How to do a freenas usb boot?

I have this old computer which is a Dell Dimension. I wanted it to make a fileserver. I want to install freenas on a usb drive and boot from there. I haven't done this before hence need some help on how to do it. How to perform a freenas usb boot?

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Moody Warner | Dec 2 2011

The FreeNAS can be run from the 128MB - 2GB USB Flash Drive. The benefit of the procedure is that all HD space can be reserved for the server duties.

1 To create the USB image without having to burn the CD on Windows follow the following steps:

2 Download the Physdiskwrite

3 Read the warnings about the selecting USB stick correctly.

4 Download the current 0.69 Free NAS IMG file (not ISO) from the Source forge.

5 Plug the USB stick (128MB - 2GB size) in the Windows PC and format all disk as FAT (right-click -> Format; select FAT not FAT32).

6 Now To eliminate the errors make sure that only the target disk is connected on it and "Safely Remove" the USB stick, and then reinsert it again.

7 Drag the Free NAS IMG file into the Phydiskwrite icon in the Windows File Manager.

8 Now "Safely Remove" the USB stick.

9 You now have the FreeNAS LiveUSB!

Hope these information comes good for you.

How to do a freenas usb boot?

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