Robert Townsend
Dabbler
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- Dec 11, 2016
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Current version might be 9.10 stable, but since it's not booting I'm not sure. My system:
Intel MB, 64-bit processor
I did not use system for over 18 months, then had power supply issue recently fixed. I want to upgrade to 11.3 or TrueNAS. The attempts have been a pitiful nightmare so far.
On to new versions
Side note - As to the 16G I also have a 64G USB, a notebook HDD available. After some surgery on my Windows box I'll have a 265G SSD
Intel MB, 64-bit processor
- 20G memory DDR3
- 8 SATA --- 3 SSD as program pool, 4 2G HDD as data, and a DVD/R
- 8G SD card in USB adapter on motherboard
- NO graphics card
- 1000Mbs ethernet on MB
I did not use system for over 18 months, then had power supply issue recently fixed. I want to upgrade to 11.3 or TrueNAS. The attempts have been a pitiful nightmare so far.
- I upgraded in GUI to 11.3 but it hung for 30 min on same % complete so I reset GUI.
- I was concerned it was a space issue so I tried to delete 11.3 but it did not work
- Some time afterwards the 'active' boot image was changed to 11.3, I was concerned 11.3 might not boot so I moved active back to 9.x
- 9.x still booted
- I saved the config file to my Windows 8.1 box (I've also read many accounts about configs not being loadable in newer versions)
- I thought of using cloning s/w and tried examining boot SD with Windows 8.1, Disk manager saw partition and I canceled any attempt to alter
- I decided to go with mirror, system booted again into 9.x
- I ran mirror, not option to use added space, it completed, the da1 device showed up as part of mirror. I waited maybe 10 min
- Rebooting with only original USB fails
- Rebooting with 16G mirror fails
- Rebooting with both fails (or so far after 30+ minutes)
On to new versions
- I have both TureNAS and FreeNAS 11.3 ISO images and can burn a DVD
- The install apparently requires a reboot to DVD/CD and an install to a new boot drive
- The install requires booting new boot drive on system and configuration -- aha headless
- boot the DVD on my Windows box and create the 16G USB boot
- boot the USB again on my Windows Box (it's 64-bit)
- configure the system
- use the 16G boot USB on the FreeNAS box?
- Will the newer version be able to load the 9.x config file?
- If not, can I somehow recover my drive pools / volumes / data?
Side note - As to the 16G I also have a 64G USB, a notebook HDD available. After some surgery on my Windows box I'll have a 265G SSD