FreeNAS Code

Here's a snapshot of the FreeBSD 8.1-based FreeNAS.  It features a move to
the /etc/rc.d startup scripting, a move to a Django-based GUI and should
set the stage for a more modular system in the future.

This snapshot is for developers only.  It is not functionally complete
yet, and there are likely many rough edges.

The GUI is currently incomplete.  It can configure your network address
and not much else.  The screens for the other items are in place, and they
write to the proper database table, but the system doesn't read that info
in on boot.  The infrasturcture to do on-the-fly changes is also not included
(but will be in the future), so each change requires a reboot.  Your best bet
is to configure things by hand.

Configured by hand, most functionality should be available.

To build the system:

You will need your own FreeBSD src tree, your own ports tree.  FreeBSD
8.1 Release is known to work.  The ports tree as of 2010.06.24.12.00.00 is
also known to work.

The build tree I have under a common root:

freebsd/8		FreeBSD 8.1 Release sources
freebsd/ports		FreeBSD /usr/ports tree
projects/freenas	The experimental/ix part of the FreeNAS svn tree

cd freebsd/8
sh tools/tools/nanobsd/nanobsd.sh -c /full/path/to/root/projects/freenas/nanobsd/freenas64.conf

# or for the i386 builds:
sh tools/tools/nanobsd/nanobsd.sh -c /full/path/to/root/projects/freenas/nanobsd/freenas32.conf

If the build fails, and you want to try again, you can add -b to the end of
the line and it will skip the FreeBSD build.

You'll wind up with a tree in /tmp/$LOGNAME/obj.freenas64.   The final binary
image will be in /tmp/$LOGNAME/obj.freenas64/_.disk.full and can be dd'd from
there, or converted to a VM container.  The build takes between 2-4 hours
depending on the speed of your machine.

Native builds on amd64 and i386 work.  Cross building i386 on amd64 currently
fails.