Install on Supermicro stuck at grub rescue

[Janus Ng]

I have just bought a used controller with a Supermicro X11DPU motherboard.

I tried to install TrueNAS 23.10 onto it using the iso mounted with the virtual media of the BMC of Supermicro.

It failed with 4 different failures on each boot randomly.
Failure 1 message
Welcome to GRUB! error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_acorn.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_amiga.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_apple.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_bsd.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_dfly.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_dvh.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_gpt.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_msdos.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_plan.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_sun.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/part_sunpc.mod' not found' not found. error: file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found' not found. grub rescue> _

Failure 2 message
Welcome to GRUB! error: invalid arch-independent ELF magic. grub rescue> _

Failure 3 message
Welcome to GRUB! error: ELF sections outside core. grub rescue> _

Failure 4, hang in a blank screen

I have tried all the options in the BOOT mode of the BIOS (Both, UEFI and Legacy). The ISO was loaded in LEGACY and DUAL mode but not in UEFI mode. :(

It has no boot drive installed yet as I am still waiting for the SFF-8643 to NVMe adaptors.

 

[Sawtaytoes]

Make sure you have the correct boot mode setup in the boot order. There are both the legacy and UEFI modes available.

I ran into the same issue with a Supermicro H12SSL-NT board. Even today, I only recently got UEFI boot working with TrueNAS after the latest install. I'm also in Dual-boot mode, but I made sure to configure UEFI as the default boot too!

If you're having issues, I'd recommend trying to put the Legacy boot mode first.

 

[Janus Ng]

Thanks for your advice. I switched to a USB drive and it works in both legacy and UEFI modes. The virtual media of IPMI is somehow incompatible with TrueNAS 23.10.

 

[Janus Ng]

It turns out I have a faulty SSD.