I’ve been running Truenas SCALE for about a year, currently running 23.10.2 without issue. Attempted to upgrade to 24.04 a few months back and I ran into this problem, and attempted again yesterday afternoon with the release of 24.10. Booting into 24.04 and 24.10 stops at “loading initial ramdisk.” I am able to boot into 23.10.2 without issue.
Just attempted a TrueNAS-23.10.2 → TrueNAS-24.04.2.3 upgrade and ran into the issue. Everything seems to work in the web portal, but upon boot it stops at loading initial ramdisk.
My Hardware:
- ASRock z170 oc formula (v7.60 bios, most recent)
- Intel i7-6700k
- Crucial Pro RAM 64GB DDR4
- Micron 2300 NVMe 512GB (boot drive, firmware updated)
- 18TB WD Red Pro HDD (7, currently)
Things I’ve tried:
- Changing Bios settings (23.10.2 still works)
- Fresh install to a SATA SSD (no joy)
- Removing PCIE cards (didn’t help)
- Banging my head on the wall (now my head hurts)
- Comparing GRUB entries for anything weird (found none)
- No GPU installed, just running onboard, and bios configured accordingly
- I currently have an HDMI monitor plugged in for debugging
- Running memtest (previously) has not shown errors
- Confirmed the ISO hash before installation
Other threads I’ve reviewed:
- "Loading initial ramdisk" problem
- TrueNAS SCALE Stuck on "Loading Initial Ramdisk" During Boot | TrueNAS Community
- TrueNAS Scale stuck on "Loading initial ramdisk" after upgrading from 24.04.0 to 24.04.2.1
- First time builder, stuck at "Loading Initial Ramdisk"
I’ve searched the forums, I’ve searched the internet in general, and so far I’ve found others with similar problems - but I haven’t found any solutions. Any support or guidance will be greatly appreciated.