Hey all.
I'm looking to move the FreeNAS OS from a USB Memory stick to an actual HDD in the box for reliability reasons and peace of mind. I've had one crash in the first month from a USB stick (Lexar 16 GB) and feel for my purposes an HDD will suit me better and let my mind rest knowing I'm not going to have to worry about the USB stick crashing again. I've got a spare 160 GB HDD sitting here and 11 spare SATA ports on my MOBO so i'm not worried about taking up space in the box right now.
Can this be done? Is it as simple as backing up the FreeNAS config file, re-installing FreeNAS on the new HDD and then uploading the backed up Config file on the new OS install?
Cheers,
Sapper.
I'm looking to move the FreeNAS OS from a USB Memory stick to an actual HDD in the box for reliability reasons and peace of mind. I've had one crash in the first month from a USB stick (Lexar 16 GB) and feel for my purposes an HDD will suit me better and let my mind rest knowing I'm not going to have to worry about the USB stick crashing again. I've got a spare 160 GB HDD sitting here and 11 spare SATA ports on my MOBO so i'm not worried about taking up space in the box right now.
Can this be done? Is it as simple as backing up the FreeNAS config file, re-installing FreeNAS on the new HDD and then uploading the backed up Config file on the new OS install?
Cheers,
Sapper.