Ive done everything that other posts have mentioned except removing 1 stick of ram and it is still not booting.... New to unraid and about to stop trying to use it..... Any advice?

GMKTEC G10 Nucbox

2x8GB ram

Sandisk Cruzer Blade 2.0 32GB (plugged into USB 2.0 port)

• Ive gone through BOIS a bunch of times and cannot seem to find anything out of the norm (secure boot is off, Fast boot is off, USB disc is set to boot device)

• Ive tried having no Keyboards or mice connected and have tried without HDMI connected as well

• Ive tried with and without ethernet connected

26 minutes ago, josh4072 said:

GMKTEC G10 Nucbox

How do you intend to add disks to that?

USB not recommended for assigned disks for many reasons.

Have you done memtest?

Also

https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/getting-started/set-up-unraid/create-your-bootable-media/#manual-install-method

And

8 hours ago, josh4072 said:

and it is still not booting...

How far does it get? Or do you not see the Unraid boot menu?

• I have run a memory test and as expected, everything is fine. I can run windows 11 with no issues.

• I have erased and reformatted the USB to FAT32 as recommended and did a manual install

• The boot up is getting hung up after "Loading /bzimage... ok and Loading /bzboot...ok"

• I can catch the boot up count down and select a different unraid startup with and without gui and in safe mode and it essentially gets hung up at the same spot
  

See if the flash drive boots in another PC, if yes, it could be a compatibility issue between the Linux kernel and the server.

It does in fact boot on my main computer. Is there a way to fix the kernel issue? Or am I SOL with this mini PC?

2 hours ago, josh4072 said:

am I SOL with this mini PC?

Even if you could get it to boot, that might just be the beginning of your troubles.

On 2/12/2026 at 7:19 PM, trurl said:

USB not recommended for assigned disks for many reasons.