Want to setup what I think is a NAS*HELP*

**lee551** · 02-19-2010, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Detale

Thanks, disk should be fine though. Do you happen to know if that SATA card will work with that server?

According to this post on the FreeNAS forum the SIL3124 chipset is reported as compatible.

I bought this PCI SATA controller from newegg a few years ago and it's been a champ. The external SATA ports are nice.

**Artemis** · 02-19-2010, 06:14 AM

Yes a PCI SATA card will work with that server, it is a server architecture though so has only one 32bit PC slot, the other three slots are 64bit 66Mhz PCI slots, you can still get SATA controllers for 64bit PCI, I have no idea on price though.
That server would be ideal for your purpose.
That Syba card gives you the option of 4 onboard SATA connectors but others also offer eSATA as well, I would still shop around.

**Detale** · 02-19-2010, 08:19 AM

Thanks bud. I am meeting the guy tomorrow to pick it up. Another inane question if I may. I believe this is a socket 478 and I'm pretty sure I have 1 or 2 p4 478 chips around here somewhere. Could i swap out the CPU since it's a lower mhz cleron? I'll keep looking but I doubt I'll need a ESATA for this one. After the initial setup I plan on unplugging the monitor, keyboard and mouse and having her sit in the basement to feed the movie needs of the house. So this is the only card I can use for the one slot and the other slots will need something like this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816102080

**MultiForce** · 02-19-2010, 12:57 PM

This might be a good idea for my retired gaming rig. Also got a Q6600, RAM and a few SATA controllers.
Don't know what else to do with it anyway

**Detale** · 02-19-2010, 04:53 PM

Thats what I was going to do, but for $75 bucks, I'll get this one and give a computer to my brother.

**Artemis** · 02-20-2010, 01:32 AM

You can add a higher spec P4 chip to the server if you wish, for the duty it will be doing it will honestly make no difference at all, as I said 800mhz & 128MB RAM & your good to go using FreeNAS so this server in its current spec easily outstrips the requirements.
FreeNAS is designed to run headless, and can be administered from any computer on the Network once configured, I just hope your basement is fairly dry.

**Detale** · 02-20-2010, 04:02 AM

LOL yes it'd dry. it's where I do all my computer building.So I can acess it without using nother monitor. thats great.. it may move upstairs then behind the couch then. HMMM this is sounding better and better. I couldn't meet the guy today so i'll be seeing him in the morrow

**Detale** · 02-21-2010, 02:38 AM

OK so someone for the love of god explain how I install this thing please. I get 9 options and I have no idea on what to do next. Thanks

**Artemis** · 02-21-2010, 03:16 AM

Originally Posted by Detale

OK so someone for the love of god explain how I install this thing please. I get 9 options and I have no idea on what to do next. Thanks

Gee, that was so helpful, unfortunately though I dropped my crystal ball last week & it's fucked so you will have to describe the nine options !

**Detale** · 02-21-2010, 06:23 AM

lol yeah I was in a huge hurry. When installing the freenas I get nine options that I will write down tomorrow. How did you install it bud?

The manual on the web site only says

====== Installation and Configuration Overview ======

FreeNAS installation and configuration involves three steps, which are:

- Download the FreeNAS ISO, burn it to a CD-ROM, then boot from the CD-ROM. The Initial Configuration is done via the FreeNAS Console Setup Menu on the FreeNAS PC.\\ After this stage FreeNAS will be installed on and run from your drive. However, you still need to complete the second step to make FreeNAS operational. This step is optional: You can run FreeNAS from a CDROM and a MS DOS floppy disk or USB device to store configuration.
- Basic Configuration via the Web GUI.\\ After this stage your FreeNAS server will be operational having a basic configuration.
- Advanced configuration via Web GUI and Command Shell.\\ This stage is not covered by this manual. It is up to you to read and understand the various options and features offered by FreeNAS and to decide How-to and What-to-do base on your own requirements.

Further customization, such as RAID configuration and localization to your environment can then be performed.

Now I clearly don't uderstand what the hell I'm doing here so I need to figure this out

EDIT: MN I found what i was looking for on their site. I'll set it up tomorrow. Thanks bud