Freenas USB went Bad. Whats the right way create a new one

[venkavis]

Hi

My USB went bad and freenas server won't boot.

I am trying to create a new one, but running into difficulties.
Looks like I have to download the ISO and create a USB and then use that to create a bootable 9.10 USB?

Would be great if somebody clarifies. I only have win 10 pc and the disk image writer software creates the bootable USB, but the USB wont boot.
Why isnt there a image that when written to a USB just runs freenas instead of freenas installer?

Thanks for the help in advance.

~venkavis

 

[Ericloewe]

Why isnt there a image that when written to a USB just runs freenas instead of freenas installer?

Because it's not trivial and hasn't been a priority ever since 9.3 introduced ZFS boot.

As for writing the installer image to a USB drive, I've had good experiences with USB Image Tool (usbit) and others with Win32DiskImager. Rufus, on the other hand, frequently fails.

Looks like I have to download the ISO and create a USB and then use that to create a bootable 9.10 USB?

Right. Or mount the ISO in some other way (physical optical drive, whatever).