transformania
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- Feb 23, 2019
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Is the step where you choose a separate drive to put the OS on and boot from it an absolute requirement?
I'm coming from years of setting up Linux servers with 4 drives set up for bootable software RAID and I'm hoping to do the same with FreeNAS.
My server has four 2TB drives, but no room for any more ( I don't think it has a fifth SATA port anyway). So, ideally, I would boot off the install media, set up the four drives with something like RAIDZ2, then install FreeNAS on that (making a separate partition for the OS if needed).
I've read that some are booting off USB sticks or even optical media but that's not for me.
Thanks.
I'm coming from years of setting up Linux servers with 4 drives set up for bootable software RAID and I'm hoping to do the same with FreeNAS.
My server has four 2TB drives, but no room for any more ( I don't think it has a fifth SATA port anyway). So, ideally, I would boot off the install media, set up the four drives with something like RAIDZ2, then install FreeNAS on that (making a separate partition for the OS if needed).
I've read that some are booting off USB sticks or even optical media but that's not for me.
Thanks.