Mobo to be replaced with a different model

[nikkon]

Hi all,
I just want to make sure I do my backups right and avoid any future issues.
the situation is this one: My motherboard has 6 sata ports, one of them is not working anymore. I replaced the mobo already with a similar one -> same issue and it seems the entire series of mobo's have this issue. Once I replaced the old mobo with a new one from the same model everything worked perfectly (FreeNAS booted like nothing was changed ) The only option I have is to replace the mobo with a different model from a different manufacturer. I assume freeNAS will not boot anymore because there are other drivers and setups.
I have 3 pools
- freenas_boot - 2x USB in raid
- jails - M2 Sata
- Storage_zpool - 6x SATA disks

Can I avoid reinstalling Freenas?

Thank you

 

[Ericloewe]

If only someone had written something about this...

 

[danb35]

I assume freeNAS will not boot any more because there are other drivers and setups.

Bad assumption. This isn't Windows, after all.

 

[nikkon]

thx for the replies guys.

 

[Chris Moore]

thx for the replies guys.

Please don't feel that we are being harsh. We would be happy to answer any of your questions. This question comes up pretty often, for a variety of reasons.
We have advice on what hardware would be good to use if you are interested:

FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas®-quick-hardware-guide.7/

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev 1e) 2017-05-06
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/

There are many things in the resources section that are helpful, for example, this one on using SAS controllers to run your disks:

Don't be afraid to be SAS-sy
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/don't-be-afraid-to-be-sas-sy.48/

 

[nikkon]

I'm not feeling bad. Actually, I feed a bit guilty I didn't spend enough time researching it. Thank you all for the replies.