[nycbug-talk] 64Bit FreeNAS

[Isaac Levy]

Hi Pete,

On Sep 28, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Peter Wright wrote:

> Hi, Has anyone had any success building a 64Bit version of  
> FreeNAS.  We
> are trying to do some testing with large memory filers here and are  
> not
> having much luck with PAE kernel's at this point.  Just checking  
> the list
> to see if anyone has gone this route before I go and build a 64bit
> kernel/world.
>
> thanks!
> -pete

Not sure how much experience you've had with FreeNAS, but because  
it's heavily based on the m0n0wall project code, (and user  
conventions), I've tried giving it a whirl- and wanted to mention it  
when I spoke on m0n0wall/pfSense.

I didn't mention it, because on several *very different* x86  
machines, I had serious issues getting it to boot cleanly- let alone  
serve data- so I've shoved it into the 'beta' stack in my brain.
I could have made some foolish mistake, but I tried this on different  
locations, with current disk images several months apart- same cruddy  
boot issues.

I'd LOVE to hear if anyone has had any good experiences with  
FreeNAS...  It seems to be a great drop-in solution for network data  
storage, just like m0n0wall and pfSense.

Best,
.ike