SOLVED Installation USB visible but not bootable

[Pentarctagon]

I'm trying to install FreeNAS for the first time and followed these instructions on Linux Mint. This is what I see on the flashdrive after using the command:
dd if=FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201601181840.iso of=/dev/sdg1 bs=64k

In the BIOS the flashdrive shows up as: USB Hard Disk:Lexar USB Flash Drive 1100
It is set as the first boot device to try. For good measure I also marked the other five boot device slots as Disabled as well as disabled PxE elsewhere in the BIOS.

However, when I let it boot, I get the following error:

Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key

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Hardware info
CPU: Xeon E3-1230 v3
RAM: 16 GBs (2x8)
Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLL-F-O

 

[pirateghost]

You have IPMI. Use it.

 

[m0nkey_]

@pirateghost is correct. IPMI gives you a remote console to your FN server. If you're not sure how to configure the IPMI on the motherboard, have a read of the manual for it at http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/C222/MNL-1428.pdf

With an IPMI, you can mount the ISO as a virtual CD drive and boot from it to perform the installation.

 

[Artion]

Hi, i think you could do dd with the .img file not the .iso file of the FreeNAS installation. At least i did this way without any problem. Hope it helps.

 

[pirateghost]

Hi, i think you could do dd with the .img file not the .iso file of the FreeNAS installation. At least i did this way without any problem. Hope it helps.

What img file? Haven't seen an img file in a long time for freenas.

Besides. Like I said. IPMI. Use it.

 

[Pentarctagon]

I've gotten as far as telling it to mount the iso, but it for some reason still can't see it. I created a share via Samba, which I can access:

smbclient //192.168.2.2/FreeNAS_ISOs -U <user>
Enter <user>'s password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 4.1.6-Ubuntu]
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Sat Feb 13 18:39:30 2016
.. D 0 Sat Feb 13 20:11:24 2016
FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201601181840.iso N 406863872 Fri Jan 29 02:35:31 2016

54569 blocks of size 4194304. 45964 blocks available
smb: \>

However when trying to mount it from Virtual Media > CD-ROM Image, it never appears. There are no errors, it just pops up saying: "Please check the device status to confirm whether the image is mounted/unmounted".

 

[pirateghost]

You're doing it wrong.

Launch your console from REMOTE CONTROL menu.

Then on the remote java console, you select VIRTUAL MEDIA.

LOGICAL DRIVE TYPE is ISO FILE

open file

plug in

boot

 

[Mirfster]

Not one to link YouTube videos, but this may assist:
SuperMicro IPMI Virtual Media

 

[Artion]

What img file? Haven't seen an img file in a long time for freenas.

Besides. Like I said. IPMI. Use it.

You are right. There is no .IMG of FN. Sorry. I used WinDD to prepare the thumbdrive so I renamed the .ISO to .IMG to make it work.

 

[Pentarctagon]

It worked, thanks! And as a bonus, I was able to do a mirrored installation since I wasn't installing from one of the USBs. Still can't access the Web GUI for some reason, but hopefully I'll be able to figure that one out on my own.

 

[pirateghost]

It worked, thanks! And as a bonus, I was able to do a mirrored installation since I wasn't installing from one of the USBs. Still can't access the Web GUI for some reason, but hopefully I'll be able to figure that one out on my own.

Make sure you use 2 nics total. One dedicated to IPMI, and the other dedicated to Freenas

 

[Pentarctagon]

Make sure you use 2 nics total. One dedicated to IPMI, and the other dedicated to Freenas

I was, but it turns out I was plugging it into the wrong one. Plugged it into a different ethernet port and now I can connect just fine.

 

[clarknova]

This is what I see on the flashdrive after using the command:
dd if=FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201601181840.iso of=/dev/sdg1 bs=64k

Drop the 1. You should be writing to sdg, not the first partition.