Working FreeNas -> Error -> Reinstall fails

[M86]

Hello,

i just got my first freenas system 3 days ago. While i was transferring my Data to it (10TB) it got a failure and i had to shutdown manually.
After the restart it wasnt able to boot anymore.
Then i decided to reinstall the whole system, since i found the info that i just can import the HDDs with data again.
On the first try it somehow worked, i got the WebUI up and running and was able to import my pools.
But right after that i got a error message with swap or cache and again it broke.
On first use it had 6 GB Ram, after the 2nd failure i decided to go with 8 GB.
And again try to reinstall FreeNas.
But i wasnt able to boot or even install it anymore..
If there was no error with swap (not found?) then there was a error telling me the checksum mismatches.
Yesterday i ordered 2 fresh 8 GBs or ram because i was thinking maybe one of the rams is defect.
But from the error messages i think it has something to do with how the flashdrive is formated or configured.

Attached some screenshots from the failure(s)..

The System was already working really fine... what can it be that it now wont start or install anymore?
Its a x64 AMD with at start 6 GB Ram, after the first upgrade it only showed 4 GB from 8 installed (and was still working really fine) and now it has 8 working(?) GB..

Tomorrow ill upgrade to new 16 GB ram.

Is there a way to manually create the drive and partitions required for installation?
What elve could it be?
I plugged out all HDDs, only using a 32GB flashdrive where i burned the install, and another one, same size and type, where i want to install it.

Thanks

 

[Spearfoot]

Hello,

i just got my first freenas system 3 days ago. While i was transferring my Data to it (10TB) it got a failure and i had to shutdown manually.
After the restart it wasnt able to boot anymore.
Then i decided to reinstall the whole system, since i found the info that i just can import the HDDs with data again.
On the first try it somehow worked, i got the WebUI up and running and was able to import my pools.
But right after that i got a error message with swap or cache and again it broke.
On first use it had 6 GB Ram, after the 2nd failure i decided to go with 8 GB.
And again try to reinstall FreeNas.
But i wasnt able to boot or even install it anymore..
If there was no error with swap (not found?) then there was a error telling me the checksum mismatches.
Yesterday i ordered 2 fresh 8 GBs or ram because i was thinking maybe one of the rams is defect.
But from the error messages i think it has something to do with how the flashdrive is formated or configured.

Attached some screenshots from the failure(s)..

The System was already working really fine... what can it be that it now wont start or install anymore?
Its a x64 AMD with at start 6 GB Ram, after the first upgrade it only showed 4 GB from 8 installed (and was still working really fine) and now it has 8 working(?) GB..

Tomorrow ill upgrade to new 16 GB ram.

Is there a way to manually create the drive and partitions required for installation?
What elve could it be?
I plugged out all HDDs, only using a 32GB flashdrive where i burned the install, and another one, same size and type, where i want to install it.

Thanks

Installing 16GB of RAM is a good idea.

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What version of FreeNAS are you installing?
What type of flash drive are you using?

 

[sretalla]

Is there a way to manually create the drive and partitions required for installation?

You can make a boot stick using a VM like Virtualbox, passing the USB stick in and using the ISO file as a CD. Install to the stick, then shut down and remove your FreeNAS boot stick for use in the desired system.

The MINIMUM RAM requirement is 8GB for FreeNAS. Any attempt to run with less than that is asking for the kind of trouble you encountered.

 

[M86]

I got it working, it wasnt the boot media, it was the flash drive itself (where i wanted to install freenas)... i dont know why or what, but after i used a flash drive for freenas and it broke (got error/crash), even after formating it on win, or with any possible tool, even linux, it never worked as install drive for freenas anymore. And if, it wasnt able to boot.
I ordered a few more flash drives, all of them are working from the beginning and still does.

just if someone else get the same errors - maybe there is another way than using a fresh flash/usb drive, but at least this will do the trick.

 

[joeschmuck]

I'm not sure what it is about FreeNAS but it will break USB Flash drives, okay I do understand why it breaks them but sometimes very early failures just bewilder me. Please note that SSD is preferred as the boot device. Also, a USB 2.x device, not a 3.x is likely to survive longer. It's a heat thing.