Interesting. I just did a quick install of FreeNAS in a VM and everything seemed operational. I had a 128MB virtual drive for OS and a 1GB virtual drive for data. I set up a quick iSCSI target and connected to it without any apparent problems.
It would appear as though some people prefer OpenFiler, another free NAS solution, only based on Linux. Some are reporting that it performs quite a bit better (and is generally more reliable) in software RAID5...but it doesn't appear as lightweight as FreeNAS. Was thinking of using a 128MB CF card as the boot drive. :) It also supports creating iSCSI targets and has AD integration. I might set both of them up on a non-VM test box and see which one works better. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] IT WERQs, sort of > > Greg, > BTW, I was finally able to use the FDISK /MBR command and not get an > error! > The machine took the command at the a: prompt, a line feed, a bit of > delay, > and the a: prompt is back. Doing FDISK again and checking for > partitions > showed nada. I expect this is the expected result. I've never seen a > User > Manual for FDISK. Probably old folklore by now! LOL! > > I hope you have better luck with FreeNAS than I have had. I am now on > my > 3rd complete erase/reformat/reinstall. I can not do any of the basic > setup. > > A) The ip addy defaults to 192.168.1.250/24 which humorously just > happens > to be that of my network printer! So I now get screen after screen of > network errors. Trying to ping any of my other LAN clients fail, so I > am > stuck with this troubleshooting. So far, FreeNAS will not let me change > the > default ip addy of the OS/machine. Hmm........ > > B) What comes in the ISO does not appear to match the only User Manual > (v0.684b) on the FreeNAS site, so I'm still trying to interpret the > screen > to something close in the UM. > > C) Yes, FreeNAS appears to be primarily focused to creating a raid > array > if/when multiple disks are installed. I am not certain I really care > for > this. And, I still do not have the 'core' data disks in hand. Still > shopping. > > D) FreeNAS is adamant about using the hd it sees for its' OS and /data/ > if > there is space left over! I find no way to stop it from doing this. > Gave > up. I'd really like to just put the OS on the hd for test. And, install > my > /data hds later. This I will get over I suppose........for now. > > Believe I am going to back up and erase/reburn the ISO again. Now have > the > ISO labled 'stable' and dated 12/18/07. It's still fun. Nice to see > that my > bunch of old parts still work and do not seem to have any structural > problems. But, since the hd is only 1.08GB in size, I have few options > for > a different OS to try and load for test. MS-DOS6.22 and the version of > DR-DOS that Nero writes to the CD, the machine appears to be OK. > > At 22:21 12/26/2007 -0600, you wrote: > >Interesting. Haven't looked at FreeNAS until now, but looks like it > supports > >both MS AD authentication and has the ability to create iSCSI targets. > Those > >two features alone make it a very compelling project to me. I have a > ton of > >old 250GB drives gathering dust, might have to slap together a box. > > > >I'll be interested to see how its software RAID5 implementation > performs... > > > >Greg > snip
