Installer freezes at installation type selection screen on ESXi

[clarknova]

ESXi 6.5.0
OPNsense-21.1-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso
2 CPU
2 GB RAM
8 GB disk

I booted from ISO in EFI mode. I designated vmx0 as WAN (connected with dhcp service), vmx1 as LAN (disconnected). Logged in as installer and accepted default console settings. On the next screen the installer appears to hang (console.png). If I hit the Enter, down-arrow or F10 keys on the keyboard, nothing happens for many minutes.

Then I connected the LAN interface and was able to ssh in as installer, but it still appears stuck (ssh.png).

I read the sections in the docs for Initial Installation and Configuration and Virtual & Cloud based Installation and I don't see that I did anything wrong. Any pointers?

[opnfwb]

I've had this happen with 21.1 and a few times in the past with older version. CTRL+C to get back to the prompt, then re-run the installer. You should be good to go on the 2nd try.

[clarknova]

Thanks. That was the fix.

[franco]

That particular issue was fixed in the 21.7-RC1 installer migration away from the ancient installer code from a time before UEFI... I assume this is was with UEFI boot enabled?

Nevermind, it says so in the screenshot


Cheers,
Franco