Issues loading freenas onto 120gb hard drives (JSONDecodeError)

[AlanJask]

I started the installation process with 2 120gb hard drives, I re-wiped them so there wasn't a half installed version of freeNas on it.

Its a newbie question, any suggestions?

Image attached

 

[ethereal]

two things

1. you should provide details of you hardware as per forum rules.

2. have you tried installing to a single usb flash drive ?

 

[AlanJask]

Hi Ethereal,
Thanks for the tips I am new to the forum.

I have not tried a single flash drive yet. I will test that out today.

MBD-X10SRL-F
Xeon E5-1620v4
64gb Samsung M393A2G40DB0-CPB
24 x 8tb WD Red Drives
Boot Disks 2x 120gb Sandisk
IBM M1015 HBA IT FLASHED
PSU 0 2x SuperMicro PWS-920P-SQ
Backplane - SuperMicro BPN-SAS-846A
Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2
Chassis - SAS846TQ

 

[ethereal]

so the sandisks are ssd not hdd ?

how are the attached - to the hba or m/b ?

 

[AlanJask]

Yeah they are SSD attached to m/b. I just tried a usb drive and got the same error...

 

[ethereal]

it's been years since i did an fresh install - but i believe there are 2 ways to install.
uefi - i think and another - have you tried both ?

it could also be something in your bios

 

[ethereal]

also i would try and download the freenas image again and make sure it is burned correctly - some software doesn't burn correctly

 

[AlanJask]

I wasn't able to boot uefi successfully, probably user error. The Legacy boot seemed to work till I got the error. I tried burning it again on a 8gb flash. I have two 64gb flash drives but they seem like they aren't readable. Maybe I should pick up a few different flash drives?

I can look at the bios, any links on hand of what the bios settings should be?

 

[ethereal]

i don't know anything specific to look for in the bios - just another place for you to look.

 

[MrToddsFriends]

Trying to take a step back to the error you saw with the two SSDs.

Are the results of this Google search of any help (based on the traceback you showed in the initial posting)?
https://www.google.de/search?q=site:forums.freenas.org+"raise+jsondecodeerror("expecting+value",+s,+err.value)+from+none"
Are there NTFS partitions involved?

 

[AlanJask]

I figured it out! I picked up some new flash drives. That must of been the issue.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.