Trying to install freenas but...

[Supa]

I have literally no Video Out or USB Power. There is no signal from the small GPU I'm using to the TV.

Any ideas? Might just be a hardware defect somewhere....

Could it be that my memory isn't compatible? Or the motherboard is having issues?

My build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/exzacklyright/saved/3oJO

 

[Supa]

I'm thinking it's either:

1. Incompatible Ram

or

2. Got to replace the motherboard.

 

[Durandal]

Have you tried the VGA output from the motherboard?

 

[Supa]

Have you tried the VGA output from the motherboard?

The MOBO does have a video chipset so I might try to use a vga cable for that. I ordered a VGA to HDMI converter box since I have no monitors with vga.... The CPU doesn't have integrated graphics (my mistake... newegg won't return it because I opened the box). I did get a cheapo graphics card with HDMI out that I was trying today but that was a no go as well.


Hmmm in the end.. the video card wouldn't work on my desktop.. so I guess the lack of video output is still the culprit.

 

[krikboh]

Can you utilize the IPMI on your motherboard?

 

[Supa]

It has an

ASPEED AST2300 : IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) 2.0 with iKVM support

But I'm not sure what to do to even use it.

 

[krikboh]

You should read through your motherboard manual and learn it. IPMI allows you to access your server from a web browser on another computer. No need for any video outputs or connecting keyboard to server.

 

[Supa]

ftp://66.226.78.21/manual/IPMI/E3C224D2I.pdf

The problem is figuring out the IP address. I used "arp - a" and tried a few ip addresses in the web browser but no go. I made sure to plug the ethernet port into the Dedicated IPMI LAN Port.

The manual doesn't say much until after you log in.


*edit*

So I found this better manual: http://www.asrockrack.com/support/IPMI.pdf

The problem is they suggest doing BIOS tweaks and I can't even get into the BIOS.

 

[krikboh]

Do you have the ability to see connected devices on your DHCP server?


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[Supa]

Does that command not show all the connected devices? Also I did some reading... I need 2 ethernet cords right? One from the IPMI Lan to my desktop... and one from the NAS LAN port to the switch?

 

[krikboh]

The IPMI LAN should also be connected to the switch.


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[krikboh]

Do you know the MAC address of the IPMI adapter?



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[Supa]

Woohoo progress!

I'm logged in. And Now I'm in BIOS.

 

[Supa]

I'm trying to boot off my sandisk cruzar but no luck. Not sure what's up. It doesn't think it's a boot media.

I've tried both Freenas / Memtest with no luck... on 2 different USB sticks. My BIOS is updated too.

 

[krikboh]

Could be an issue in BIOS boot settings or a problem with how you burned the FreeNAS image to your USB drive. Did you follow the installation instructions from the manual? You can mount the ISO as a virtual cd drive through IPMI, boot from the virtual disk, and reinstall on the USB.


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[Supa]

Could be an issue in BIOS boot settings or a problem with how you burned the FreeNAS image to your USB drive. Did you follow the installation instructions from the manual? You can mount the ISO as a virtual cd drive through IPMI, boot from the virtual disk, and reinstall on the USB.


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Yeah I pretty much followed it exactly. Using Win32diskimage.... I'll try mounting it

 

[Supa]

Where should I mount it to? I tried both.

 

[krikboh]

CD/DVD Media and then press Connect. Then reboot and choose virtual cd drive as boot device.


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[Supa]

Hmm. Since updating the BIOS to the latest version, I can't enter the bios anymore. And nothing happens when I mount the image and reboot. This is a mess....

 

[krikboh]

Did you reset the CMOS after the bios update?


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