Installing Freenas 9.3 using USB attached cd-rom

[kennys10]

I installed FreeNAS on an old PC.
Build:FreeNAS-9.2.1.3-RELEASE-x64 (dc0c46b)
Platform:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 8170MB
The OS is installed on a SD card and Sata adapter
USB3 adapter card
Sans Digital TR5UT+B 5Bay USB 3 tower with 5 2tb WD Red HD installed.
I have put together a new freenas box using a
SUPERMICRO MBD-A1SRi-2758F-O Mini ITX Server
16 gb of ram
I migrated the 5 2tb drives from the USB tower to the new case along with
the OS version 9.2.1.3 on the 16 gb sd card in the sata adapter.
I want to do a fresh of install version 9.3. Since the new box has no DVD drive and no open ports I used an external drive connected to a USB port. The installation starts but hangs up.
Can Freenas be installed from an external dvd drive?
If so how?

Thanks
Ken

 

[Ericloewe]

I'd say the problem lies within the SATA to SD adapter, most likely.

There's no how-to on installing from an external drive. There's literally no difference.