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I haven't watched the YouTube Videos, but this is nothing like what is in the documentation. The methods in the documentation require either an optical drive, or use different tools to write the...

This is an easy platform independent method of installing FreeNAS 8 to a USB key, WITHOUT requiring an optical drive.

http://www.fixtheexchange.com/how-install-freenas-8-usb-key

I think 256mb is too small. I left the default 8 GB when creating mine on Wokrstation 7 (See my How-To in the How-To -> Configuration section of the forum).

I just checked the .vmdk file, and it...

Do you mean RAID-Z2? Did you create the ZFS volume after creating the RAID-Z2 volume?

For example, I added 5 drives to my FreeNAS, created a volume, selected all 5 drives, selected ZFS as the...

Ahh yeah see you're on an earlier version than what I'm running... so not sure what to tell you.

The log you posted shows the iSCSI service (istg) is still failing to start.

Maybe time to...

np... 8.0 what? What is the build number from your System Information page? Example, mine is: FreeNAS-8.0.1-RC1-amd64 (7508)

Seems like you may have an earlier build since things look a little...

I don't have a LUN column at all on that screen... you didn't mention what version you're running...

Did you remember to associate the extent with the target? I've forgotten to do that before, and had to go back and turn the iSCSI service off, then back on again, then go back into ESXi and rescan,...

Thanks. :D

I spotted something that I missed, and have updated the article. I forgot to include a step where you associate the extent with the target. This important step is now the last one in...

Looks like your iSCSI service is failing... quick Google Search found this: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freenas/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=10378

What version are you running? 32-bit or 64-bit? ...

Created a text file where for what? That doesn't sound right... shouldn't be any text file creation.

No that doesn't look right... It looks like you have 4 volumes, but no option to create a ZFS volume, which probably means you chose UFS as the Filesystem type when creating the volume instead of...

You skipped creating the ZFS Volume then.

You have to create a volume first, and then a ZFS volume after that, before the device will be listed to add as an extent.

You don't get the option...

You should be able to, but you need to map to the share name, and not just to the root...

Example..

Drive F: = \\freenas\fotos
Drive M: = \\freenas\media

Why not just give the appropriate...

This will probably help you... http://www.fixtheexchange.com/Budget-Laboratory-Part2-iSCSI-Virtual-SAN-with-FreeNAS-8

I used ZFS with iSCSI for it. Works great.

Yes, but not with FreeNAS specificly. I did a 2003 to 2008R2 AD upgrade, had to keep the 2003 DC's around for a few months until we figured this issue out. Unfortunately it's been a while and I...

I put a lot of work into this, and thought the FreeNAS community would benefit from it...
http://www.fixtheexchange.com/Budget-Laboratory-Part2-iSCSI-Virtual-SAN-with-FreeNAS-8

I wasn't sure if...