Post by TimberWolf7.62 on Dec 19, 2009 17:59:03 GMT -5
Thought I would try FreeNAS www.freenas.org/ , which is a BSD Unix derivative. In a previous thread, "Playing with Linux" bloodysteel.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=694 I had mentioned FreeNAS and the difficulty in getting an ISO downloaded that wasn't corrupt. So I noticed that MaximumPC magazine had a copy of FreeNAS on CD in the mag and a pretty good writeup on how to do things with it.
First problem was "run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_action"
and still waiting and so on. I found this thread doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting
and disabled the FireWire (1394) and USB ports and got it to load.
Then went through the config per the magazine and this thing is fairly nasty! I got it to work but I can't recommend it for a casual user at all. There are a lot of functions and it looks like a lot of capability, but it's probably extreme overkill for a home user. Just load up Linux Mint www.linuxmint.com/ , install Samba, and BOOM, you have the same basic capability in a MUCH easier operating system.
That's what I am going to do on this box - wipe the FreeNAS and go with Mint and Samba. Now all I need is a webGUI that will work with Mint on a remote box.
First problem was "run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_action"
and still waiting and so on. I found this thread doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting
and disabled the FireWire (1394) and USB ports and got it to load.
Then went through the config per the magazine and this thing is fairly nasty! I got it to work but I can't recommend it for a casual user at all. There are a lot of functions and it looks like a lot of capability, but it's probably extreme overkill for a home user. Just load up Linux Mint www.linuxmint.com/ , install Samba, and BOOM, you have the same basic capability in a MUCH easier operating system.
That's what I am going to do on this box - wipe the FreeNAS and go with Mint and Samba. Now all I need is a webGUI that will work with Mint on a remote box.