[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151020: Setup won't see my NVMe disk

[Arne]

Hi everyone!

I am currently trying to setup a nice little file server for home use.
I intend to evaluate OmniOS as the operating system, but I have some
trouble installing it onto an NVMe SSD.

My hardware setup:
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
Memory: Crucial 64GB (4x 16GB), DDR4-2133, ECC
Mainboard: Supermicro X11SSH-CTF
System Disk: Intel SSD 600p 256GB, M.2 PCIe (=NVMe)

To run the OmniOS installer, I had to install a SATA optical drive and
enable legacy USB mouse/keyboard support in the BIOS (the XHCI
controller of my mainboard is not supported by OmniOS).
Now I am stuck at the next problem: The OmniOS installer is not able to
see my NVMe disk.

Under Linux I can see the SSD, it shows up as "/dev/nvme0n1", showing
256GB capacity.
The OmniOS installer gives me the following error message: "OmniOS
cannot be installed on any disk"

OmniOsNoDisk.png

I used the ISO image of OmniOS v11 r151020 (current stable).
AFAIK, this should already contain an NVMe driver, so I am a little bit
surprised, why it won't see my disk.

Any hints what I am missing?

Thank you!

Arne 

FYI: I asked the same question in the forums at servethehome.com a few
days ago, without any answer so far:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/omnios-r151020-setup-wont-see-my-nvme-disk.13842/