenas server was running without any issues for past 6-7 years , so i dint want to risk fiddling around to try and upgrade.
I Dont run it 24/7 . I run it as a storage server and media server which is used only when necessary.
My Server Config
Motherboard = INTEL DG43RK
Processor = Intel Celeron CPU E3300 2 2.50 GHz
RAM =8 GB DDR3 1333 Corsair xms
PCIE HBA = 4 SATA PORTS (Some generic card )
L2ARC = Kingston 60 GB SSD
HHD = 7 (2TB Seagate ironwolf drives) in raid z1
SMPS = 650 W CORSAIR
Boot drive = 4 GB Kingston
Couple of days back , my freenas GUI showed a critical error - Boot volume state is UNAVAIL ; one or more devices are faulted in response to IO failure
following this the GUI became unresponsive , on restart the boot loader screen got suck in the following
i read through some forums and discussion , most of them said it would be a failing / failed usb boot drive .
i panicked and googled for my version of freenas iso (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314) . it was no were to be found.
more panic set in . Some how managed to find a 9.3 version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201504152200) . i installed it on a new usb drive and booted my OS , logged into the new OS and setwizard showed up . and i did the following ,
then GUI would not respond . i restarted the server and the boot loader got stuck again in as in the previous boot loader image .
Then the next day i inserted the old usb drive (kingston 4 gb ) and booted my freenas server. It booted up fine and ran with no errors for 2 hrs.Then the same Critical error on GUI - Boot volume state is UNAVAIL ; one or more devices are faulted in response to IO failure and boot loader go stuck on rebooting my freenas server.
I then changed the usb port from on the moterboard to rear IO usb port , the system booted up and is running fine for past 3 days , even after multipe reboots and multiple manual shutdowns. USB header or connector on motherboard gone BAD ? ??.
I BACKED UP MY IMPORTANT FILES
I HAVE SAVED MY CONFIG
NOW I WANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING
1) MAKE A COPY/CLONE THE CURRENT USB BOOT DRIVE (4 GB kingston )
2) MAY BE UPGRADE TO 9.3 version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201504152200) is this previous version an upgrade to mu current version (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314)
3)IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUMP VERSIONS AND GO TO freenas 10 or freenas 11
NEED HELP FIND ISO's and with CLONING MY OLD USB
PLEASE HELP
THANKYOU