Good day to all!
I'm struggling to install TrueNAS Scale on an HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 (64GB RAM, SmartArray P410 configured as HBA, 4x 16TB HDD + 1x m.2 120GB SSD in USB adapter connected to the internal USB port).
"Burning" the installer is not a problem: I tried several methods (plain USB, plain DVD, multi ISO USB with Ventoy); the installation always complete successfully but (of course there is a "but") at the reboot the server complains about "Non-System disk or disk error. replace and strike any key when ready".
This is a list of my attempts to boot it somehow:
The same USB/SSD adapter boot successfully when connected to my laptop (but it has a UEFI "bios").
The only way to make it boot was reinstalling to a different USB drive (Kingston DataTraveller 16GB); it worked but I cannot trust the USB flash drive.
I also tried the same installation on a different HP DL380e gen8 server (they should be paired for gluster replication when in use).
Random thoughts:
Roberto
I'm struggling to install TrueNAS Scale on an HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 (64GB RAM, SmartArray P410 configured as HBA, 4x 16TB HDD + 1x m.2 120GB SSD in USB adapter connected to the internal USB port).
"Burning" the installer is not a problem: I tried several methods (plain USB, plain DVD, multi ISO USB with Ventoy); the installation always complete successfully but (of course there is a "but") at the reboot the server complains about "Non-System disk or disk error. replace and strike any key when ready".
This is a list of my attempts to boot it somehow:
- reinstalling several times: boot failed
- reinstalling to a smaller (64GB instead of 120GB) SSD on USB m.2 adapter: boot failed
- reinstalling to a standard 1TB SSD drive: boot failed
- reinstalling to one of the 16TB HDD: boot failed
- reset BIOS to factory settings, wipe boot disk then reinstall: boot failed
The same USB/SSD adapter boot successfully when connected to my laptop (but it has a UEFI "bios").
The only way to make it boot was reinstalling to a different USB drive (Kingston DataTraveller 16GB); it worked but I cannot trust the USB flash drive.
I also tried the same installation on a different HP DL380e gen8 server (they should be paired for gluster replication when in use).
Random thoughts:
- GPT vs MBR should not be a problem: the 16GB USB flash drive looks identical (not considering partition/volume size) to 64GB or 120GB USB SSD
- other DL380s we have in the office boot with no problem Ubuntu 20 from large drives (16TB); items 3 and 4 on previous list were expected to work but boot fails
- USB Drive size should not matter: if I put an ISO file on the 120GB SSD or if I use Ventoy, the USB SSD boots with no problem
Roberto