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I have downloaded a freenas iso and put it on a 16gb usb driver. I try to boot from it to install it to my boot hdd in the server and it just shoes a black screen and nothing changes. I have never used freenas so I have no clue.

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Would it not be a better option to go direct to their forums for a fix?

 

Someone may have an answer, but it'd be easier to go direct to their forum.

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Would it not be a better option to go direct to their forums for a fix?

 

Someone may have an answer, but it'd be easier to go direct to their forum.

I will if this doesn't work. I love this forum  and answers come faster. I want to have this done tonight if I can.

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It may sound stupid but are you booting off of the correct drive?

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Did you find a guide to follow or did you just throw the iso on a usb?

Iso on usb. Also can't boot a ubuntu server iso thoiugh.

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It may sound stupid but are you booting off of the correct drive?

Yes. I wish that was the issue.

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Yes. I wish that was the issue.

 

Ok, Make sure you installed it loaded the iso onto the drive correctly. Use this guide:

 

http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Burning_an_IMG_File

 

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Its also possible your motherboard doesn't support USB booting, if it is really old.

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Ok, Make sure you installed it loaded the iso onto the drive correctly. Use this guide:

 

http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Burning_an_IMG_File

 

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Its also possible your motherboard doesn't support USB booting, if it is really old.

Tried from cd :(. 

booted and looped error 5 and error 6

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Tried from cd :(. 

booted and looped error 5 and error 6

 

Can you give me a run down of the hardware you're installing freenas on?

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Can you give me a run down of the hardware you're installing freenas on?

It is a hp compaq 5800 workstation

I got 3 of them for free.

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It is a hp compaq 5800 workstation

I got 3 of them for free.

 

Alright, Did you get the errors after you installed FreeNAS or did you not get that far?

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Alright, Did you get the errors after you installed FreeNAS or did you not get that far?

Never got that far. I saw a boot menu and then the errors started. Thanks for your help so far.

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Never got that far. I saw a boot menu and then the errors started. Thanks for your help so far.

 

You're welcome, I am trying to research error 5, and 6 as I have never came across them before, how ever information is scarce, the most I can find is related to the hard drives, Try disconnecting the harddrives, and loading the installation media, I know I seem like I am going out on a leg here, that's kind of because I am haha. If that doesn't work,  can you add more information, as to the error I mean. Also make sure the installation media is correct for the architecture.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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You're welcome, I am trying to research error 5, and 6 as I have never came across them before, how ever information is scarce, the most I can find is related to the hard drives, Try disconnecting the harddrives, and loading the installation media, I know I seem like I am going out on a leg here, that's kind of because I am haha. If that doesn't work,  can you add more information, as to the error I mean. Also make sure the installation media is correct for the architecture.

I am booting an img further than before so we shall see.

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You're welcome, I am trying to research error 5, and 6 as I have never came across them before, how ever information is scarce, the most I can find is related to the hard drives, Try disconnecting the harddrives, and loading the installation media, I know I seem like I am going out on a leg here, that's kind of because I am haha. If that doesn't work,  can you add more information, as to the error I mean. Also make sure the installation media is correct for the architecture.

Stuck on

"Waiting up to 5 seconds for ixdiagnose to finish... done."

That is all that is showing for the last 2 min.

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Stuck on

"Waiting up to 5 seconds for ixdiagnose to finish... done."

That is all that is showing for the last 2 min.

 

I did a quick search and read that it does take a while, even upto 10 minutes. If it goes beyond that I would hard reset and try again.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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I did a quick search and read that it does take a while, even upto 10 minutes. If it goes beyond that I would hard reset and try again.

It ran but now soft update inconstancy keeps popping up. Sorry I don't know anything about freenas. 

*EDIT*

That ran but now I get "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:"

I assume that I should use "RETURN"

What do you think?

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It ran but now soft update inconstancy keeps popping up. Sorry I don't know anything about freenas. 

*EDIT*

That ran but now I get "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:"

I assume that I should use "RETURN"

What do you think?

 

I read more related to the harddrive, it is very possible that it is the problem, I remember having issues installing FreeNAS on a big harddrive, Try installing from the CD onto the USB drive, and boot off of the USB drive if you can, if not, Swap harddrives if you have one handy

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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I read more related to the harddrive, it is very possible that it is the problem, I remember having issues installing FreeNAS on a big harddrive, Try installing from the CD onto the USB drive, and boot off of the USB drive if you can, if not, Swap harddrives if you have one handy

I am running of a usb img.

I did RETURN and git

"mount: /dev/ufs/FreeBass3: Invalid argument

mount -o ro /dev/ufs/FreeNass3 /conf/default/ect faild: dropping into /bin/sh"

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I am running of a usb img.

I did RETURN and git

"mount: /dev/ufs/FreeBass3: Invalid argument

mount -o ro /dev/ufs/FreeNass3 /conf/default/ect faild: dropping into /bin/sh"

 

I may have to point you to the FreeNAS forums, I am personally running out of ideas... You could try an older version of FreeNAS I am still running 8.2. Other then that I am fresh out and Google doesn't seem to be much help.

 

Sorry I couldn't have helped better.

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Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

Folding @ Home Install Guide and Links | My Build

 

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I may have to point you to the FreeNAS forums, I am personally running out of ideas... You could try an older version of FreeNAS I am still running 8.2. Other then that I am fresh out and Google doesn't seem to be much help.

 

Sorry I couldn't have helped better.

Thanks for trying. I am just going to do ubuntu server or server 2012.

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I have downloaded a freenas iso and put it on a 16gb usb driver. I try to boot from it to install it to my boot hdd in the server and it just shoes a black screen and nothing changes. I have never used freenas so I have no clue.

 

It is actually recommended to run FreeNAS from a USB drive because if it is installed on a HDD, you will be unable to make use of all the space of the HDD.

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It is actually recommended to run FreeNAS from a USB drive because if it is installed on a HDD, you will be unable to make use of all the space of the HDD.

It was a 74gb raptor so no big deal but I am going to use ubuntu server or server 2012.

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