Complete noob needs help: Can't get to GUI

[dharmeshm]

Hi

I'm new at all of this and thought i'd give it a go with a very old PC.

I'm just testing it at the moment so I've only kept a 20gb hard drive in there to install it on.

I burned the image to disc and I saw the normal set up and installed freenas (32bit version) and rebooted when it said. I changed the BIOS so it boots from the hard drive but all I get is
Remove disks or other media.
Press any key to restart

When I boot from the disc again to attempt a re-install I get the options 1-7 which I can't seem to select or responds to typing in a number and it then goes through a bunch code and sticks on
NSSWITH(-nsdispatch): files, passwd_compat, endpwent, not found, and no fall back provided
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:

What do I need to do next?

Thanks

 

[ben]

Define "very old": what hardware specs? What happens when you boot without the install disk in the drive?