Unable to install True Nas Scale with nvme plugged in

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Hi,

I’m attemptng to install Truenas scale from a usb, however if I have a samsung nvme drive plugged in to install it onto, when I click the usb as the boot drive I get this error shown in the image.

I’m using a gigabyte z690 aorus pro ddr4 intel lga mother board
2x 8gb ram cosair.
intel i5-12400 cpu.
stock samsung 512gb nvme ssd.

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If I unplug the samsung nvme drive it boots successfully to the truenas setup.
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EDIT: Update - I semi resolved this.
Solution: I put the iso on a usb, plugged 2 usb’s in and installed Truenas on a usb instead of the nvme. I then booted Truenas from the USB and used the Replace setting to copy the boot file from the usb to the nvme drive. I then shutdown Truenas, unplugged the usb and now can boot from the nvme drive. Qutie a bit of effor but glad to have some solution

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I suspect the NVMe drive was not blank and had some OS on it already.

If you reboot with the NVMe installed and the installer does it still crash now?

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You’re probably right. The SSD did previously have an operating system on it. I thought I had sufficiently formatted the SSD, however I formatted using windows so maybe there was a hidden partition messing with things. In any case I included the solution that worked for me in my OP in case anyone else runs into a similar issue.

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