Hi everyone.
I wanted to backup my data from a synology nas to another hardware, and i have a looooot of spare parts, disks....
I want to use my olds hdd ide (got plenty of them).
I need to backup 500GB+ data in those hdd, but i'm tired to plug/unplug all of those in a computer or hdd/usb boxes.
I WANT my backup to be not power on 24/24 7/7. Only one a week to do a diff with rsync.
So i take from my basement :
- Mobo = M3A78 + Athlon X2 64 5000 + 2x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM
- 2 VIA VT6421 cards
- 500W NAXN ATX Power
- 5 HDD 250Gb IDE
- 1 More IDE HDD to boot up from (i have try USB, but i have loads of IDE hdd so i can spare one for that)
- 1 PCI VGA card (just in case i need to look up at the NAS console)
Mounting everything, added a spare DVD drive to install FreeNas, and everything was working.
Setting up the NAS with wake on lan is working great, i have set up the pool and created rsync, first backup is ok. Setting up all what's needed so the main server can wake up my freenas, backup and shutdown the freenas is ok.
Now here is my problem :
Everytime i power my freenas build, it won't even BIOS POST (not even the 'beeep' from the mobo), and i have to shut it down with the power button. When i start it a second time, it POST ok and go to freenas without any problem or anything.
I have done a lot a of test (i'm on this problem since 2 weeks now) :
Unplugged all the PCI cards : problem is still here.
Ram is ok (checked with memtest, 1 day long without problems)
Changed the ATX Power supply : no change.
The only way i can get the computer to boot everytime is : 1 - Clear CMOS with the jumper and then 2 - Load Default BIOS.
If i do only one, or change the order, the computer won't reboot everytime.
I have unplugged everything, cleared the cmos ans load default bios, and then it would reboot/cold boot everytime OK... Until i load the freenas kernel.
If i unplug the power cord after the kernel is load in memory, then i won't boot, until i power down and then up another time.
I have unplugged all drives, test many many things, but i'm still stuck with that :
If the freenas kernel load, the problem re-appears and i have to shutdown before it boot the next time.
I have done hundreds of power on/off to try to diagnose, and i'm stuck here. Looks like my mobo don't like freenas kernel.
Any advice to solved this ?
I wanted to backup my data from a synology nas to another hardware, and i have a looooot of spare parts, disks....
I want to use my olds hdd ide (got plenty of them).
I need to backup 500GB+ data in those hdd, but i'm tired to plug/unplug all of those in a computer or hdd/usb boxes.
I WANT my backup to be not power on 24/24 7/7. Only one a week to do a diff with rsync.
So i take from my basement :
- Mobo = M3A78 + Athlon X2 64 5000 + 2x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM
- 2 VIA VT6421 cards
- 500W NAXN ATX Power
- 5 HDD 250Gb IDE
- 1 More IDE HDD to boot up from (i have try USB, but i have loads of IDE hdd so i can spare one for that)
- 1 PCI VGA card (just in case i need to look up at the NAS console)
Mounting everything, added a spare DVD drive to install FreeNas, and everything was working.
Setting up the NAS with wake on lan is working great, i have set up the pool and created rsync, first backup is ok. Setting up all what's needed so the main server can wake up my freenas, backup and shutdown the freenas is ok.
Now here is my problem :
Everytime i power my freenas build, it won't even BIOS POST (not even the 'beeep' from the mobo), and i have to shut it down with the power button. When i start it a second time, it POST ok and go to freenas without any problem or anything.
I have done a lot a of test (i'm on this problem since 2 weeks now) :
Unplugged all the PCI cards : problem is still here.
Ram is ok (checked with memtest, 1 day long without problems)
Changed the ATX Power supply : no change.
The only way i can get the computer to boot everytime is : 1 - Clear CMOS with the jumper and then 2 - Load Default BIOS.
If i do only one, or change the order, the computer won't reboot everytime.
I have unplugged everything, cleared the cmos ans load default bios, and then it would reboot/cold boot everytime OK... Until i load the freenas kernel.
If i unplug the power cord after the kernel is load in memory, then i won't boot, until i power down and then up another time.
I have unplugged all drives, test many many things, but i'm still stuck with that :
If the freenas kernel load, the problem re-appears and i have to shutdown before it boot the next time.
I have done hundreds of power on/off to try to diagnose, and i'm stuck here. Looks like my mobo don't like freenas kernel.
Any advice to solved this ?