Need Massive Help With Setting Up File Server

[SuperShermanTanker]

Ok so I recently built a file server with 2 1tb Toshiba harddrives, a AMD 5350 with a Asrock AM1B ITX motherboard, a Inwin ITX case, a Roswill WiFi card, and a 4gb stick of Avexir ram. I have the machine built and it did run when I tested it out with a copy of windows (without any windows key) and I just can't figure out what software to use for the file server and how to use any of those softwares because I'm a big noob at command prompt server stuff and I thought it would have been as simple as setting up and configuring free nas and I'm good to go. But first when I tried to install free nas I didn't know how to get it to the user interface. Heres what I'm going to have to do to get the server to run because I don't have any extra room in the budget and also I have no wired internet running though my house: 1. I need to get the server running over wifi (I don't care about speed all I care is if it works) 2. I need to be able to setup a software raid to get the 2 hard drives in a raid 1 config and 3. I need the server to be able to run off a flash drive unless I can get the server to boot off a software raid 1 config. If anyone can help then massive thanks I really need the help to figure out what to do.

 

Heres a few pics of the server for the ones who want to know how I shoved a file server into a slimline ITX case (I used a 5.25 to 3.5 inch bay adapter)

 

 

And for those who are wondering I'm using a 8gb flash drive for the server:

[2FA]

You install FreeNAS onto the flash drive, at the end of the install it will give you an IP address. Type that IP address into a browser of another computer.

[2FA]

http://www.tecmint.com/installation-of-freenas/

[Aekim]

As far as I know freenas doesn't support wifi

 

If not try ubuntu or perhaps openmediavault if they support it at all

[Mikensan]

FreeBSD 10 has a wide range of support for wifi cards now, there's a few vendors that work better than others. For a file server I would suggest hardwiring if at all possible, even if you have to buy those powerline ethernet adapters.

 

4gb is very low for almost any solution. You may want to look in to unRaid.