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I'm going to try something different with this build just for a test. I have a USB-NVME adapter... a 6" USB extension cable and a WD NVME drive with a big heat sink on it. I'm using the internal USB connector, the short cable, and the adapter and I'm loading TrueNAS right now as the boot...

It does have a single sata connector for the optional DVD drive that's on the motherboard. That is an option for me if I remove the DVD drive it came with. I'll look around for a controller with a boot ROM that the HP bios recognizes. Thanks for the reply.

I'll give a USB boot a go thank you both for the quick response. I think I have a PCI-E to SATA card I could try as well so I'll give that a go. Thank you =)

Greetings, I've picked up a HP G8 microserver and am searching for a way to boot from an NVME drive in the PCI-E x4 slot. I can load TrueNAS on the drive successfully but I've been unable to figure out a way to make the hardware boot from it. I'm guessing I'm doing something HP never thought...