jonassimpson
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Hi,
CPU: i5-3450
Motherboard: Acer B75H2-AM
Symptom: fresh install of TrueNAS-12.0-U3 completes normally but does not boot, system does not recognize SATA SSD as bootable
- basic install, no customization during install, guided partitioning, using full disk
- same result whether choosing Boot from UEFI or Boot from BIOS during install
- tested with three different SATA SSDs (32 GB mSATA, 128 GB SATA, 256 GB SATA, different brands, all wiped before starting)
Ideas/notes:
- motherboard has early UEFI support, no BIOS options to specify Legacy/BIOS vs UEFI and no EFI shell (that I can find)
- Windows installs and other OSes, and bootable USB keys show up in boot menu with both BIOS and UEFI option, so BIOS seems to support both
- other installs and results:
+ FreeNAS-11.3-U5 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
+ FreeNAS-11.0 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
+ FreeBSD-12.2 - installs and boots without any problems using default install selections
+ FreeNAS-9.3 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
- BIOS has been updated to latest version, reset to defaults, any obvious boot options have been set/reset
I've attached two screenshots, one of the disk layout produced by TrueNAS (that doesn't boot) and another produced by FreeBSD (that does boot), in case that offers some insight into why one succeeds and the other fails.
Could it be that my system won't boot from a GPT partitioned boot drive? Is it possible to install TrueNAS to a MBR partitioned boot drive and, if so, how?
TIA,
JS
CPU: i5-3450
Motherboard: Acer B75H2-AM
Symptom: fresh install of TrueNAS-12.0-U3 completes normally but does not boot, system does not recognize SATA SSD as bootable
- basic install, no customization during install, guided partitioning, using full disk
- same result whether choosing Boot from UEFI or Boot from BIOS during install
- tested with three different SATA SSDs (32 GB mSATA, 128 GB SATA, 256 GB SATA, different brands, all wiped before starting)
Ideas/notes:
- motherboard has early UEFI support, no BIOS options to specify Legacy/BIOS vs UEFI and no EFI shell (that I can find)
- Windows installs and other OSes, and bootable USB keys show up in boot menu with both BIOS and UEFI option, so BIOS seems to support both
- other installs and results:
+ FreeNAS-11.3-U5 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
+ FreeNAS-11.0 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
+ FreeBSD-12.2 - installs and boots without any problems using default install selections
+ FreeNAS-9.3 - identical to TrueNAS, installs but on restart boot drive is not recognized as bootable
- BIOS has been updated to latest version, reset to defaults, any obvious boot options have been set/reset
I've attached two screenshots, one of the disk layout produced by TrueNAS (that doesn't boot) and another produced by FreeBSD (that does boot), in case that offers some insight into why one succeeds and the other fails.
Could it be that my system won't boot from a GPT partitioned boot drive? Is it possible to install TrueNAS to a MBR partitioned boot drive and, if so, how?
TIA,
JS