TrueNAS Scale 25.04.1 install problem on new system (NIC related)

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Hey all, I’m replacing an old underpowered QNAP NAS with a new build and I’m trying to get TrueNAS Scale installed and working on it but I’m running into problems. I got the installer USB to boot and do the initial installation and set the admin password, but when I remove the media and reboot my NIC isn’t being detected at all - which won’t let me continue the installation b/c it can’t fire up/access the web interface. It’s a Realtek NIC w/ the 8125 chipset built into the motherboard. I’ve seen a bunch of posts about this situation, but all the fixes seem to be BSD/Core-specific and involve editing a config file to point to the r8125.ko driver, which doesn’t exist on the Scale filesystem. I even tried building the driver on another host and copying it over, but the filesystem is readonly at this point of the install. Any help/suggestions (outside of buy a new NIC) would be greatly appreciated.

System specs:
ASUS Prime Z890M PLUS WIFI motherboard
Intel Core Ultra 265K CPU
64GB RAM
2x NVME SSDs
6x 18GB HDDs

Thanks!

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Update: FWIW I think I’ve spotted the problem. It looks like the installer tries to load a realtek driver, but then throws an error saying that the driver doesn’t recognize the chip in the NIC and fails. I suspect it’s b/c this is built using an older driver. Curious if there are any plans to update drivers in future builds, or what the feasibility is of cloning the scale-build repo and including the drivers myself to build an installer ISO that has the latest drivers?

Thanks again!

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Any chance you figured it out? I’m in the same spot with the exact same board.

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Sadly no. I ended up having to buy a junk NIC from Amazon and waste a PCI slot. :frowning: Everything I’ve read seems to indicate that the maintainers avoid updating drivers as much as they can b/c of “stability” and then use the same excuse for configuring everything in a filesystem that’s read-only. Probably makes sense from a commercial standpoint, but annoying when you’re just setting it up for home use and willing to do some tinkering/experimenting - but can’t.

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