pfSense-Installer geht nicht

Nubi1982

@bingo600
A good question. To be honest, I don't know either. But I quickly tested the setting - changed it to "none". Unfortunately doesn't change anything.

bingo600

@nubi1982
Seems like you are using a USB--> Serial adapter
Have you tried a different one ??

I prefer FTDI based devices if possible (watch out for clones) windows will KILL them.

bingo600

@bingo600

I am not experienced in APU or BSD installs

But i noticed these in your boot-log


eval: cannot create /etc/hostid: Read-only file system
/etc/rc: WARNING: could not store hostuuid in /etc/hostid.


/etc/rc: WARNING: $hostname is not set -- see rc.conf(5).

Feeding entropy: dd: /entropy: Read-only file system
dd: /boot/entropy: Read-only file sys

.: cannot open /etc/rc.conf: No such file or directory

eval: cannot create /etc/host.conf: Read-only file system
eval: cannot create /etc/host.conf: Read-only file system
eval: cannot create /etc/host.conf: Read-only file system

I would not have expected "Read-only file system" ....

Maybe someone more experienced can comment here.

Nubi1982

@stephenw10
Screenshot 2022-03-08 192927.jpg

jimp

When booting the installer, it's an ISO style setup so it's read only, that's normal.

stephenw10

That's the setting I meant, yes.

It looks like it just not drawing the menu correctly which would be a terminal settings issue.

I'm assuming that you are pressing 'ctl+c' to escape the menu and end up at the amnesiac prompt?

Steve

stephenw10

For reference booting the 2.6 serial installer here I see:


Welcome to pfSense!

Please choose the appropriate terminal type for your system.
Common console types are:
   ansi     Standard ANSI terminal
   vt100    VT100 or compatible terminal
   xterm    xterm terminal emulator (or compatible)
   cons25w  cons25w terminal

Console type [vt100]:

 ┌────────────────────Copyright and distribution notice───────────────────────┐
 │ Copyright and Trademark Notices.                                           │
 │                                                                            │
 │ Copyright(c) 2004-2016. Electric Sheep Fencing, LLC ("ESF").               │
 │ All Rights Reserved.                                                       │
 │                                                                            │
 │ Copyright(c) 2014-2022. Rubicon Communications, LLC d/b/a Netgate          │
 │ ("Netgate").                                                               │
 │ All Rights Reserved.                                                       │
 │                                                                            │
 │ All logos, text, and content of ESF and/or Netgate, including underlying   │
 │ HTML code, designs, and graphics used and/or depicted herein are           │
 │ protected under United States and international copyright and trademark    │
 │ laws and treaties, and may not be used or reproduced without the prior     │
 │ express written permission of ESF and/or Netgate.                          │
 │                                                                            │
 │ "pfSense" is a registered trademark of ESF, exclusively licensed to        │
 │ Netgate, and may not be used without the prior express written             │
 │ permission of ESF and/or Netgate. All other trademarks shown herein are    │
 │ owned by the respective companies or persons indicated.                    │
 │                                                                            │
 ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────28%──┤
 │                                 <Accept>                                   │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Using:
Screenshot from 2022-03-08 19-30-40.png

Steve

stephenw10

Though with your settings it does still draw the menu, just badly. So maybe you have something set differently...

bingo600

@stephenw10 said in pfSense-Installer geht nicht:

Though with your settings it does still draw the menu, just badly. So maybe you have something set differently...

See Suggestion 2:
https://fixyacloud.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/how-to-fix-putty-showing-garbled-characters/

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/utf8-plus-vt100.html

And note OP uses UTF-8 , you don't

stephenw10

Exactly. I tested using UTF8 and the menu is still drawn (mostly) and works correctly.

Nubi1982

Good Morning.
I have now tried the different settings for the translation settings according to your suggestions. Unfortunately, the result is still the same as described above. HELP

stephenw10

Can you try a different terminal emulator? A different OS?

Are you entering ctl-c to escape the menu when you see this?:

Script /etc/rc.d/local interrupted
Updating motd:.
Mounting late filesystems:.

jimp

The only way I've managed to drop to the kind of prompt shown is by breaking out of the installer, either by cancelling or ^C. I have yet to see it happen automatically in any way.

Makes me wonder if PuTTY has some kind of login scripting or expect/send stuff happening that is sending input automatically.

Nubi1982

@jimp
i find it very strange too. I'm going through all of your suggestions now. I also took up the suggestion of a "new serial cable" and have now ordered a different cable. Maybe it's really because of it - although I would be very surprised. I can't find any deviation from your settings on Putty itself. But I think the hardware of the box is compatible, right?

stephenw10

Yeah, there is nothing special about the console port on the APU3. It should work.

Are you entering something to escape the menu? When it shows Script /etc/rc.d/local interrupted ?

Steve

Nubi1982

Good Morning.
It's done. And the crucial hint came from you around. A big thank you to you. What was the reason: It was the USB serial adapter. I got myself a new adapter and - believe it or not - it now shows everything it should. I completed the installation and it works. Great thing. Thanks to the forum