2/13/2023 0 Comments Freenas iso to usb![]() ![]() FreeNAS uses dual 1GB partitions so a true 2GB USB drive will hold the image just fine. My spare 2GB drive wouldn’t hold the image so I used a 4GB drive instead. The advertised capacity of a thumbdrive isn’t always equal to its actual capacity. This method requires no ISOs or blank CDs, all you need is a copy of the FreeNAS image and a USB flash drive that is 2GB or larger. FreeNAS must have it’s own dedicated drive, it cannot reside on drives that will be part of a storage volume in the NAS. I like to run FreeNAS directly from USB because it saves me from wasting a hard drive bay just for the operating system. ![]() After imaging the drive you can plug it into the computer, set the bios to boot from the drive, and watch FreeNAS boot directly from USB. The quickest and easiest way to get a FreeNAS server running is to write the image directly to a USB drive. ![]()
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