Installation fails, cant grasp the reason

[UnknownPlayer]

Hi,

I am totally new to FreeNAS and decided to give it a go. I have read the requirements and I am trying to install using the following:

Supermicro X7DCL-i
20GB ECC RAM (the vendor-recommended)
Transcend 64GB SSD (new)
some CD/DVD drive

I downloaded the latest FreeNAS (11.1) and burned the CD. I boot up the CD, select my drive and BIOS for installation (tried UEFI as well, same result). The installation proceeds until "installing base-os 1 of 5", then a few dots and a "10" appear - then my machine reboots.
After that I can start the installer again with the same result or try to boot from my SSD, which obviously fails.

Where can I look for any errors?

Thanks!

 

[MrToddsFriends]

I downloaded the latest freenas (11.1) and burned the cd. I boot up the cd, select my drive and "bios" for installation (tried uefi as well, same result). The installation proceeds until "installing base-os 1 of 5", then a few dots and a "10" appear - then my machine reboots.

Some ideas:

- Check if your downloaded iso file --- hopefully 11.1-U1 --- is intact using the provided sha256 checksum.
https://download.freenas.org/11/11.1-U1/

- Try to use an USB stick as installer medium instead of a CDROM. Check that USB stick for integrity using a tool like H2testw before using it.
https://www.heise.de/download/product/h2testw-50539

- Check if the Installation Troubleshooting section of the manual has useful hints for you.
https://doc.freenas.org/11/install.html#installation-troubleshooting

- The X7DCL-I is rather old. Search the forum for others with Socket 771 (Wolfdale/Woodcrest) systems and similar problems with the latest version of FreeNAS.

 

[UnknownPlayer]

Thanks for the reply!

- My ISO is correct.
- Why would an USB stick be any better than a CD? Are there known errors regarding a CD as installation medium?
- The installation guide had no hints for me, as far as i understood it.
- continueing search for similar problems ..

 

[MrToddsFriends]

- Why would an USB stick be any better than a CD? Are there known errors regarding a CD as installation medium?

Some other forum member (can't remember who) suspected in another thread that nowadays installation from CD might be far less well tested than installation using a USB stick. I can't tell if it would make a difference for you.

Next idea:

- Stress test your system to find out if it works as expected if you didn't already do that (memtest, CPU stress test).

 

[wblock]

It's not so much the CD as the terrible programs people use to burn a CD.

 

[UnknownPlayer]

Used an USB stick now, it worked. Still amazed how a cd-install fails ...
Thanks for the help!