XigmaNAS

Hey, im trying to install nas4free og my old desktop pc from a USB stick. When i've chosen to install embedded on hdd, i get a choice of where to install from, a list where only the USB stick appears of course. Then i get the list of destinations where i want to install to. Here i get a list of 6 elements, da0 to da5. All of these have 0MB avalible space (I'm assuming thats what 0mb means). So what are these units? I have only to things connected to the pc, a keyboard and the USB stick. And why isn't my disk here? I'm very n00b to this, but I think i'm supposed to install the nas4free software to the 750GB disk i have in the pc right? Any help would be appreciated!

no you are supposed to install it to a second usb 2 with the embedded install.

give use some more info about your hardware.

Not sure exactly what you want to know but:
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHZ
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 750GB Sata.

I have just completley wiped the disk, so theres nothing on it. I mustt have misunderstood the guides completley then if i'm not supposed to install to the pc itself, but rather a second usb

Lymanax wrote:I mustt have misunderstood the guides completley then if i'm not supposed to install to the pc itself, but rather a second usb

to save valuable SATA connectors to use on SATa Disk ( Data Disk) is recommended to install embeded N4F on a USB Stick.

If you boot from a liveCD yo need to select the only USBkey detected, if you booted from LiveUSB, you must be sure to select apropiate USB key as destination.

Once installed, you can detach LiveUSB and boot from USB embeded Nas4Free.

Okey, so i install the OS from one USB to another, and then i boot up the pc from the second USB at all times? I will try this tomorrow then, when i can get my hands on a second USB Thanks for all the help so far, I will probably be back if I have more questions

Lymanax wrote:and then i boot up the pc from the second USB at all times?

not the second, the only USB key (you must detach LiveUSB key).

Lymanax wrote:Not sure exactly what you want to know but:
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHZ
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 750GB Sata.

well you didn't post the information i was interested in.
the motherboard.

it could be that the motherboard has an additional sata controller that is not supported by freebsd and you have connected the disk to this.

Motherboard is: Packard Bell RS740
I have succesfuly installed it now, but it seems it can't find my 750GB disk. I try to do "import disks" and it doesn't show it. As I've said, its just been completley wiped. What should I do?

did you try to add it with the + button in Disks|Management?

can you post the dmesg output or Diagnostics|Log from the webgui?

You mean everything from the system option in the dropdown menu under diagnostics|log? I have tried the pluss sign and the import disks button.

Yes everything from the log page.


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Additionally, does the disc show up in the BIOS?

Well here is the log.
And yes, last time (4 hours ago) i was in BIOS on the computer I use as NAS , the SATA disk was displayed there.

Jun 30 19:37:07 nas4free kernel: msk0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 30 19:37:10 nas4free kernel: msk0: link state changed to UP
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free dhclient: New IP Address (msk0): 192.168.2.39
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free dhclient: New Subnet Mask (msk0): 255.255.255.0
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free dhclient: New Broadcast Address (msk0): 192.168.2.255
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free dhclient: New Routers (msk0): 192.168.2.1
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free root: netif service restarted
Jun 30 19:37:18 nas4free root: routing service restarted
Jun 30 19:37:19 nas4free dhclient[7338]: connection closed
Jun 30 19:37:19 nas4free dhclient[7338]: exiting.
Jun 30 19:37:19 nas4free kernel: msk0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 30 19:37:22 nas4free kernel: msk0: link state changed to UP
Jun 30 19:37:29 nas4free dhclient: New IP Address (msk0): 192.168.2.39
Jun 30 19:37:29 nas4free dhclient: New Subnet Mask (msk0): 255.255.255.0
Jun 30 19:37:29 nas4free dhclient: New Broadcast Address (msk0): 192.168.2.255
Jun 30 19:37:29 nas4free dhclient: New Routers (msk0): 192.168.2.1
Jun 30 19:37:30 nas4free root: resolv service restarted
Jun 30 19:37:30 nas4free lighttpd[4938]: (server.c.1558) server stopped by UID = 0 PID = 7727
Jun 30 19:37:31 nas4free lighttpd[7786]: (log.c.164) server started
Jun 30 19:37:31 nas4free root: lighttpd service restarted
Jun 30 19:49:15 nas4free root: ataidle service restarted
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: rcconf service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: timezone service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: resolv service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: hosts service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: hostname service restarted
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: userdb service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: websrv_htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: mdnsresponder service restarted
Jun 30 19:53:41 nas4free root: cron service restarted
Jun 30 20:02:28 nas4free quixplorer: Initializing ---------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 20:02:28 nas4free quixplorer: checking login
Jun 30 20:02:28 nas4free quixplorer: login required, checking login
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: Initializing ---------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: checking login
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: login required, checking login
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: user 'admin' successfully authenticated
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: system_filemanager.php: checking action login
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: doing login
Jun 30 20:02:42 nas4free quixplorer: list_dir: displaying directory
Jun 30 20:02:57 nas4free quixplorer: Initializing ---------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 20:02:57 nas4free quixplorer: checking login
Jun 30 20:02:57 nas4free quixplorer: login required, checking login
Jun 30 20:02:57 nas4free quixplorer: system_filemanager.php: checking action list
Jun 30 20:02:57 nas4free quixplorer: list_dir: displaying directory
Jun 30 20:02:58 nas4free quixplorer: Initializing ---------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 20:02:58 nas4free quixplorer: checking login
Jun 30 20:02:58 nas4free quixplorer: login required, checking login
Jun 30 20:02:58 nas4free quixplorer: system_filemanager.php: checking action list
Jun 30 20:02:58 nas4free quixplorer: list_dir: displaying directory
Jun 30 20:03:00 nas4free quixplorer: Initializing ---------------------------------------------------
Jun 30 20:03:00 nas4free quixplorer: checking login
Jun 30 20:03:00 nas4free quixplorer: login required, checking login
Jun 30 20:03:00 nas4free quixplorer: system_filemanager.php: checking action list
Jun 30 20:03:00 nas4free quixplorer: list_dir: displaying directory .snap
Jun 30 20:05:33 nas4free root: ataidle service restarted
Jun 30 20:12:23 nas4free root: ataidle service restarted
Jun 30 20:13:08 nas4free last message repeated 2 times
Jun 30 20:13:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): NOP. ACB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Jun 30 20:13:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): CAM status: Command timeout
Jun 30 20:13:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted
Jun 30 20:13:43 nas4free kernel: ahcich0: Timeout on slot 0 port 0
Jun 30 20:13:43 nas4free kernel: ahcich0: is 00000002 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 00046017
Jun 30 20:13:43 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
Jun 30 20:13:43 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
Jun 30 20:13:43 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked
Jun 30 20:14:13 nas4free kernel: ahcich0: Timeout on slot 0 port 0
Jun 30 20:14:13 nas4free kernel: ahcich0: is 00000002 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 00046017
Jun 30 20:14:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
Jun 30 20:14:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
Jun 30 20:14:13 nas4free kernel: (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:0:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: ugen1.2: <Chicony> at usbus1 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: uhub7: at uhub1, port 2, addr 2 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: ugen1.3: <Chicony> at usbus1 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: ukbd0: at uhub7, port 1, addr 3 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: uhid0: at uhub7, port 1, addr 3 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:15:50 nas4free kernel: ugen1.4: <vendor 0x08ff> at usbus1 (disconnected)
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: rcconf service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: timezone service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: resolv service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: hosts service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: hostname service restarted
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: userdb service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: websrv_htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: mdnsresponder service restarted
Jun 30 20:19:55 nas4free root: cron service restarted
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: rcconf service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: timezone service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: resolv service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: hosts service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: hostname service restarted
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: userdb service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 20:21:59 nas4free root: websrv_htpasswd service executed
Jun 30 20:22:04 nas4free root: Failed to start service ntpdate
Jun 30 20:22:04 nas4free root: mdnsresponder service restarted
Jun 30 20:22:04 nas4free root: cron service restarted
Jun 30 20:24:44 nas4free root: ataidle service restarted

Lymanax wrote:Motherboard is: Packard Bell RS740

that might be your problem.
freebsd and those old amd chipsets dont work well together.

try adding

hw.pci.enable_msix="0"
hw.pci.enable_msi="0"
hint.ahci.0.msi="0"

to the loader.conf

Can i do this from the webgui or do i have to do put the usb in another comp?

from the webgui under System | Advanced

Well i tried entering it under the loader.conf, but i got this error message: Warning: fopen(/cf/boot/loader.conf.local.35438): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 2543 Error: Failed to write configuration file '/cf/boot/loader.conf.local'

Then the server crashed and now it wont turn back on Is it impossible to make it work on this motherboard?