Extremely surprising that NoScript breaks things. One of the most harmful pieces of browser "extension" crap ever written.

Decided to find the model number of my Ethernet adapter, Realtek 8111. PfSense says its unsupported. Well crap. :(

I followed this to align and enable trim on my SSD: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86139.0 Step-by-step I did the following: *** This erases everything from the disk*** 1.) Boot into partedmagic and dd zeros or secure erase the target ssd 2.) Boot the pfSense liveCD in default mode 3.) Drop to shell instead of running the installer 4.) #gpart destroy -F ada0s1 (only needed if you did not secure erase first) 5.) #gpart destroy -F ada0 (only needed if you did not secure erase first) 6.) #gpart create -s mbr ada0 7.) #gpart add -t freebsd -b 504 ada0 8.) Leave the shell and start the install process 9.) Custom Install 10.) Skip Format Disk 11.) Skip Partition 12.) Install Boot Block 13.) Format Disk 14.) I had to manually change the "/" partition to a size smaller than the disk or I would get an error.  I ended up making an 80GB partition and 16GB swap on my 120GB intel 320SSD. 15.) CTRL-C at reboot and enable trim 16.) #/sbin/tunefs -t enable /dev/ada0s1a Reboot Execute Shell command in the web interface to run gpart show Start of slice plus start of partition should be divisible by 8. For my disk it worked out to be: (504+16)/8 = 65 Aligned (504+167772160)/8 = 20971583 Aligned This worked for me after a lot of trial and error.  If you choose the wrong thing during install it will nuke the manual partition and you will end up not aligned and have to start the process all over. Unless I am missing something this will get you aligned slices and trim enabled on your SSD.  

Thanks for the feed back. Just realised that iocage needs zfs. I probably go with with ezjail instead.

I am far more familiar with ESX over HyperV, but I think you might find that ESX has some advantages over HyperV Lighter weight. More of your server's RAM and CPU cycles will be available for your virtuals. Easier networking. ESX's virtual switches are easier to configure to accommodate the scenario you describe.

I received a follow up reply from them. Thank you for getting back to us. We are happy to hear that has been self-resolved. We would like to let you know that we had specific issues with Dynamic DNS after the release of new account panel. However it seems to be working the time being. We are still fixing and organizing the things in order to avoid such issues in future. If you experience any issues after it works please contact us back and we will gladly assist you. In the meantime, should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. So there we have it. I'm glad it wasn't anything with pfSense at all. Thanks

SSD works and some shitty USB stick doesn't? Well, that's really shocking…  ::)

Oh thanks, I will try remove BandwithD and reinstall it later.

@sreekupm@gmail.com: I have Sonicwall T210, How to install Pfsense into T210? Not possible, those are MIPS rather than standard x86 like the Watchguard and similar boxes that people repurpose.

Confirmed the easiest way to handle this is with two drives- Used a 60GB SSD for the OS and the 3TB drive for just Squid, so far without any issues. Just used the shell after the install was completed, was able to easily configure the 3TB drive.

thanks cmb. since this is was a production system i just went ahead and restored back to 2.1.5 (did't have 2.2.4 install on USB drive) and restored the config. i'll check your suggestion when i'm going to be upgrading a couple systems (locally) soon. thanks for your help it was very helpful and yes I did have 192. dumb switch on the network (another thing I'm trying to slowly eliminate).

The quick/easy install is the best method to use for now, though last time I tried I was able to make custom partitions but it took some care. Might be able to drop to a shell prompt and make the partitions with gpart first and then just pick them during the install.

you can create it using vi or ee or upload it with your favorite scp/sftp client

If you register the hardware you should get access to the online HTML copy of the book which has a whole chapter on wireless and how to set it up and use it.

Here are the Intel cards. Single port only in PCI. Intel does have dual/quad but are PCI-X. I have never tested one in a regular PCI slot. I bought those Sun cards for next to nothing.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/381317244597