Trying to install on Gateway EFI no lagacy BIOS

[keithsplace]

Have used the same TrueNAS-12.0-U8 USB stick to trial install on several other pc's one a laptop, but wanted to install on newer hardware.
The PC is a Gateway SX2865 EFI .
Install gets to the frame buffer and ends at
masks 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0xff000000
and never goes any further.


Hardware
pastebin.com/0xWqZncp

 

[keithsplace]

Oh and by the way the box had Win10 originally, i have Linux Mint 20.3 installed now and runs perfectly and no issue installing it.

 

[pschatz100]

I would make certain you have the latest bios installed. Also, your hardware description does not mention how much memory the system has, but if you don't have at least 8 GB RAM then you are wasting your time.

This is an old machine that may have hardware which is not supported by FreeBSD - the underlying OS for TrueNAS. You might be better off staying with a solution that runs on Windows or Linux.

 

[keithsplace]

Wouldn't think that it is not capable of running it, the laptop i installed on is 8 years older than this.
It's an Intel Dual core SandyBridge 2.7Ghz with 6GB DDR3 and SSD HD, surely it is capable of running TN.

 

[pschatz100]

Then you don't know much about FreeBSD. Stick with Windows or Linux. They are more forgiving about old hardware.

You might try TrueNAS scale, which is based on a Linux distribution.

Good luck.

 

[keithsplace]

Perfect, Scale is loading as I write this.
Thanks, seems to be the ticket.