I have FreeNAS 8.3.0R operating with miniDLNA 1.0.24 amd64 on a HP N40L uServer on my LAN. FreeNAS was on a Sony 8GB USB stick, miniDLNA on the HDD. The HDD is WD Red 1.0T used as a basic CIFS storage disk and is setup with UFS. Jails are on the HDD.
Today the server went offline and when I investigated found the USB stick is not working... the server is looking for a boot file. Checks with two windows PC, even though they load a driver for the stick, do not show the stick as a drive.
...And of course I did not backup the USB stick.
As well as wanting to get my data back I am intending to use this as an opportunity to update to FreeNAS 9.3 on a new USB stick.
Questions:
1. Will it be 'straight forward' to mount the hard disk and recover my data and utilise the jails with 9.3 loaded on the USB stick or will some sort of translation be required?
2. Assuming this will happen again, can the new 9.3 boot file(s) on the USB stick be simply backed up (copied) to another stick or a windows 7 machine, or are there more to contend with?
3. As these are supposedly standard Windows CIFS, can I install the HDD into a windows box and read /copy the files?
Today the server went offline and when I investigated found the USB stick is not working... the server is looking for a boot file. Checks with two windows PC, even though they load a driver for the stick, do not show the stick as a drive.
...And of course I did not backup the USB stick.
As well as wanting to get my data back I am intending to use this as an opportunity to update to FreeNAS 9.3 on a new USB stick.
Questions:
1. Will it be 'straight forward' to mount the hard disk and recover my data and utilise the jails with 9.3 loaded on the USB stick or will some sort of translation be required?
2. Assuming this will happen again, can the new 9.3 boot file(s) on the USB stick be simply backed up (copied) to another stick or a windows 7 machine, or are there more to contend with?
3. As these are supposedly standard Windows CIFS, can I install the HDD into a windows box and read /copy the files?
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