Hey everyone! I don't have much experience with linux, so I apologize if I ask any noob questions.
I am currently trying to install FreeNAS on an older Mac pro. 64-bit, dual Xeons, 8gb of RAM, and a few hard-drives, so I can't see any problem with meeting the minimum specs. I have also installed Ubuntu and GRUB on this system before.
I made a bootable FreeNAS drive using the dd command on the mac. I can successfully boot from it and get into the GRUB menu, however when I select the FreeNAS option I get a message saying "Error: no suitable video mode found. Booting in EFI blind mode. Press any key to continue..." Once I press a key, the computer freezes. I have tried leaving it for over an hour, but it stays frozen on that message.
After some google-fu, I found that other people with the same issue had solved it by removing the kern.vty=$kernvt commands in the GRUB entry. However, it stated that I should have 3 of these lines, and I only have one, which didn't affect the outcome when I deleted it (yes, I scrolled down, I only had one other command when I scrolled. Could I somehow be missing boot commands?).
I have tried some earlier versions, creating the drive on windows, checking the sha256 sum, and using 3 different external drives, but nothing I do can circumvent this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
I am currently trying to install FreeNAS on an older Mac pro. 64-bit, dual Xeons, 8gb of RAM, and a few hard-drives, so I can't see any problem with meeting the minimum specs. I have also installed Ubuntu and GRUB on this system before.
I made a bootable FreeNAS drive using the dd command on the mac. I can successfully boot from it and get into the GRUB menu, however when I select the FreeNAS option I get a message saying "Error: no suitable video mode found. Booting in EFI blind mode. Press any key to continue..." Once I press a key, the computer freezes. I have tried leaving it for over an hour, but it stays frozen on that message.
After some google-fu, I found that other people with the same issue had solved it by removing the kern.vty=$kernvt commands in the GRUB entry. However, it stated that I should have 3 of these lines, and I only have one, which didn't affect the outcome when I deleted it (yes, I scrolled down, I only had one other command when I scrolled. Could I somehow be missing boot commands?).
I have tried some earlier versions, creating the drive on windows, checking the sha256 sum, and using 3 different external drives, but nothing I do can circumvent this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
