Q: Can I access my data / files remotely, over the Internet, particularly my CIFS/SMB (SAMBA) shares? | Advanced | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I automatically backup my data to external, USB drives that mount automatically? | Advanced | Scripts and shell tips | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I create a software RAID1 array from a single drive that already has data on it? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I grow a softwareRAID array from XigmaNAS CLI? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I grow a softwareRAID array from XigmaNAS GUI? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I grow a UFS filesystem from XigmaNAS CLI? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I grow a UFS filesystem from XigmaNAS GUI? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I install FreeBSD ports on XigmaNAS ? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I make more than one partition on a disk? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I make more than one partition on a RAID1 array? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I mount disks/file systems using labels instead of device names? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I move a hard drive between XigmaNAS and Windows and can Windows use a UFS formatted drive? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can I recover deleted files and or directories? | Basic | Data recovery and backups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can I sell a PC with XigmaNAS installed on it? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can I upgrade from the Embedded 32bit version, installed on a hard drive, to 64bit version? | Advanced | Upgrade NAS4Free | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can I use an NTFS, FAT, or EXT formatted drive with XigmaNAS? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can I use mount_unionfs with ZFS drives? | Advanced | ZFS ( only! ) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can XigmaNAS act as a print server? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Can XigmaNAS be infected by a virus, adware, malware, spyware, hacked, etc.? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Can you move / transfer / migrate the same 3 or 4 or 5, RAID5 drives to another XigmaNAS server and still maintain the data? Can you do this for SoftRAID1? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Do I need a php WebGUI interface to use a FreeBSD ports installed in XigmaNAS? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Does XigmaNAS have a file checking utility like Windows' SCANDISK? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Does XigmaNAS support Dual Core/Quad Core, virtualization, HyperThreading, SpeedStep? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Does XigmaNAS support nested / hybrid RAID levels like 10, 15, 50, etc.? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Does Quixplorer ( Tools > File Manager ) have a problem displaying symlinks? | Advanced | Basic NAS4Free Tune-up | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I backup my data by swapping disks or using snapshots if I am using SoftRAID1? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I change the default user Lighttpd runs as? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I check / see the size of my RAM drive or any mounted drive for that matter? | Advanced | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I downgrade my XigmaNAS OS? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I easily, quickly and completely wipe / prepare a disk for use? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix "NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER" errors? | Basic | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix a mis-configured / messed up service or Daemon that prevents my system from booting? | Advanced | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix file system damage that prevents me from mounting my UFS formatted drive? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix my drive / RAID array failing to mount after a power outage or similar, major crash? It was working great for months and now it just shows "ERROR - RETRY" or stops / freezes during boot.? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix the "Fatal Trap 18:Interger Divide Fault" error which prevents XigmaNAS booting? | Basic | Install NAS4Free | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I fix the "smb_pwd_check_ntlmv1: incorrect password length" errors I keep seeing in my logs? | Basic | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I get root access to my system without logging in as "root"? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I identify which /dev is which physical hard drive? Which drive is which?!? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I install XigmaNAS without a DVD/CD drive? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.3.0.2 |
Q: How can I login and post on the XigmaNAS forum? | Basic | General Information | ⇒ All versions |
Q: How can I make sure people using my server via SSH / SFTP, FileZilla, WinSCP cannot see anything except their own folder / directory? | Advanced | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I recover or reset a lost or forgotten WebGUI or root username and/or password? | Basic | Basic NAS4Free Tune-up | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I run commands as root (sudo)? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I save or view logs when using Embedded or LiveCD platforms since the logs get erased at boot? | Advanced | Basic XigmaNAS Tune-up | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I upgrade my XigmaNAS OS ? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How can I use the XigmaNAS Embedded.img.xz file? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.3.0.2 |
Q: How can I verify data copied / moved is accurate and not corrupted? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How come my script works in shell when invoked manually but not in CRON? | Advanced | Scripts and shell tips | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I copy all files from inside /mnt/File/ and place them inside /mnt/320gb/? | Basic | Scripts and shell tips | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I easily set-up my server so I can read / write files and Windows clients using CIFS/SMB (SAMBA) don't have to login and can only read files? | Basic | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix CNID related errors that make AFP shares unaccessible, why does AFP stop working? | Basic | AFP | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix errors "pid 2352 (smbd), uid 21 inumber 3006 on /: filesystem full" that appear in the logs? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "Can't load kernel" error I get when booting XigmaNAS installed on disk? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "GEOM: adn: corrupt or invalid GPT detected" and "GEOM: adn: GPT rejected -- may not be recoverable" errors that appear together in the logs or at boot time? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "GEOM: adn: the secondary GPT table is corrupt or invalid " errors that appear in the logs or at boot time? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "Interrupt Storm on IRQnn; throttling interrupt source" errors that appear in the logs? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "login name contains invalid characters" error on WebGUI Tab> Access Users Add ? | Basic | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I fix the "WARNING: /mnt/MyStuff was not properly dismounted" errors that appear in the logs or at boot time? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I make sure my XigmaNAS server is secure? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I manually stop and start the WebGUI? | Advanced | Scripts and shell tips | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I manually stop and start the webserver? | Advanced | Webserver | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I mount my drives? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I mount the data partition on my OS drive? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I mount/map a CIFS/SMB/SAMBA/Windows share/shared folder on my XigmaNAS server? | Advanced | Scripts and shell tips | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I prevent Quixplorer ( Tools > File Manager ) being used as a back door to my server? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒All versions |
Q: How do I remove / replace a disk in a SoftRAID1 array ? | Basic | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I remove / replace a disk in a SoftRAID5 array? | Basic | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I remove / replace a failed disk in a ZFS array ? | Basic | ZFS ( only! ) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do I upgrade/replace/clone my USB Flash drive/CF card running Embedded platform? | Advanced | Upgrade NAS4Free | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How do you set a file/directory creation mask in the CIFS/SMB service? | Advanced | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How much do I have to pay to get and use XigmaNAS. | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: How often is XigmaNAS documentation updated? | Basic | General Information | ⇒All versions |
Q: I changed some ports and now cannot access the WebGUI, how do I fix this? | Advanced | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: I've properly configured my network interface fwe0 but the server is not on the network, how do I fix this? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: If I install the "Full" platform (Full Installation) am I then able to configure the boot partition size(s)? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is it possible to create a RAID array using a slice or partition instead of the whole disk? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is it possible to extend the CF partition beyond 35 MB to take advantage of the additional capacity? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is it possible to set up XigmaNAS to send a email when a RAID array / disk is near full or degraded?? | Advanced | Basic Storage Concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is it possible to use the webserver (lighttpd) to host more than 1 website? | Advanced | Webserver | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is XigmaNAS a "turnkey system"? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is XigmaNAS DLNA certified or compliant? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there a reason why a "Full" platform install won't work on CF? To the BIOS it just looks a HD. | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there a way to encrypt passwords in config.xml? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there a way to migrate or copy an installed OS to a new boot or different drive? | Advanced | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there a way to secure / password protect the server console and drive data in case my XigmaNAS server is stolen? | Basic | Security Discussion | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there any way to expand/grow a RAID array without having to backup and restore all my data? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there any way to get an alarm or notification that my RAID array is degraded or my disk is getting full? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Is there any way to get the functionality of dRobo or XRaid2 or UnRAID in XigmaNAS? | Advanced | ZFS ( only! ) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Should I install "Embedded" or "Full" platform if I want to run XigmaNAS from hard-disk? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Should I use so called "Green" drives in a NAS system and what is WDIDLE? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What are groups, how can I use them and what do they do? | Advanced | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What are the advantages / disadvantages of Live CD / Embedded vs. Full platform? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What are the different shells I can assign to a user in 9.0.0.1 and when would I change this setting? | Advanced | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What can I do if FreeBSD claims to support my hardware but XigmaNAS does not include the drivers I need? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What can I do if FSCK cannot fix my file system and / or I get "Bad Inode Number", ""Bad Super Block" or "Magic Number" errors when running FSCK? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What can I do to fix "WARNING - READ_DMA" errors that show up in the log? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What can I do to make sure my installation of XigmaNAS goes smoothly? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What do I have to select when I want to mount a partition or a software RAID array? Right now I get only "Error Retry". | Basic | Configuration | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What do I need to do to setup different file / folder access for my Windows clients / users? | Basic | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What features will not be implemented in the main, core release ? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is a XigmaNAS extension ? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is a slice? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is and what causes "device name shifting syndrome" and how can I avoid or fix it? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is different about fsck_ufs when run on the command line vs. running it in the WebGUI? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is the best way to backup & restore my XigmaNAS system partition? | Basic | Data recovery and backups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is the best, safe way to enlarge a SoftwareRAID array? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is the fastest way to copy my data from one XigmaNAS drive to another XigmaNAS drive? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is the right port name for my UPS? | Basic | UPS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What Operating System is XigmaNAS based on? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What should I check before reporting a problem or posting a question in the Forum? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What should I take into consideration before adding / changing / upgrading controllers and / or Mother Boards, or BIOS settings that affect hard drives? | Basic | Upgrade XigmaNAS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What software are included in XigmaNAS? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What's the difference between LiveCD / Embedded vs. Full platform? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What's the difference between the .ISO and the .IMG files I can download to install XigmaNAS? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: When I tried drag and drop or copy and paste the server started transfer/copy then reboots/freezes/hangs. Is there a way to fix this? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where can I find a list of hardware compatible with XigmaNAS/FreeBSD? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where can I find a list of UPS ( Uninterruptible Power Supplies) / Battery Backup Units that are known to work with NAS4Free and Network UPS Tools? | Basic | UPS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where can I find a list/images of hardware others have used to build XigmaNAS servers? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where can I find really old versions of XigmaNAS? | Basic | Install & Upgrade | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where can I find release notes and change logs for alpha builds and major releases? | Basic | Developers | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Where I can find the official XigmaNAS license? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Who are the developers of XigmaNAS? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Who develops XigmaNAS extensions ? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Who should be responsible for creation and maintenance of plug-ins and/or extensions? | Advanced | Extensions / Add-ons | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why are hard drives ( devices ) and partitions ( slices ) named the way they are? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why are manual changes to configuration files (like SMB.CONF) not saved after a reboot? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why are some of my disks / RAID missing or not displayed properly in WebGUI after adding a new controller to the server, changing BIOS settings or changing to a new Mother Board? | Basic | Upgrade XigmaNAS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why can I not login using Windows 7, 8 and Vista clients when XP clients work fine with CIFS/SMB? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why can't I create files/directories from my Windows client, even though the manual states that after I enable CIFS/SMB I should be able to login to my XigmaNAS server by typing "\\MyServer"? | Basic | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why can't I modify permissions in Quixplorer ( Advanced File Manager )? | Basic | CIFS/SMB (Samba) | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why do I get "Broken pipe", "Failed to dd image" or "There was a problem while copying files" error when installing to a USB flash drive or CF card? | Advanced | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why do I see "ZFS WARNING: Recommended minimum RAM size is 512MB; expect unstable behavior." every boot? | Basic | Install XigmaNAS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why do iTunes/DAAP, UPnP or BitTorrent/Transmission crash with "filesystem full" error? | Basic | General Information | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why does my configuration reset to the default after I reboot, even though I've installed XigmaNAS? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why does XigmaNAS hang/freeze on boot/POST screen even though I successfully installed and formatted my drive? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why does Windows Explorer report wrong Free & Used space for shared drives? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why doesn't Quixplorer ( Tools > File Manager ) display file names properly in my language? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why doesn't the Dynamic DNS service work with my free DNS provider / service? | Basic | Dynamic DNS | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is booting from USB so slow and can it be made faster? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is my / file system full? | Advanced | Basic NAS4Free Tune-up | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is my hardware NOT supported by XigmaNAS/FreeBSD ? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why IS my hardware supported by XigmaNAS/FreeBSD ? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is my RAID array degraded when all the drives report they are online, none of them are missing or appear to be bad? | Advanced | Software RAID | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is the network speed so slow? | Basic | Networking Tune-up | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is the size of my hard drive so much smaller than I think it should be? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why is the size of my OS hard drive only 738Gb or 992Gb even though I am installing XigmaNAS on the BIGGEST drive currently made? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Why won't someone write a device driver or provide support for my hardware? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒All versions |
Q: Will the XigmaNAS team make or write a device driver for my unsupported hardware if I ask nicely? | Basic | Hardware | ⇒ All versions |
Q: Why can't I format my disk / hard drive or create a ZFS pool with it? | Advanced | Basic storage concept | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: What is the wheel group and how do you add users to it? | Basic | Local users & groups | ⇒9.0.0.1 |
Q: Which is best, hardware RAID, vs Software RAID, vs ZFS ? | Basic | Basic storage concept | ⇒ All versions |