SOLVED Fresh install mounting from ufs ... error 19

[Bob_conklin]

Fresh install on a Supermicro X9SCL (Xeon E3-1270) that was previously used as a windows server.
Installing from DVD to SSD + 4 x 1TB WD (tried with and wo WD drives) 16G Ram

Installer fails to boot.

I'm unfamiliar with FreeBSD.

I simply can't go through the 175 posts w/ 8 pages each about copying USB sticks. I've wasted a day reading these things. I stay away from FreeBSD for just this reason, and I have avoided it for nearly a decade. This sounded like a good reason to try again, and nothing has changed.

I've tried all of the BIOS settings that I could find in these posts, the error never changes.

Code:

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip [rw] ...
mountroot: waiting for device /dev/md#.uzip ...
mounting from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip failed with error 19
g_vfs_done():iso9669/FreeNAS[READ(offset=459710464, length=2048)] error = 5

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip [rw] ...
mountroot: waiting for device /dev/md#.uzip ...
mounting from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip failed with error 19
g_vfs_done():iso9669/FreeNAS[READ(offset=459710464, length=2048)] error = 5

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip [rw] ...
mountroot: waiting for device /dev/md#.uzip ...
mounting from ufs:/dev/md#.uzip failed with error 19
g_vfs_done():iso9669/FreeNAS[READ(offset=459710464, length=2048)] error = 5

Over and over, no mountroot prompt.

Linux and ISOLinux works just fine from that CD and SSD combo.

Am I giving up on FreeBSD for another decade?


Thanks!!!

Bob Conklin

 

[dlavigne]

Which utility are you using to burn the image?

 

[Vito Reiter]

I've had great luck with Win32DiskImager, Rufus never worked for any distro of Linux for me though. Just a quick note.

 

[Bob_conklin]

I've had great luck with Win32DiskImager, Rufus never worked for any distro of Linux for me though. Just a quick note.

Not a USB stick

 

[Vito Reiter]

Not a USB stick

Ahh, I see that now. I always miss something important.

Linux and ISOLinux works just fine from that CD and SSD combo.

 

[danb35]

Am I giving up on FreeBSD for another decade?

You already seem rather spring-loaded toward that conclusion, and it's your decision, but it shouldn't be necessary. I can say from experience that the X9SCL-F worked just fine with FreeNAS through the 9.3 series (I got new hardware about the time 9.10 came out, so I can't validate that from experience, but I'd be surprised if anything changed).

What version of FreeNAS are you trying to install? Did you verify the checksum of the downloaded file?

 

[Bob_conklin]

Which utility are you using to burn the image?

Not a USB stick

 

[danb35]

Not a USB stick

You're still burning the image to the DVD (though it's unclear why). Can you answer the question?

 

[Vito Reiter]

Apparently, ImgBurn is a good tool for FreeNAS specifically.

 

[Bob_conklin]

You already seem rather spring-loaded toward that conclusion, and it's your decision, but it shouldn't be necessary. I can say from experience that the X9SCL-F worked just fine with FreeNAS through the 9.3 series (I got new hardware about the time 9.10 came out, so I can't validate that from experience, but I'd be surprised if anything changed).

What version of FreeNAS are you trying to install? Did you verify the checksum of the downloaded file?

9.10.2

 

[Bob_conklin]

You're still burning the image to the DVD (though it's unclear why). Can you answer the question?

I used a windows utility called powerISO

 

[Johnnie Black]

I can say from experience that the X9SCL-F worked just fine with FreeNAS through the 9.3 series

I just started playing with FreeNAS and can confirm that 9.10 works with the X9SCL-F.

 

[Bob_conklin]

Made a USB stick with Win32DiskImager. Installer is running!

 

[danb35]

Good to know, and thanks for the update. I can't honestly remember the last time I saw someone use disc to install. If you have the -F variant of that motherboard, you could also mount the ISO remotely via IMPI, which is a very handy feature.