New to Unraid, fresh setup, boot loop?

[JohnBee]

I'm, using a Gigabyte B450M DS3H (rev. 1.x) motherboard, w/3600x and 250GB nvme, and cannot seem to get Unraid to pass the setup screen.

For example, after pressing or selecting 'memtest', the screen will flash and do nothing else. 

Likewise, any of the other options, will results in the same, quick flash and nolthing.

I also tried letting the system install itself from timer, but found that the timer will countdown and start-over again, hens the boot loop question

Any ideas as to what might cause this?
 

[trurl]

UEFI or legacy boot?

[JohnBee]

UEFI

[JohnBee]

I would add, that I have tried using two different installation USB drives - same result 

[SimonF]

8 minutes ago, JohnBee said:

I would add, that I have tried using two different installation USB drives - same result 

Does the efi dir have a - in the name if so remove the -

[JohnBee]

USB drive is showing only 1.3MB used
I'm using the UNRAID Windows USB Flash Creator btw

[trurl]

22 minutes ago, SimonF said:

Does the efi dir have a - in the name

 

[JohnBee]

23 minutes ago, SimonF said:

Does the efi dir have a - in the name if so remove the -

There is no 'efi' folders on these drives 

[SimonF]

7 minutes ago, JohnBee said:

There is no 'efi' folders on these drives 

The flash drive should look similar to this. You may not have all the same dirs as me but should be EFI

 

[SimonF]

if it does not look like this then the flash creator may not be working correctly.

 

https://wiki.unraid.net/Articles/Getting_Started#Manual_Install_Method

[SimonF]

This is view for a non uefi boot. note the EFI-

 

[JohnBee]

Just to update, it would appear that the Windows USB installer is not working properly.
I have not taken the time to investigate further, though it appears that it is creating empty boot drives - of this I have confirmed with multiple USB devices, and different types.

That said and after copying the 'unRAIDServer-6.11.5-x86_64.zip' archive contents to the existing USB drive, everything seems to be working as intended. Though it should be said that the installer is offered on the front page, and that this will likely lead to confusion.

- hope this helps

Edited May 3, 2023 by JohnBee