SOLVED FreeNAS reboots on startup

[Chris Moore]

I have a similar issue on my Dell R710. The installer gets to the boot menu but after I press option 1 to install it starts loading the installer and then the server reboots. There is a bunch of text that it scrolls through before the reboot but it is too fast to make out.

I tried the fix in this thread but it doesn't seem like the hint file is the same in FreeNAS 11.2-release ISO.

is there a way to disable reboot on failure? so i can see the message? I am open to suggestions.....FreeNAS 11.1-U6 installs and works find.

This might be something to submit a bug report about, but if you already have FreeNAS 11.1-U6 running why are you trying to install from the ISO. There should be an upgrade available from within the GUI that will download the tar file. It might be useful to know if that works or not.

 

[Juanjhoughton]

I have the same problem with the Board ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS and FreeNAS 11.2-U5.

Instead of using:
SET kFreeBSD.hint.wbwd.0.disabled="1"

I use:
SET hint.wbwd.0.disabled=1

Without the ""

On the next boot,do the same, and from the gui set the tunables.

And its working now.

I just create this account to post this, I fight this board for 2 days.

Please excuse my poor English

 

[dabone]

Same issue with a Supermicro X11SCV-Q
This post saved my hair..... Thanks!

Steps I Used.

Boot the usb key, then select option 3 (Configure Boot Options)
Select option 6 (Escape to loader prompt)

Then type

SET hint.wbwd.0.disabled=1

Followed by

boot

Install as usual, the in the freenas gui, select System, tunables and add the variable

hint.wbwd.0.disabled

With a value of 1, type loader.

Then reboot and make sure the systems comes back up, without rebooting randomly.