1. I have 2 offices with 8 users. An IT guy in TX wrote an app to move data from their machines to a NAS device. Then a new desktop is put in place and the app copies the data back to the new machine. Instead of using their NAS device I wanted to be clever and use a laptop as a NAS. Although XP has a limit of 5 connections you can only hook up 3 or 4 at the most. By using FreeNas on VirtualBox one could have all 8 connecting at the same time. Also by learning to making it work I could wind up with a test machine etc.
2. I wouldn't say I'm committed to Vbox & FreeNAS. An IT guy in Dallas has his going but something is slightly not right. I think the goal is to run FreeNAS as a VM in VBox. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jonathan Bartels < [email protected]> wrote: > Nope. I haven't lived in Fort Wayne since last year. Still on the mailing > list since its one of the best LUGs in the world. If you can make any > meetings, especially the social ones, you should go. Good crowd to hang out > with and they may have some answers for your technical questions. 3. I'm using a stock corporate image which is necessary to satisfy our domain needs. XP Pro, etc. 160 GB SATA HD & 3 GB Ram. 3a. Have newest versons of FreeNAS & VBox from the home sites. Have the FreeNAS ISO on the desktop as that was shown on one of the many YouTubes I watched. The one I liked best was Cochran's. He mentioned the settings after defining the VBox drive. Most others left that out. Also, it seems most people wanted to run Ubuntu under XP type of thing. 4. Installed VBox drive with 10 GB drive (fast to setup) and 1.2 GB Ram. Have FreeNAS ISO on HD. Mounted CD drive but when I try to install FreeNAS in VBox get message of not finding CD drive. 5. Fire up XP. Start VBox. Machine in left column. Settings as follows: System: MB - Base memory 512 MB. Boot order floppy, CD, Hard Disk Hard Disks: PIIX3, Enable Additional Controller checked, SATA (AHCI). Slot is IDE Primary Master but can not be changed. Show differencing HD not checked. CD/DVD: Mount CD/DVD Drive checked. ISO Image File points to FreeNAS ISO on desktop. Network: Enable Network Adapter checked. Adapter type PCnet-FAST III Attached to: Bridged Adapter. Name: Inter 82566MM GB ... Serial ports not used. USB not used. Click on Start: VBox starting & booting. Welcome to FreeNAS - Boots by default. Console Setup: Choose #9 - Install/Upgrade to HD/Flash etc. Install & Upgrade: Choose #3 - Install full OS on HDD+ Data+ Swap but will decline Swap when asked.. FreeNAS full installer for HDD - ok Select CD/DVD for install. Only choice is ace0 VBOX CD-Rom/1.0 (ok) Choose Destination media: (Select media where FreeNas OS should be installed. Prompt is ad), 10240 MB VBox HardDisk /1.0> (ok) Ener the size for OS partition in MB (min128MB). Will choose ok for 128MB. Want Swap partition? Answer no. Freenas has been installed on ad0s1. To use the DATA partition: Add the disk ad0 on the Disks Management page Add the mount point on the Disks-Mount Point-Management page Use the followin parameters: Disk ad0, Partition 2, Filesystem UFS Press ENTER to continue. MigrationIV (server name) Running - Sun VBox. Choices: Mount cd/DVD-Rom, Unmount Cd/DVD Mount Floppy Network Adapters Shared Folders Remote Display Install Guest Additions. I don't see where to add the disks in disk management with parameters shown above. I'll leave it at this point for now. Thanks for any help you can give. I think I will take the computer Thursday night and see if I can snag some time there. Where do you live now? > > There are several VirtualBox users around here, lets start with the basics > to help them help you: > 1. What are you trying to accomplish? I assume to have FreeNAS running > inside VirtualBox > 2. What are the goals for #1? For example run FreeNAS to do some backups or > use FreeNAS in VBox to try it out before moving it to full dedicated > hardware > 2a. Are you committed to the specifics for #1 or are you open to > alternatives to #1 that can help you get to #2? For example run FreeNAS as a > VM in VMWare or VBox. > 3. What software and tools are you using? Windows XP host, VirtualBox > version ???, FreeNAS version ???, FreeNAS ISO or prebuilt virtual machine?? > 4. What have you done so far? > 5. What point are you getting stuck at? Any error messages? > 6. What resources have you consulted?? Websites, other forums, etc. > > I found a few hits on Google, several of them wind up linking back to this > page: http://www.jamescochran.org/2009/01/27/freenas-installation/ . It > covers the basics and may help. > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Michael Peden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Will you be at Thursday's meeting? >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Michael Peden <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> My host is XP Pro. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Jonathan Bartels < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Are you trying to load the ISO in Vbox or have you mounted it in the >>>> host? >>>> What host OS? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Michael Peden <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can someone help me please? I have VirtualBox loaded and the drive >>>>> defined. I have the FreeNas iso on the desktop. I can't get the system to >>>>> see the CD drive although I have checked the mount box in the setup. >>>>> >>>>> Various forms of payment open for discussion. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Fwlug mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ----- >>>> Jonathan Bartels >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Fwlug mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> > > > -- > ----- > Jonathan Bartels > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > >
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