New installation finding previous config

[jasonboche]

Newbie
FreeNAS 11.1U6

I've read the installation documentation and searched these forums for about an hour on this and I'm humbly waiving the white flag.

I'm simply attempting to "start over" with a FreeNAS build on existing hardware and storage. Although the installer explains we're performing a new installation and the two boot/installation drives will be erased, the new installation finishes somehow restoring the previous build's config (ie. Network interface configuration, TCP/IP configuration, time zone, vdev information, etc.) I assumed it was finding some backed up config file left behind on one of the vdevs. I completely destroyed them and tried again but it's still finding a configuration somewhere. I'm installing on non-RAID 2 SSDs. Perhaps it's finding the config on one of these drives.

I'd really like to start from a fresh clean slate.

Thank you,
Jas

 

[danb35]

I'm not sure why it would be doing this, but option 8 from the console menu should do the trick.

 

[jasonboche]

I'm not sure why it would be doing this, but option 8 from the console menu should do the trick.

Hi danb35,

I ran option 8 from the console and that did the trick. This was on a test system that still had a Dell PERC RAID controller in it (unsupported) so that may have had something to do with it.

I deployed a few times on my "go live" hardware (with an UNRAID controller, well a PERC with IT mode firmware) and I haven't seen this again.