Invalid Format Error during Installation

[Steve102]

I downloaded FreeNAS-9.2.1.9-RELEASE-x86.img and used Win32 Disk Imager to write the image file to a SanDisk 16 GB USB memory stick. I then rebooted my computer and received the following output:

Attempting Boot From USB Device

F1 FreeBSD
F2 FreeBSD
F5 Drive 1

F6 PXE
Boot: F1
error 4 lba 158492101
Invalid format

FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:
error 4 lba 3239393099
Invalid format

FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:​

Hardware:

* Motherboard: HP P4SD

* CPU: Pentium 4 processor 3 GHz

* RAM Size: 4 GB DDR/400 MHz/Dual Channel

* Hard Drives: Quantity 1, Western Digital WD800LB-60DNA1, no RAID

 

[cyberjock]

Sorry, but at this point you are on your own.

32-bit FreeNAS is dead. 9.3, which is due in just a few days, will be 64-bit only and requires 8GB of RAM. Before you get into using FreeNAS you need to consider either getting more appropriate hardware or simply not using FreeNAS.