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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.13 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------57F997FCAE20F62C037E0687" X-Archives-Salt: ef2b6815-475a-43b7-b38a-f2673f7831ae X-Archives-Hash: f58178be2a261b98b9758bed01aa374c This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------57F997FCAE20F62C037E0687 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM Mark Knecht > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dale > wrote: > > > > > > > > I have looked into OpenNAS and other NAS OS stuff.  Some are on > USB sticks and basically, you shut it down, upgrade the USB stick, > insert it back into NAS and boot up. > > > > > > The first version of TrueNAS I used was on a USB stick and it worked > fine so I'm fairly confident you'd be at least functional. > > One last thing for now - if you do buy a used MB do some research into > whether it will actually boot from USB. One of the ones I bought > actually did not do that so I had to dig up a old DVD drive to install > from a CD. > > - M I've got a older donated machine that doesn't boot from USB too.  The newer donated machine does, I've booted from USB sticks before.  I'm going to pull the side off and see how many drives it can hold and such in a bit.  If I gather up enough steam.  As it is, I only need three at the moment, four maybe later.  Most come with six but this is a factory built machine.  I can't recall what it comes with.  Dale :-)  :-)  --------------57F997FCAE20F62C037E0687 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
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On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I have looked into OpenNAS and other NAS OS stuff.  Some are on USB sticks and basically, you shut it down, upgrade the USB stick, insert it back into NAS and boot up.
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> The first version of TrueNAS I used was on a USB stick and it worked fine so I'm fairly confident you'd be at least functional.

One last thing for now - if you do buy a used MB do some research into whether it will actually boot from USB. One of the ones I bought actually did not do that so I had to dig up a old DVD drive to install from a CD.

- M


I've got a older donated machine that doesn't boot from USB too.  The newer donated machine does, I've booted from USB sticks before.  I'm going to pull the side off and see how many drives it can hold and such in a bit.  If I gather up enough steam.  As it is, I only need three at the moment, four maybe later.  Most come with six but this is a factory built machine.  I can't recall what it comes with. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 


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