Networking (can't get to the GUI to do any more setup.)

[Wiradog]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post on this forum.

I have put together a box using an ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 motherboard, after the build I installed Freenas 8, unfortunately I started to experience BOIS instability shortly after the installation. I worked out that it had nothing to do with the download and concentrated on the Mobo problem.

I have sorted out this problem after finding out one stick of memory was causing the instability, and returned to setting up Freenas.

Again unfortunately when I boot into Freenas now I can't get a network connection, therefore I can't get to the GUI to do any more setup.

I have tried restarting the network service with:

# /etc/rc.d/netif start

Again with no luck.

Should I re-install the the Freenas software or is there a fix that I have overlooked?

 

[ProtoSD]

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[cyberjock]

If you had bad RAM I'd do a reinstall. It's possible that when FreeNAS was installed the bad RAM corrupted the decompressed data in memory before it was written to the USB stick.

Things get VERY messy when RAM goes bad.

 

[Wiradog]

Thanks cyberjock

For confirming what I thought was going on, since the last post I have confirmed that the installation is screwed.

Problem I have got is how do I completely uninstall this first version?

I have tried booting the original CD, but it does not fully reinstall the software, and I am still left with a corrupted version.

What I need is a complete clean reinstall, and I don't know how to achieve this from the command line?

Please help if you can.

 

[cyberjock]

If you are used to Windows plug the USB drive into your favorite Windows machines and delete the partitions from Control Panels -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management.

After all 4 partitions are deleted you should be able to install FreeNAS again and it'll be as if it was a brand new USB stick.

 

[joeschmuck]

When using the bootable FreeNAS 8.3.1-Release CD (making an assumption since you didn't post anything other than FreeNAS 8 of which there are many versions of that), when asked if you want to upgrade, say No. This will install a clean image to the boot flash drive.