Unable to install FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2 (can't load installer from USB and hangs when using IPMI mount)

[Mannekino]

Hello,

I wanted to try out the latest FreeNAS beta version but I'm unable to install it.

First specs of my system:

• Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F
• CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1260L
• Memory: 32GB ECC (4x 8GB Kingstong ValueRAM KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G)
• HBA: Dell PERC H200 (flashed in IT mode)
• Storage SDD: 2x Samsung PM863 240GB connected through the two onboard SATA3 (6Gb/s) ports
• Storage HDD: 4x Western Digital Red 4TB (connected through the HBA)

Some additional information:

• I flashed the latest BIOS version from the Supermicro website
• I flashed the Dell PERC H200 in IT mode using this guide and it went without any issues

I'm having these issues with trying to install the beta:

• When I try to load the installer from a USB drive I'm getting the following error message:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Code:

  BTX version is 1.02
  Consoles: internal video/keyboard
  BIOS drive A: is disk0
  BIOS 615kB/3122144kB available memory
  
  FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
  (Wed Aug 1 11:12:29 EDT 2018 root@nemesis.tn.ixsystems.com)
  Can't work out which disk we are booting from.
  Guessed BIOS device 0x80 not found by probes, defaulting to disk0:

  
  
  
• I looked for this error message and found a suggestion on this forum to try and use the IPMI Virtual Storage. So I plugged in the ISO from my own PC using this feature and then the installer would launch. However the installation procedure hangs after the message:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Code:

  active set on da4

I've tried the following to fix the issue:

• Waiting for 10 minutes
• Trying to install FreeNAS using both a USB 2.0 and USB 3.1 drive
• Before install used diskpart in Windows to "clean" the USB drives from any partitions
• Tried booting the installer in both UEFI and BIOS mode and then installing
• Tried install with the option "Boot via UEFI" and "Boot via BIOS"
• Tried a combination of all the options mentioned above, meaning I tried the following combinations:
  • Load installer in BIOS mode install to USB 2 drive with "Boot via BIOS"
  • Load installer in UEFI mode install to USB 2 drive with "Boot via BIOS"
  • Load installer in BIOS mode install to USB 2 drive with "Boot via UEFI"
  • Load installer in UEFI mode install to USB 2 drive with "Boot via UEFI"
  • Load installer in BIOS mode install to USB 3 drive with "Boot via BIOS"
  • Load installer in UEFI mode install to USB 3 drive with "Boot via BIOS"
  • Load installer in BIOS mode install to USB 3 drive with "Boot via UEFI"
  • Load installer in UEFI mode install to USB 3 drive with "Boot via UEFI"

Who can help me out?

 

[pschatz100]

Please be a little more specific about what you are doing...

I don't see any USB devices listed in your system specs:
- What device did you put the installer on? Was the device configured correctly? Does the system boot from that device OK?
- What device are you installing FreeNAS onto?

At the end of the day, using a small SSD connected to a SATA port for the boot device will be much more reliable than using a USB drive. Have you considered that?
Why are you using a Dell PERC H200? Have you tried removing it, then installing FreeNAS?

 

[Mannekino]

Updating this thread: this weekend I tried the install again using 11.2-RC1 with UEFI mode only set in the BIOS and the install went without any problems and was completed very quickly.

I used both USB drives in a mirrored setup.