ericbsd Thanks for the reply. Actually I was installing from a DVD to an SSD in a USB external enclosure, but the result is the same I think. The PXE boot, which normally means the PC is trying to boot via network, makes me think BSD can only be installed and used via internal SATA. When I can, I'l...

I tried Rescuezilla to add Grub to the SSD, but it does not understand ZFS. I'll try using Fedora, which understands ZFS, or the GhostBSD DVD to add Grub.

I tried again. I did not mention before that I chose the default (bottom; BIOS) option when it came to what I assume was the bootloader step. The wording was confusing, as I expected to see something regarding UEFI, legacy, Grub, etc. This time I chose the middle option. After I finished and reboote...

I used Unix a long time ago. I'm familiar with Linux, as I have installed quite a few systems. I could not get GhostBSD to start via a "burned" USB flash drive. I burned a DVD and that worked okay. My first problem happened with partitioning the drive. I had wiped the SSD, so I expected th...