Can't reset or usb connect to console of SG-5100
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@rcoleman-netgate hi, I ordered this 5100 directly from netgate with an add-ons option to it. I am still looking for the copy of the order from my file.
I cannot remember what it is. It increased its memory or something... There was only 1 add-ons option to it to select.The boot log stopped as shown in the file and it did not go any further.
It might work if I simply reinstall the pfsences plus?
or eMMC simply death? -
If you run the installer from USB it will show you the available install targets. But I don't expect you will find one. The expansion option was almost certainly RAM.
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@stephenw10 I have requested a support ticket for a copy of pfsense software. I will do a USB reinstall.
I just wonder why it failed. or if it is the hardware about to fail?
If the re-install fails to make it work again, does it mean the hardware is finished?
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There's no way to recover the eMMC if it fails but you can boot from SSD without issue.
However if the eMMC fails entirely it causes a long delay at boot which can be inconvenient. There is currently no workaround for that.Steve
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@stephenw10 Thank you for the advise.
If it is a eMMC failure, I can simply install a M. 2 SATA drive and re-install the pfsence onto the M.2 SATA drive.
5100 will boot from the new SATA drive, but it will take a longer time.
What size of M.2 SATA drive should be installed for the pfsense.
Is there a min spec. on the M.2 SATA drive to be installed onto the 5100?
Is there a setting to bypass the eMMC during boot?
Is it possible simply replace the eMMC module? -
The eMMC drive as it is has not failed entirely, it's still trying to boot from it. So you should be able fit an m.2 SSD and set that as the boot device in the BIOS.
If the eMMC fails entirely the BIOS still tries to boot from it but it no longer appears at all and the timeout is very long. -
@patian https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-5100/m-2-sata-installation.html
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Yeah, I'm not aware of any limitation on the m.2 SSD you can use other than it must be SATA and not NVMe. You probably want to smallest capacity drive you can find. 32GB is more than sufficient for pfSense.
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@stephenw10 Thank you for the advise. I installed a new M2. SSD drive, re-installed the pfsense plus onto the SSD drive. I changed the BIOS to boot from the M2 Drive first.
Now it seems everything is back to normal. Thank you for all the inputs. I did not expect the hardware to fail after 2 years, simply bad luck....
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@rcoleman-netgate i got a new usb cable and i can see the port now. however, when i connect to the device, it looks like it runs the bios(?) but continues to reboot itself over and over again. i can see the initial screen where i can select to:
Boot multi user
Boot single user
Escape to loader prompt
etc...after it defaults to boot multi user. there's a lot of output and finally ends with:
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Tracing command kernel pid 0 tid 100098 td 0xfffff8000e49c740
sched_switch() at sched_switch+0x630/frame 0xfffffe002ce6e9a0
mi_switch() at mi_switch+0xd4/frame 0xfffffe002ce6e9d0
sleepq_wait() at sleepq_wait+0x2c/frame 0xfffffe002ce6ea00
_sleep() at _sleep+0x253/frame 0xfffffe002ce6ea80
taskqueue_thread_loop() at taskqueue_thread_loop+0xe9/frame 0xfffffe002ce6eab0
fork_exit() at fork_exit+0x7e/frame 0xfffffe002ce6eaf0
fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0xe/frame 0xfffffe002ce6eaf0
--- trap 0, rip = 0, rsp = 0, rbp = 0 ---
db:0:kdb.enter.default> capture off
db:0:kdb.enter.default> textdump dump
Textdump complete.
db:0:kdb.enter.default> reset
cpu_reset: Restarting BSP
cpu_reset_proxy: Stopped CPU 1this happens over and over. any advice? -
@gumbyone Need to see the whole thing... but reinstallation is a good first step. Especially if it is running on a UFS partition.
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Yes, we'd need to see the panic string to know for sure but if it;s booting UFS it's probably a filesystem issue. And that can usually be resolved by:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/filesystem-check.html#manual-filesystem-check -
@stephenw10 said in Can't reset or usb connect to console of SG-5100:
There's no way to recover the eMMC if it fails but you can boot from SSD without issue.
However if the eMMC fails entirely it causes a long delay at boot which can be inconvenient. There is currently no workaround for that.Steve
Hi,
I believe my eMMC has also failed on my SG-5100. Last night, I was able to connect to consol and got similar errors I have seen which indicate a failed eMMC. Today, I attempted to install a M.2 card, however, I can not get consol access again. Putty opens a window when I try to connect, but no output. Am I not waiting long enough for this boot delay you are describing? Should there be a boot delay when attempting to reinstall pfSense with a USB drive connected? I have tried accessing the consol with and without the new M.2 and with and without the USB reinstall drive. No consol output.
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@tkronic said in Can't reset or usb connect to console of SG-5100:
Am I not waiting long enough for this boot delay you are describing?
It will boot eventually. As noted by Stephen there is no workaround in software or adding hardware -- the only one I have found so far is removing the eMMC which requires a hot air re-working station. See here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/181199/var-is-low-on-disk-space/18?_=1689707002968
