Install FreeNAS on disk partition

[Mark Zwijsen]

I have an old PC with a single harddisk and a CD-drive. The harddisk is 250GB.
Can I partition the disk to create a 4GB partition for FreeNAS and a 246GB partition for storage?
If yes, how do I partition the disk? Is there any CD-bootable disk partitioner?

As an experiment, I installed FreeNAS on the whole disk, and that works fine, except that I have no storage capacity now. I plan to buy an extra disk, but I want to use the current harddisk as well.

Mark

 

[gpsguy]

Did you read the documentation?

It's recommended that you install FreeNAS on a USB flash drive. If you do this, then your hard disks are free to hold your data.

 

[dlavigne]

Can I partition the disk to create a 4GB partition for FreeNAS and a 246GB partition for storage?

Nope: http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Hardware_Recommendations#Compact_or_USB_Flash

 

[Mark Zwijsen]

Yes, I have read this. But unfortunately this PC does not boot from a USB flash drive. When I start the PC and enter boot options, I can only select the CD or the harddisk.

 

[gpsguy]

If it's that old ... is there enough RAM and horsepower to run FreeNAS?