@jimp: Try the fdisk/bsdlabel suggestion here: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting Should also work when booted from a 1.2.2 CD. If you can wipe/reformat, you might also want to make a small / partition (less than 4GB) and make the rest /usr - obviously that requires a custom install and not a quick/easy install Jimp, I also tried booting from a 1.2.3 livecd and even the livecd doesn't load with the same error message.  From http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-December/thread.html#53132 , they seem to be saying its a memory issue with the loader and a possible solution is offered.

Thanks GF ….I seem now to be at the point where Buying the book can only be a good thing.... I have so much to learn and only an old head to do it with  :'( Managed to get opt's on the lan...next is getting the firewall to allow them.... at times like this I wonder....why do I say computing and stuff is fun???

Soekris Engineering net4801 This compact, low-power, low-cost, advanced communication computer is based on an up to 266 Mhz 586 class processor. It has three 10/100 Mbit ethernet ports, up to 256 Mbyte SDRAM main memory and uses a CompactFlash module for program and data storage. It can be expanded using a MiniPCI type III board and a low-power standard PCI board. Given those specs, you might be lucky to see in the 20's or so. Less if you are using any kind of VPN, traffic shaping, or other CPU-bound features. That's a pretty underpowered device. You'd get the full speed of that line on something faster like an ALIX 2D3 or a newer Soekris board like a 5501.

@tommyboy180: If the drives are SATA put the controller into legacy mode. Depending on the BIOS and controller this is sometimes called IDE mode (or the other mode avaliable that is not AHCI).

There is probably no way to make that card work on pfSense 1.2.3. pfSense 2.0 is at BETA3 now, it is no longer Alpha, and it's actually fairly stable in many regards (but still needs work in others). Make sure you are using a current snapshot from the last couple days and it should be OK for many things.

There's also nothing stopping you from writing a NanoBSD image to a regular disk of course. So it is still an option, but you won't be able to partition the system to use the whole disk (there's no need to either).

This has turned out to be a problem of BIOS settings. The LBA option had to be activated in the BIOS options.

Yes this is possible. Create an allow rule with as source the OPT subnet and as destination the printer IP.

Does your client have the pfSense LAN IP address as the default gateway? (If the pfSense LAN address is assigned by DHCP then its possible it could change so you need t consider how your clients will change their default gateway in sympathy with the pfSense LAN interface IP address. If you use DHCP on your LAN I think things are easier to manage if pfSense is the DHCP server.)

My Old Router is using (192.168.0.1) but I disconnect it in the net system and.. I also connect the lan cable directly to the 2 PC to try, but no success… -Is there a color code standard in utp cable on PFsense... PFsense Guide on PPoE Type Wan... I always get no link-up on WAN interpace..

@jimp: 2.0 is based on what will be FreeBSD 8.1. A major difference from 7.x in many regards. Ah - that was good news indeed. OK, we'll give it a whirl once it's been released and see how it goes. Best regards, Anders C. Madsen

I am using the same server to get started with Pfsense. So far I have not been able to get 1.2.3 loaded, it hangs and the keyboard doesn't function. I have been able to load the ver 2 June 15 beta but it returns a syntax error when choosing menu items. If you could let me know if you had similar issues and what changes you made to get it functioning I would appreciate it. Thanks, Mike ???

Sounds like you are on the right track. I've never used a firebox but I've done the same thing on a Symantec 5420 which is in another thread on here and the wiki. Steps are likely similar. Everything should be detected and you'll see output on the serial console.

Hadn't seen your post Just one word to thank you. Guillaume

Ah, that would explain why I couldn't find the option. I turned off the machine and fully reinstalled and it seems to be working correctly now. Thanks for taking the time to help

what you were probably reading about is how kingston is using cheap memory modules for its flash drives and they are having a high failure rate. m0n0 is a lot smaller footprint (10-20MB), it does not take up the same amount of space as pfSense does and as a result wont hit 2020163584 bytes. pfSense requires 128MB minimum. and the current smallest image (for 1.2.3R) is 512MB, which is about 500MB more than m0n0. from the total bytes you are writing the 1GB image to the card, m0n0 is only writing .02 GB at the most, the card is probably bad.

Thank you master, you were my only hope. :) That concludes my first newbie-question. Thank you again. It all works as I intended now. +1 for you GruensFroeschli.

As long as you put an OS on the USB to boot from, together with a program to copy the image to the CF, and the system you're installing on can boot the USB, then you're good to go. That's exactly how I load my system. Cheers.