FreeNAS + Plex running on USB.

[EverReady]

I've gotten FreeNAS installed on a USB and running but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get a jail setup on the root USB drive....

Ideally I'd like to be able to image the whole drive before updates should plex ever have an issue, if I do slap in a new USB and start right back up....

 

[dlavigne]

You can't as you need a dataset on a non-boot pool.

 

[pirateghost]

I've gotten FreeNAS installed on a USB and running but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get a jail setup on the root USB drive....

Ideally I'd like to be able to image the whole drive before updates should plex ever have an issue, if I do slap in a new USB and start right back up....

You don't run other things off the OS drive. You set up a dataset in your pool for jails and use snapshots to roll back changes should bad things happen during an upgrade.

 

[EverReady]

Hmmmm I'll have to read into jails and snap shots seems easy enough though. Thanks guys!

 

[pirateghost]

Hmmmm I'll have to read into jails and snap shots seems easy enough though. Thanks guys!

The plugins system is really just creating a jail for you. All you have to do is set up the snapshot schedule.