can't install FreeNAS 11.2 U5 on HP Microserver N40L Bootload hangs

[BanksiaBoy]

I have an HP Proliant Microserver N40L QZ160A 8GB of RAM, has been running 8.30 P1 for years happily.
Seems to boot _everything_ except the FreeNAS 11.2 ISO on a USB - following the instructions exactly.

I have reboot and reformatted everything on every known usb device. I have no hard-disks installed. Just the install usb stick and a target usb stick

Always sticks at this screen. Very frustrating. Any answers or hints on what to search for will be much appreciated.

 

[BanksiaBoy]

Why was this bug closed? https://redmine.ixsystems.com/issues/65994
Seriously it’s not the USB sticks, I have quite a range, I can boot
WIN PE
Grub4dos
Grub2
Msdos
Ubuntu 18.04
Clover
And others I can’t recall after an extraordinarily frustrating afternoon.
It’s not a hardware problem! I have taken out all the storage except for the install USB and the target USB. I have the latest BIOS HP delivered.
Look at all the reports, the USB sticks work, then they don’t, there’s rumours of some working then they don’t.
The boot-loader is broken!

FreeBSD 12 installer has no problems
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[colmconn]

Why was this bug closed? https://redmine.ixsystems.com/issues/65994

It, like all other bugs on redmine, was closed with the migration to Jira. See https://jira.ixsystems.com/browse/NAS-100670

 

[BanksiaBoy]

BTW I have installed from and am happily running FreeBSD 11.2 on ZFS using 2 x
"SanDisk Cruzer Fit 1.26" 8 GB drives, on my N40L

 

[BanksiaBoy]

Have commented in Jira
https://jira.ixsystems.com/browse/NAS-100670
How do I get it re-opened?