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Thread ID: 103847	2009-10-08 06:47:00	Help with FreeNAS	wainuitech (129)	Press F1

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818094	2009-10-09 01:50:00	Sorry I couldn't be more help, it took me the the best part of a day about a year ago to get mine up and running. I can't remember all the details now but it hasn't missed a beat in all that time, including migrating it and its raid 5 array from one pc to another and back again. I found it to be not very user friendly to configure and can well understand your frustration.	KarameaDave (15222)
818095	2009-10-09 02:12:00	Do you need to configure SAMBA to work in FreeNAS? I assume you were trying to access the share from a Windows PC? Yep sure did - I can see it on the LAN, It opens to a blank window - but thats all - I cant do anything with it, Eg: add folders, transfer files - nought. When it installs it gave the option to create two partitions, one containing the FreeNas (128MB) and the remaining space as a Data. Then mount the partitions, set permissions, add users, change workgroup etc. This all worked (or so it said). From what I can see it is not creating the data partition, even though it says it has. (could be wrong on that). What I may try is actually making two partitions first, load in NAS to the first. and the second is data. The idea is to be able to supply a NAS server to my customers, using A micro Case (www.imagef1.net.nz)and a Atom Motherboard (www.dove.co.nz) + HDD to suit - (I Have one case here) Man they are tiny, the apple beside the case shows how small they actually are + Free software. Case Size: Dimension: 220 mm (W) x 150 mm (H) x 286 mm (D)	wainuitech (129)
818096	2009-10-09 02:59:00	Hmm... I just had a play with FreeNAS and got it set up and running without any hassles. I can happily create folders and share them without any problems. The UI isn't particularly intuitive, but I can make blind guesses and get things to work fine. Wainuitech: If you still want to pursue FreeNAS, I'm happy to dial into a TeamViewer session or similar and have a look at the problems you're having (PM me).	somebody (208)
818097	2009-10-09 04:38:00	Would those Atom boards be powerful enough for a media centre? What about running WHS on one?	gary67 (56)
818098	2009-10-09 05:19:00	OK :banana BUGGER ME! ( not really ) it finally works. God knows what I did different. The instructions I followed are designed for the latest Version As per this article (www.smallbusinesscomputing.com) - its the exact same steps I have tried 3 times - the forth time it worked :confused: May start again and see if it works a second time. Gary - Would those Atom boards be powerful enough for a media centre? My intentions / It was never intended to be a media server, just a simple/ basic file server / NAS Storage. Mind you I have seen one of those boards, with 512Mb RAM run windows XP HM. My own WHS - doesn't actually "stream" in the true meaning of the word, its simply got movies on, to access them you go to the Video Folder Via the shared folder that WHS makes, or in my case I have a single Videos link on teh desktop or navigate Via the LAN, select the movie, and double click it and it plays - simple really. Using this method you can play any of the movies you want on any PC, did a test one day, played the same movie on 3 different PC's all at the same time all running about a minute behind one another, on another 2 PC's, ran different movies - The router went nuts with traffic :eek: but every thing played perfectly, no lag, no jitters. Edited: Thanks for the suggestions. :)	wainuitech (129)
818099	2009-10-09 05:43:00	Would those Atom boards be powerful enough for a media centre? What about running WHS on one? Yes, easily.	Blam (54)
818100	2009-10-09 06:50:00	Hmmmm food for thought	gary67 (56)
818101	2009-10-09 06:55:00	Hmmmm food for thought Then you've got to decide. 330 or 230....:) Both are cheap as chips. I put together a cheap hackintosh for a friend with the 230 as a base. Costed around $500. Fast Enough for typical usage. Much cheaper than buying a real mac too:p	Blam (54)
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