FreeNAS Full OS without CD/DVD Drive - Page 2

Thhhza · 19th January 2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ljw1

The freenas documentation includes information on this. There is also a page on the m0n0wall site detailing copying the image to usb sticks. The biggest problem I have found is that if you do not clear the partition table they don't work properly.

Yes, that's for the Embedded version only, i.e. the .img file. There's nothing about the LiveCD .iso.

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Originally Posted by DavidRa

Run up a small VM with CD drive and USB support. Boot the ISO in the VM and tell it to install to your USB key.

Hmmm, this is an idea. I'll give this a shot now

foxmulder881 · 19th January 2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidRa

Run up a small VM with CD drive and USB support. Boot the ISO in the VM and tell it to install to your USB key.

I tried this a while back with FreeNAS and I couldn't get it to run in VirtualBox. It just refused to boot to the installer no matter what I tried.

aokman · 19th January 2011, 3:31 PM

Try formatting the key as FAT before writing the image i had issues with ubuntu and FAT32 filesystem on the key.

Ive never had any issue with booting the freenas iso in virtualbox...

foxmulder881 · 19th January 2011, 7:56 PM

aokman, hmmm, I might have to try it again when I get a chance.

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