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FreeNAS Installing problems

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I have problems installing FreeNAS in a old system i have laying around.

CPU: AMD athlon 64 x2 5000+
RAM: 4gb(4x1gb) Corsair Xms2
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 2600pro 512mb

Im mainly looking for a fix but it would also work with some alternative.

I have tried:
Using a DVD With both internal readers and external readers
and Using a USB drive.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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What is the problem, exactly?

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What is the problem, exactly?

It wont boot, I only get the "-" when it should boot up.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Check the installation media and the storage drive for errors/damage. 

The OS should be installed to a flash drive.

@Johannes_Lazor

I use WinDisk32Imager to image the .iso to a flash drive then just plug that in. It should definitely boot then. 

If it doesn't, check your motherboard boot order and if it can boot from USB.

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It wont boot, I only get the "-" when it should boot up.

Does your system make it through POST?

 

Do you see a menu with something like this?

 

FreeNAS1-2011-06-04-18-10-31.png

 

Or this?

 

freenas-11.png

 

If not, then you probably have a bad installation device.

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Sure, il try, il come back when i have tried WinDisk32Imager. It could be my flash drive since i only have a 2gb one at the moment, Il buy a couple of 8 gb ones soon since they are almost free where i buy most of my tech.

I do not get past anything exept the BIOS.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Im not sure if the computer even know the flash drive is there,

It is a ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard in it and it only have the boot options of

Hard Disc
CDROM and
Removable

Removable should be the flash drive but im not 100% sure

The boot priority is

Removable
Hard Drive
Disabled
Disabled

Is there any alternative to FreeNAS that works in a similar way?


I have one internal drive(80gb) and one external drive with 1,5tb storage

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Im not sure if the computer even know the flash drive is there,

It is a M2A-VM HDMI motherboard in it and it only have the boot options of

Hard Disc

CDROM and

Removable

Removable should be the flash drive but im not 100% sure

The boot priority is

Removable

Hard Drive

Disabled

Disabled

Is there any alternative to FreeNAS that works in a similar way?

I have one internal drive(80gb) and one external drive with 1,5tb storage

Hmm, that's weird.

Yeah, it should be removable.

Amahi is a simpler file server OS with plugin support for things like Plex, OwnCloud, and such. It's free.

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Hmm, that's weird.

Yeah, it should be removable.

Amahi is a simpler file server OS with plugin support for things like Plex, OwnCloud, and such. It's free.

Il try Amahi and see if that works out better.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Im getting the same problems with Amahi as with FreeNAS.
I think the flash drive is the problem.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Im getting the same problems with Amahi as with FreeNAS.

I think the flash drive is the problem.

That's more than likely the case. :(

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That's more than likely the case. :(

Im going to buy a couple of 2.0 8gb ones soon, they are only 49 swedish kr(about $6) where i live now.

They are Extremely cheap becouse they costed about $25 a couple of months ago.

My rig cost about $450 but here in sweden it is closer to $800 Thats how big the cost difference is between usa and sweden within tech.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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