SOLVED New install fails - "Trying to mount root"

[davidpsplace]

Just received this box yesterday. My first rodeo with enterprise stuff. I hope this is the right location for this post. I thought about the New Install/Upgrade thread.
I think I have my system information in the signature block from my profile page. I'll add it below just in case. I apologize if it is duplicated.

I have attached a photo of the place where the system stopped. I was doing an install of the latest FreeNAS from a USB 3.0 Thumb drive. It started with the FreeNAS splash screen and ran to the point shown in the photo. From the line in the photo: "Trying to mount root from \T>:Mi3>c:*(e [L#13`N,h]..." it looks to me like it's trying to mount the drive in bay 13, [L#13`N,h], but I'm not sure. That is the drive that I would want the FreeNAS to install on. This system came with Win Server 2016 installed on drives 12 and 13. I didn't reformat them before starting this process.

What else can I add to help if this isn't already obvious to someone.

Thanks in advance,

Dell PowerEdge R720xd
MOBO: Dell 0020HJ
2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2680 0 @ 2.70 GH
64 GB RAM (4 x 16384MB) @ 1333
6 (4 TB) Seagate SAS ST4000NM0023
2 (300 GB) Dell HUC106030CSS600
Dell PERC H310 Mini IT mode

 

[dlavigne]

To clarify: this message is when booting into the installer? Or after the install, on first boot?

 

[davidpsplace]

Thanks for your reply. It is during the install. It has not gotten to the gui for the console setup menu.

 

[davidpsplace]

I found out that the FreeNAS-11.2-U6 will not download correctly without "Failed - Network error" after multiple tries. It loads the full 587 MB then shows the error message. I didn't notice this when I burned it to the USB drive.
I downloaded the FreeNAS-11.1-U7.iso and checked the SHA256 (i'm evolving). It was good. I booted it and targeted my 300 GB drives in bays 12 and 13. All of that looked good. I am now trying to figure out how to select bay 12 or 13 selected for boot. In the "BIOS Boot Settings" I only get a choice of "Integrated RAID Controller 1:#200 ID10 LUN0 SEAGATE ST4000NM0023". So close to joy I can taste it. Any ideas?

 

[davidpsplace]

To clarify: this message is when booting into the installer? Or after the install, on first boot?

Just getting used to the Forum. I guess I need to reply to specific messages instead of posting a reply to my own message. Please take a look at my last message. Resolved one issue. Having another one. Easier I hope.

 

[dlavigne]

Don't install onto a 300GB drive as you will lose all of its storage capacity. Install to a USB stick, SSD, or small capacity drive.

 

[davidpsplace]

Don't install onto a 300GB drive as you will lose all of its storage capacity. Install to a USB stick, SSD, or small capacity drive.

I was looking for a smaller set of drives to boot on but these were cheap so I went with them. I don't plan to use them for anything else.
The problem I am having now is that when I select "Install/Upgrade" in the "FreeNAS 11.1-U7 Console Setup" the next screen "Choose destination media" shows "No drives available".
I'm attempting this since I couldn't find a way to set the boot drive correctly as I described above. Kind of lost here.