Hello everyone,
I start a new topic just to have a piece of advice on a matter that making me crazy. I have a ex470 that used to work quite well, but as I got bored one day I decided to install whs 2011. That was obviously a bad idea, I broke everything and didn't manage to bring the server back, despite all the recovery discs and so on.
In a last attempt to make something with this otherwise good hardware, I decided to switch to freeNAS.
Try 1 : I installed the image on a usb key, it didn't work. I tried on all the usb ports but it never worked.
Try 2 : I set up freenas on an external hard drive that would have been dedicated to the OS (I know it is stupid but it isn't the stupidiest thing I've done with this server). I tried the disk with another computer, and without any configuration, the command console gave me an ip address to reach the WebUI. So I plugged the hard drive into the EX470 and nothing happens. the blue / red light appears and then only a blue light is flashing.
The last chapter of this story is to buy an overpriced VGA PS2 cable on ebay and see what the hell is going on in this thing, but before this, I would like to have your opinion ifever you have a clue about what I am doing wrong this time. I would love something else than a 40 euros cable from santa this year !
Thanks for your help!