SOLVED 9.3 Beta and Release Installation on Dell R730

[Ling Ho]

Hi,

I am trying to install 9.3 and Release iso on a Dell R730. There is no cdrom drive on this machine, so I have to either use the virtual CD/DVD via iDRAC, or dd the iso to a USB drive and boot from there.

Using both methods, and using multiple Beta iso I have downloaded from the last two days, and also the RELEASE iso just now, I ran into this problem:

"Trying to mount root from cd9660:/dev/iso9660/FreeNAS_INSTALL []...
mounroot: waiting for device /dev/iso9660/FreeNAS_INSTALL ...

It times out after awhile and give me the mountroot promt. But I can't type anything into it.

I guess the virtual CD comes up as a different device name. But when using USB drive, it stills try to mount cd. Is there a device name I could try to modify at the grub prompt, and anything else I should try?

Thanks,
...
ling

 

[dlavigne]

What device did you install into? What are the BIOS options for that device?

 

[Ling Ho]

I am trying to install on a pair of ssds. They set as non-raid drives. However IIgot this before I get to the install or upgrade menu. By looking at the grub config file, the mounting of cdrom is set in there. So I am not surprise d even when I try to boot using a usb drive I get the same error.

 

[dlavigne]

So it is the install media giving the error? What exact command did you use to burn the image onto the USB drive and what size is it?

 

[Ling Ho]

Sorry I am not near a computer so don't have the exact filename. The command I used is like this: "dd if=FreeNAS-RELEASE.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=128k"

It was on a linux machine. The size of the usb stick is 8gb.

 

[dlavigne]

Did you get this sorted?

 

[Ling Ho]

Yes, problem solved. The USB device was set to 3.0 in the BIOS. Once I changed it back to 2.0, it worked. Thanks.