On Sunday, 28 August 2022 00:30:08 BST Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com > > > > <mailto:markkne...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > > > > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > 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 > > :-) :-)
Depending on the age of the MoBo, even if it can't boot from USB, it should be able to boot with 'pixie'. Set up a tftp PXE server on your LAN and the old MoBo will fetch the image(s) to boot with. You can take a look here for ideas: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ Installation_alternatives#Diskless_install_using_PXE_from_the_LiveCD
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