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Troubleshooting random reboots with FreeNAS

I've got a FreeNAS box running 8.0 (based off of FreeBSD 8.0) that's rebooting at random every 10min to 3 hours. I'm struggling to get to an error message. FreeNAS seems to same any actual logs to ...
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Freebsd (Freenas 8) and robocopy gives Error 5 Time-Stamping Destination File WHy?

I have a NAS running FreeBSD/FreeNas 8. When I copy files from a windows system to it via SMB/CIFS normally (explorer/copy) it all goes fine. User can create/delete/update files When i attempt the ...
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ZFS performance issue

i recently set up a FreeNAS server with the following specs: 2.2Ghz AMD Processor 5GB RAM (just put in what i had) 500GB system drive (with a data partition, probably UFS?) 2x1TB data drives in a ...
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How feasible is it to setup a FreeNAS to be more like a full install of FreeBSD

So I've been playing with FreeNAS over the last week, finally trying to get my act together and store my important files properly. I'm finding myself wanting to install and compile additional ...
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How to install compiler and binutils on FreeNAS?

I'd like to run a backup tool, duplicity, that apparently requires a cc compiler and binutils. I'm able to locate and install the required BSD packages for python, gcc, and dependencies from ...
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Boot FreeBSD/FreeNAS (their bootloader) from isolinux?

I'm creating a multiboot cd but have trouble with the FreeNAS/FreeBSD boot loader. If the image has isolinux, its just basically to copy & paste their config, but with the FreeBSD loader its ...
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Setting up a home server - what to use? (ZFS vs btrfs, BSD vs Linux, misc other requirements)

I need to get all our home content off individual machines and onto a central server. What I'd like to have is the metaphorical "server under the stairs". Stuff we need: expandable storage. I ...
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ZFS Hard Drive Configuration in FreeNAS

I've been messing around with FreeNAS installed on a USB Flash Drive for a week or so, just testing all the services and possible hard drive configurations utilizing ZFS. It's a pretty neat setup but ...