justforplex
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- Jan 20, 2021
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I built a decent little box a few years ago with freenas running plex and it worked fine. Now Im thinking Id like to use that box for an occassional linux ubuntu or kali computer in the basement, when Im down there. Is there a way to do this? See, the nas box was actually running ubuntu BEFORE I turned it into the nas machine, so I tried connecting the old linux drive and booted to linux, but now the plex isnt running to any of my TVs in the house. Ive searched and as usual, found many much older threads on various forums that go in different directions, not equal to my goals. So Im wondering it cant be that uncommon a goal to load freenas onto a box and still want to use that same box as a regular computer with windows or linux, right? I understand nas uses zfs and linux doesnt, but everything is on seperate drives; nas is on its own hdd, and the tv shows and movies are on their own drives, with the linux load on its own drive. Im typing this out on the linux side right now, but plex refuses to run to my TV's normally. I feel like this is an easy fix but Im unaware of something simple in the chain or boot setup? Thanks folks.