LiveUSB & Install Problems

[skewj]

I downloaded the latest release (NAS4Free 9.1.0.1.323) in the LiveUSB x64 flavor (.img).

Here are the steps I took to attempt an install:
- Copied the image on a USB stick using UNetBootin (USB Stick formatted in FAT before running Unetbootin)
- It booted to the standard NAS4Free menu
- Selected "9) Install/Upgrade NAS4FREE from LiveUSB"
- Selected "da0 Flash Disk" for the Select USB Pen drive from installation option
- Selected "ada0 WDC Hard Disk" for the location for the OS to be installed

After that I was prompted with the following error...

Mount USB source drive
Error: Failed to mount usb device 'da0'!
There was a problem while mounting the USB source pen drive

Why can it recognize it is there but not be able to mount it even though it read from the drive to get to this point of the installation?

[armandh]

this is the reason I like the CD
I have never had a problem where it would not mount to copy out the OS
USB in general is just too unreliable for me
none of my nas boot from the usb
[although when USB does work it does it well.]
mine all boot from SATA or PATA flash drives

since the usb or flash need not be loaded on the future nas
any box with a good optical drive works for me

[daoyama]

- Copied the image on a USB stick using UNetBootin (USB Stick formatted in FAT before running Unetbootin)

I don't know about UNetBootin, but NAS4Free's Live USB such as NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.323.img
is bootable image it self. You don't need extra loader to boot it.
You need just write it to USB as is. Under unix, you can use dd for it like this:

dd if=NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.323.img of=/dev/yourUSBdevice

Then, your device can boot.

[raulfg3]

In windows you can use physdiskwrite with gui to write *.img files on USB keys

[alexey123]

You need just write it to USB as is. Under unix, you can use dd for it like this:

dd if=NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.323.img of=/dev/yourUSBdevice

Then, your device can boot.

I have small request for future.
Image for embedded version stored as archived images. Images for liveUSB version stored as raw images. Users are not aware of this facts, so confused.
I think - need any standard for images, better stored as archive. And image need have name for archivers, for example Name.img.gz, Name.img.zip

[alexey123]

For all users.
Now!

Embedded images --> archived, under windows pls use physdiskwrite or unzip image and use diskimager or another program.
Under Ubuntu -- > use gunzip -c <path-to>/NAS4Free-xxx-embedded-xxxxx.img | sudo dd of=/dev/sdx , where sdx - your flash name
Under Nas4Free ---> use gunzip NAS4Free-xxx-embedded-xxx.img |dd of=/dev/yourUSBdevice


LiveUSB umage ---> raw image, under windows use diskimager or another program, for use physdiskwrite compess it.
Under Ubuntu (-- > use dd if=/<path-to>/NAS4Free-xxx-embedded-xxxxx.img of=/dev/sdx , where sdx - your flash name
Under Nas4Free ---> use dd if=NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.323.img of=/dev/yourUSBdevice

[skewj]

I fixed my problem by using Win32 Disk Imager to write the LiveUSB (.img) image to the USB stick.

Worked like a charm. Really enjoy having the LiveUSB....makes my life easier to update instead of waiting on USB .img's releases (thanks for making those release alexey123).

Thanks for everyone's help.