Hi all,
I have 2 systems (Gaming (main system) and a server (my TrueNAS Core server as of yesterday!). My problem is this; Using my main system I have logged into my TrueNAS Core web page and set it up so I know I am using the correct credentials, but when I try and access the server through File Manager it won’t connect (Incorrect Credentials). Are there more than one set of them? Or have I missed something? I’ve only been using TrueNAS for about a week, and I have no networking experience other than building PCs and using Windows (and DOS back in the day!).
Thanks in advance,
TC
You logged into the Web UI with user “root”, correct? CORE does not support using a different one.
You cannot use “root” to access shares. You must create dedicated users for that.
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Many thank, I’m the only user(and the admin, I guess!), so I didn’t think it would be a problem. I’ll create one now and give it a try.
Why? CORE is dead, and has been for years. Only SCALE has seen any active development (other than a rebase to FreeBSD 13) for the past five years.
Single user, just learning/expanding my skills and no funds(seriously!). So I thought I would get my feet wet with Core, before going off the deep end and getting anything that is likely to cost.
That worked. Many thanks.
This just makes no sense. SCALE costs exactly the same as CORE–nothing. It works on all the same hardware and more. There’s literally nothing about SCALE that would be any more “likely to cost” than anything you’d do with CORE. And since there have been major UI changes in CORE, learning where everything is there won’t help you with SCALE.
iX have been recommending SCALE for new deployments for at least two years. CORE is all but EOL and has been for at least that long. Unless you’re a masochist, there’s no reason to start out with CORE.
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Thanks for that, it’s really helpful to have someone who knows about it. No, I’m not a masochist, I just heard Core was stable, well respected (as is Scale, I know) and free. I had heard that scale was aimed more towards enterprise users (far beyond my level) and that it was more Linux than Windows(?). I just wanted something simple and windows(ish) based I could learn/play with. I’ll take a look at migrating over to Scale now I know it’s free, and especially as Core is EOL. How easy is it to switch, or should I just do a full wipe and install?
SCALE is Linux; CORE is FreeBSD. Neither is anything like Windows.
If you’re just starting on the system, this is probably the simplest course of action.
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It can get quite confusing to new users hence the reason iX have rebranded to TrueNAS Community to try and remove the old CORE/SCALE names.
The SCALE name was also a bit of a fail when gluster got pulled.
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If there’s nothing on it yet, there’s nothing to lose. Install scale, fangtooth, and start playing.
Even if it’s a zero cost build, please try to do it right. Use an ssd, at least one, for the boot drive. Your storage is whatever as long as it’s not one drive all alone. Hit up Facebook marketplace or free cycle or something in your area for free hardware. I have a stack of old 3tb drives I would love to give away, and I’m not alone.
Hi there,
I’m using 1 x 240GB SSD for TrueNAS, 1 x 4TB SATA HDD (currently has Windows 11 PRO and was running as C: in the server before I started installing TrueNAS) and 8 x 3TB SAS HDDs for storage. It’s all running on an Intel S2400SC Motherboard. Any issues I should be aware of with my setup?
A dual boot machine with Windows and Truenas? First time for everything I guess. Should be a decent start, ssd to boot and 8x3 drives for storage. Hope you have enough ram but honestly as long as you have 16GB you should be ok.
Edit: so you have a spare drive if you wiped windows, had to read that again. I wouldn’t use it alone, you can pull that and save it for later.
Well, that didn’t go well! I’ve tried reinstalling Scale 4 times and it just won’t take. I keep getting a message saying “This is a TrueNAS data disk and cannot boot system. System halted” every time I finish installing Scale and need to reboot. I think I’ll have to go back to Core. My system seriously doesn’t seem to like Scale, for some reason. As for RAM I have 8 sticks of 4GB ECC server RAM, so it ‘should’ be fine. I’m thinking my problem could be my two processors not being very powerful, I’ve got 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2403s both running at 1.800GHz. What do you think? Core? Or am I doing something stupid?
Nuke it all, boot from a Linux distro and delete all the partitions. Create new blank partitions in their places, fat32 is a good choice. You got some wires crossed somewhere and maybe thought you were installing to the ssd but used that extra sata drive maybe.
Core is a nice antique but you’ll end up upgrading to scale anyway so might as well start off right. Pay close attention to disk sizes not the names. It will call them all sorts of crazy things like the serial number in the installer. Just don’t install boot on a drive in the hba array.
Second that recommendation, but I would also clear stale EFI boot entries. It looks like your EFI firmware is trying to boot from a data disk. If you wipe it clean, the EFI entry will no longer point to a valid partition, and hopefully you’ll have another valid entry for the new install, but it would be best if those stale entries are removed. Check the manual page for efibootmgr, it should be available on whichever distro you choose to use to reformat the disks.
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