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jthat / truenas-scale-kernel-upgrade.adoc
Last active December 13, 2025 10:17
Instructions to ad-hoc upgrade the TrueNAS SCALE kernel

Ad-hoc upgrade of TrueNAS SCALE kernel

Warning
This is unsupported and has the potential to corrupt your data. Proceed at your own risk.

Installation

Choose an existing stable kernel branch, e.g. SCALE-v5.15-stable.

@gangefors
gangefors / Install FreeNAS SCALE on a partition and create a mirror.md
Last active December 25, 2025 00:24
How to install TrueNAS SCALE on a partition instead of the full disk

Install TrueNAS SCALE on a partition instead of the full disk

The TrueNAS installer doesn't have a way to use anything less than the full device. This is usually a waste of resources when installing to a modern NVMe which is usually several hundred of GB. TrueNAS SCALE will use only a few GB for its system files so installing to a 16GB partition would be helpful.

The easiest way to solve this is to modify the installer script before starting the installation process.