I have tried and repeatedly failed to get FreeNAS 9.2 working on an old pc. I (eventually) had it booting from a USB memory stick, but couldn't configure working Windows (CIFS) shares to be usable from my Windows network, and have given up trying - it's too difficult without useful starter documentation. I followed all the available documentation, and still can't get things to work, even though I understand Linux permissions.
Now I'm trying to revert the machine to Windows 7 Home Premium.
I have replaced the hard disks I had for FreeNAS with an 80GB SATA device, on SATA1.
I have changed the boot sequence to boot first from DVD RAM drive containing an original Windows 7 Home Premium bit install disk.
When I boot, I first get a message
"Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...."
but pressing any key does nothing, and eventually I get an error message:
error: no such device: bef5669e-9528-4d16-b18c-81aa56f0745d
grub rescue>
Why is Grub still trying to load anyway?
How can I recover from this, please, and get the machine usable again as a Windows PC?
John McC
Now I'm trying to revert the machine to Windows 7 Home Premium.
I have replaced the hard disks I had for FreeNAS with an 80GB SATA device, on SATA1.
I have changed the boot sequence to boot first from DVD RAM drive containing an original Windows 7 Home Premium bit install disk.
When I boot, I first get a message
"Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...."
but pressing any key does nothing, and eventually I get an error message:
error: no such device: bef5669e-9528-4d16-b18c-81aa56f0745d
grub rescue>
Why is Grub still trying to load anyway?
How can I recover from this, please, and get the machine usable again as a Windows PC?
John McC