Problems installing to ADATA USB

[jh0486]

I am building a freenas box for the first time so please excuse my ignorance :).

I have two USB keys, one is brand new and I bought it specifically for this installation. It's an ADATA S102 Pro. However, freenas yells at me stating SCSI status errors SCSI Sense ILLEGAL REQUEST ERROR 22. Then a gpart: Invalid Argument exception.

I have an old Sandisk Cruzer that will let me install on it just fine, but I spent quite a lot of money on this new system and I would like to put the OS disk on the more performant USB key.

ASRock C2550D4I
Crucial DDR3 1600 ECC
WD Red 3TB

Freenas 9.3

Any Ideas?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Newer isn't always better. Sandisk is probably the most popular and reliable USB drive that we see.

Performance of the USB stick is also largely irrelevant post-boot, except for cases of updates. If it's a big deal, you should go with a SATA DOM or even a small SATA SSD for boot.

 

[Darren Myers]

You can pick up 4oGb and 80Gb intel SSD's for under $50 a piece, i picked up x6 intel 80Gb SSD's for $25 each