VM stuck at shell

[PDizzz]

Hi all-
I'm new to VMs, but I would like to use my server as a Pi-Hole.

I followed this guy's instructions but all I get is the UEFI shell when I start the VM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q0FYqWaVo&t=405s&list=LL4SEdj2MUMeGlRCDVdf9kww&index=2

Here are my specs:
FreeNAS 11.1-U6
Supermicro X10SLL-F
16gb ECC
i3 4170 3.7ghz

In 2 separate attempts, I used the current version of the Ubuntu Server LTS (18.04.1) and the closest available version to the one in that video (16.04.5) and in both instances when I start the VM and run the web viewer, it's just the shell. These ISO files are sitting in my server's storage.

My board's BIOS has an enable/disable setting for virtualization, and it's enabled.
The specs for my CPU say that EPT is supported, but "Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)" is not supported. I don't know if that matters.

 

[sretalla]

Type exit at the console to go into BIOS and select your boot order from there.

Use Ubuntu 16 since there are still issues with bhyve and 18.

 

[sretalla]

Also, you could probably look into pi-hole or an equivalent running in a jail instead to use far fewer resources on your system, but that's up to you.

 

[chris crude]

For what it's worth, I recently updated to 11.2 and had absolutely zero issues making a VM with the most recent ubuntu distro. No messing around with the shell, just load the .iso, remove the CD device and VNC in. It took me a few minutes poking around the new interface to find the port# assigned, but other than that it was really straight forward.

 

[PDizzz]

The BIOS has the correct boot order, with CD-ROM at the top.
I upgraded to 11.2
Still just sits at the UEFI shell.

Could this be because of the limitations of my CPU? I know most people use Xeon but I'm on an i3. (cheapest CPU that could support ECC at the time of build)