NAS4Free 9.1.0.1.847 Released (FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE p5)

[zoon01]

Please test always with latest 9.1.0.1 release before posting a bug.
Thank you for your help.

Because of a security vulnerability, all builds older than 9.1.0.1.798 are NO
longer supported! Please upgrade your server.
arbitrary command injection by an unauthenticated user(s) are possible on all older builds!

Now you have a loader.conf configuration option.
This will allow users to adjust kernel variables and/or load modules at booting,
from rev 847 and upwards!

Now you can import single disks, encypted disks and Software RAID disks from WebGUI.
If you want a fresh installation with existing formatted disks, try this feature.

Note that the mount point other than UFS and GPT-NTFS is not modified, you may need to re-create it.
Vinum of Software RAID is not yet supported.

New version have LiveUSB, it act as same as LiveCD.
You can install/upgrade NAS4Free without CD drive and network connectivity.
Also run as Live mode, it does not touch any existing HDDs until you specify.

This version contains VIA VT6421/VT6420 patched kernel.
If you have a trouble before with the cards, please try 273 or later.

This version contains vmxnet3 driver from ESXi5.1.
Now, you can test with VMXNET3 in VM.

Starting to support HAST (Highly Available Storage).
Currently it supports HAST+iSCSI, HAST+GPT/UFS, HAST+ZFS, HAST+CIFS only.
You cannot mix non-HAST volumes/sevices.
It is still experimental WebGUI. You need CLI in some tasks.
To evaluate HAST, you need the two same configured NAS4Free.

Special notes
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WebGUI is rewritten with jQuery. The old script code no longer work.
The WebGUI is is now also set to UTF-8 only.
After the upgrade, please save your config file again.
If you have a trouble, please bypass the browser cache or clear all cache.

To use super-reload, refer the link:
Bypass browser cache, instructions for various browsers


Due to fixing a bug in the encryption, a pass phrase which contains
special characters, such as '&', may not work as previous version.
If you have a trouble, please change the phrase without special characters in old version,
then re-change it to the phrase you want in new version.


ChangeLog of SVN
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https://sourceforge.net/p/nas4free/code/commit_browser

Supported extension packages
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ZFS kernel tune (WebGUI extension) 20121031 or later.

Extensions and ownCloud sample
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[EXTENSION] VirtualBox + phpVirtualBox

Using ownCloud on NAS4Free + Active Directory Authentication

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Regards,
NAS4Free Team

[dnar]

Ooooo. Nice. Installing now. Many thanks.

[dnar]

Tested with NAS #1 onboard SATA configured as ahci, all good.
Tested with NAS #2 Highpoint 2720 RAID card, all good, except the experimental changes for controller cards is absent (confirmed looking at the code). Confusing as these changes appear in the commit log, but not the change log.

You need to update the changelog at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nas4fre ... e-9.1.0.1/ although I see no point in listing it on that page.

Now if only we can replace fuppes with something better....

[zoon01]

Tested with NAS #1 onboard SATA configured as ahci, all good.
Tested with NAS #2 Highpoint 2720 RAID card, all good, except the experimental changes for controller cards is absent (confirmed looking at the code). Confusing as these changes appear in the commit log, but not the change log.

You need to update the changelog at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nas4fre ... e-9.1.0.1/ although I see no point in listing it on that page.

Now if only we can replace fuppes with something better....

Always read the readme, they keeps updated,
svn commits do not apply trunk only

Regards,
zoon01

[dnar]

Ack, all is clear now. When do you expect to release the new controller code?

[zoon01]

Ack, all is clear now. When do you expect to release the new controller code?

When it's fully made to our taste
We release it when ready.

[alexey123]

Hmm.
In case destroyed system flash, I make fresh install, then upload config.xml from backup.
What will happen with the file loader.conf.local if I not push "Save" button on tab loader.conf ?

[nicsergio]

I just updated and it all seems ok, nice functionality to configure loader.conf

the only thing is that I can not add torrent in transmission GUI, it seems the same problem reported here: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=4594


thanks

[ExTruckie]

Had an odd issue after the upgrade. The config file did not load from the usb drive. I had to default the config and reload it from the saved file. After that everything was ok.
Also until I defaulted the config file I could not login to nas4free thru the webgui.

[id2test]

Updated from rev804.
Unfortunately, navigating to/in disk management pages still takes at least several minutes per page, so it seems the fix for bug http://sourceforge.net/p/nas4free/bugs/123/ is not included/working. The worst part of the problem is that when this happens all disk I/O is frozen.
To clarify, this only happens when my WD MyBook (RAID) USB2 drive is connected. I managed to remove the 'superfluous' SES device from the configuration, but that does not help.
Thx. Regards, Ids.

[zoon01]

Updated from rev804.
Unfortunately, navigating to/in disk management pages still takes at least several minutes per page, so it seems the fix for bug http://sourceforge.net/p/nas4free/bugs/123/ is not included/working. The worst part of the problem is that when this happens all disk I/O is frozen.
To clarify, this only happens when my WD MyBook (RAID) USB2 drive is connected. I managed to remove the 'superfluous' SES device from the configuration, but that does not help.
Thx. Regards, Ids.

I hope to merge the code from experimantal to trunk very soon.
Till that time you could use experimental builds from RedAntz.

Regards,
zoon01

[id2test]

If I'm correct the experimental builds are 64-bit, but my machine is 32-bit.
So I'll just have to be patient a little longer
Regards, Ids.

[Victek]

Upgraded from .804 to .847 using usb upgrade.
_ Configuration file can't be restored

After system reboot Status GUi shows that .847 is the actual version and configuration is OK

Thanks!.

[id2test]

Upgraded from .804 to .847 using usb upgrade.
_ Configuration file can't be restored

After system reboot Status GUi shows that .847 is the actual version and configuration is OK

Thanks!.

I had the same when upgrading from LiveCD.
All seems OK though according to some quick checks:
- uname -a shows '9.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p5', which is the release included in nas4free 9101 rev847.
- samba log file shows: 'smbd version 3.6.18', also the version included in nas4free 9101 rev847.

Regards, Ids.

[nicsergio]

..
the only thing is that I can not add torrent in transmission GUI, it seems the same problem reported here: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=4594

a small clarification:
I can't add torrent only with internet explorer 9, using another browser such as google chrome everything works...

[gbonny]

I've recently bought a WD Red 3TB and partitioned it using GPT and formatted it NTFS with GParted, because unfortunately Win7x64 didn't partitioned & formatted it right the first time.
Now I've got a NAS4Free VM and a Win7 VM running on ESXi5.1. When I attach this WD Red 3TB external disk using USB 2.0 to my Win7 VM it sees the disk as 3TB.
When I attach it the same way to NAS4Free build 847 it sees only 746GB (even after reboot).. Has anyone else got the same configuration with a working 3TB or what are you using?

[raulfg3]

if search google about " 746GB size limit" you have a lot of answer, most of then implies MBR, so please be sure that use GPT nor MBR when format ( yes I see that use GPT, But are totally sure do you format using GPT?

[LA70]

Not 100% sure it's a bug with n4f - but when browsing with xbmc only one nfs-share seem to be announced via Zeroconf/Bonjour, however all smb-shares seem to be announced.

[lindsay]

How many servers do you have?
This is vital when you have nfs

[LA70]

The number of NFS-servers doesn't affect the number of nfs-shares that Zeroconf announce...

[gbonny]

I've recently bought a WD Red 3TB and partitioned it using GPT and formatted it NTFS with GParted, because unfortunately Win7x64 didn't partitioned & formatted it right the first time.
Now I've got a NAS4Free VM and a Win7 VM running on ESXi5.1. When I attach this WD Red 3TB external disk using USB 2.0 to my Win7 VM it sees the disk as 3TB.
When I attach it the same way to NAS4Free build 847 it sees only 746GB (even after reboot).. Has anyone else got the same configuration with a working 3TB or what are you using?

Fixed and solved. The problem was the chipset (Sunplus) of the USB2.0 HDD casing. Now I have a USB3.0 HDD casing with a different chipset (Genesys Logic GL3310). This one supports 2TB+ disks. Maybe someone can add this to the FAQ regarding 746GB issues?

Edit, btw the funny thing was, Win7 x86 was able to detect it was 3TB with the Sunplus chipset. NAS4Free didnt though.

[apollo567]

Edit, btw the funny thing was, Win7 x86 was able to detect it was 3TB with the Sunplus chipset. NAS4Free didnt though.

With FreeBSD based Software it makes sense not to use the newest Hardware as the development is always somewhat behind Windows.....

[svily0]

As of v.847 pressing the power button doesn't do anything.
Previously, in v.690, it was shutting down the machine, which was rather useful for me.
Also, typing 'halt' in ssh console doesn't have any effect (or at least it doesn't turn the power off)... is there any way to turn the machine off?

Regards!

[apollo567]

for me the power button works for a shutdown with 847....
U can use the webgui for shutdown if worse comes to worse

As of v.847 pressing the power button doesn't do anything.
Previously, in v.690, it was shutting down the machine, which was rather useful for me.
Also, typing 'halt' in ssh console doesn't have any effect (or at least it doesn't turn the power off)... is there any way to turn the machine off?

Regards!

[lux]

check WebIF/System/advanced/sysctl.conf

if you have:

Code: Select all

hw.acpi.power_button_state = NONE

try to disable!

[svily0]

Thanks!
hw.acpi.power_button_state = NONE was there, but not enabled.
Anyway, I enabled it and set it equal to S5, now it works!
Also halt -p worked, but I couldn't find that -p is required, since there were some issues with http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi? yesterday.

[goosar19]

Does anyone know where I can still download the iso file for this release. I am going to attempt an upgrade on my NAS and it is stated that 9.2.0.1 handles the pool differently and if I didn't like it I would need to downgrade prior to reformatting the pool, but I can no longer find the disc I burned. Can someone please help me out. I have already done a Google search for it and also browsed a few torrent sites to no avail. Any help is appreciated.

[Onichan]

I assume you're talking about the zpool version. Is there a reason you want the old zpool version? You know the new version does have a couple new things that are nice. Mainly that it offers lz4 compression is the one thing I like.

[goosar19]

Yes. I do not know much about FreeBSD or Linux, I am a Windows user primarily, so I am not sure what kind of benefits I would gain from having lz4 compression; I don't really know what that means. I am more worried about losing my files. I have approximately 10TB of storage in my NAS and a good portion of it is filled. I already lost a batch of files due to corruption during the last upgrade I attempted, so I am a bit leery about performing another upgrade if I do not have the means to revert back.

I am the smartest guy I know amongst my friends so I don't have the big brother or friend to look up to and show me how to do things so I am learning things on my own. I usually pick up on things pretty quick, but without any training or prior knowledge, I tend to hit a speed bump or two along the way. If I were more confident in what I was doing I would be more willing to adapt the new change, but my biggest concern was the message about how if I converted the pools I would not be able to revert. I do not know what converting all entails and I do not want to use my NAS as a guinea pig.

I have included some screenshots of my NAS (sorry, I don't know if there is some log file that gives all of this information) and if anyone has any advise I would be more than grateful.

nas_ss1.jpg

nas_ss2.jpg

nas_ss3.jpg

[mbembi]

i haved NAS4Free-x64-embedded-9.1.0.1.847. if you need reply private me.