Truenas dietpi

[jhmc93]

Is there a guide or something on how to install dietpi through the truenas vm, I’m a noob when it comes to truenas so I’m still learning, but anyway every time I boot the install it won’t find the drive to install it on. So please can anyone help

 

[KrisBee]

How about this? https://youtu.be/n8y5o6DKkKI

You will want to use the "native pc uefi" dietpi installer and check your hardware supports VMs in TrueNAS as per the docs at https://www.truenas.com/docs/core/applications/virtualmachines/basic/

 

[jhmc93]

How about this? https://youtu.be/n8y5o6DKkKI

You will want to use the "native pc uefi" dietpi installer and check your hardware supports VMs in TrueNAS as per the docs at https://www.truenas.com/docs/core/applications/virtualmachines/basic/

I have done all this what u have said but it still no luck it like diet pi doesn’t see the drive when it installs. I know how to set up a virtual machine, I’ve managed to get windows

 

[Samuel Tai]

I suspect the native PC UEFI ISO is looking for an eMMC drive as the CloneZilla target. bhyve doesn't emulate these, so dietpi won't be able to see your zvol. Your only other option is to use the Make your own distribution procedure to convert a vanilla Debian installation to dietpi.

 

[KrisBee]

Sameul appears to be wrong about this. It installs for me on TrueNAS CORE using VirtIO for both the VM's disk and nic:

 

[jhmc93]

Sameul appears to be wrong about this. It installs for me on TrueNAS CORE using VirtIO for both the VM's disk and nic:

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how have you been able to do this? every time I use the native PC installer it keeps coming up with the clonezilla screen and it is like it cant find my drive. What was your install you used?

 

[jhmc93]

Sameul appears to be wrong about this. It installs for me on TrueNAS CORE using VirtIO for both the VM's disk and nic:

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clonezilla get to a point where it shuts the vm off, can u please help

 

[jhmc93]

Sameul appears to be wrong about this. It installs for me on TrueNAS CORE using VirtIO for both the VM's disk and nic:

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[Samuel Tai]

Ah. Once the VM powers off, remove the CD drive device, and renumber the remaining devices to start from 1000.

 

[KrisBee]

I just followed the VM wizard steps in TrueNAS CORE as usual. Install media was DietPi_NativePC-UEFI-x86_64-Bullseye_Installer.iso

I didn't follow the install process closely after the initial clonezilla screen was displayed. After the Vm appears to shut down, just delete the CDROM and start the VM again. I didn't renumber the devices. Starting and stopping the VM via the webUI looks flakey, but poweroff/reboot from within VM itself functions as expected.