Installation on UEFI crash on DELL Server, must switch to standard bios, why ?
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@Elrick75 said in Installation on UEFI crash on DELL Server, must switch to standard bios, why ?:
How do you explain that a fresh install in UEFI bios doesn't work?
Did the pfSense installer crash when the Dell was booting UEFI or could you install pfSense when the Dell was booted UEFI?
I'm asking for the clarification because I'm not sure where the crash actually happened.
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I do not. There is something unusual with that platform that pfSense/FreeBSD doesn't like. Or the BIOS doesn't like whatever pfSense is doing for some reason.
The output you see behind that alert is typical of uefi boot issues though. That's the last output from the loader before the kernel starts.
For example: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895Steve
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@mer Hi, it's during usb PfSense boot sequence, it crash, not able to install it if i stay UEFI in Bios
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@bingo600 Interesting, but i don't boot Windows stick, all compoments are up to date, i do a LCC update from Dell website directly to update everythings... but it didn't solve anthing.
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Does it boot 2.6 correctly?
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@stephenw10 I just try installation with 2.7, would like that i test 2.6?
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Yes try 2.6, this could be a regression in the 2.7 EFI console
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@stephenw10 I will test it tomorrow
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@stephenw10 Do you have a link to download 2.6 CE version please?
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The different 2.6 images can be found here: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/
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@stephenw10 Hi, i confirm 2.6.0 CE version is working properly, no issue during boot sequence with UEFI bios enable.
After installation et pfsense and reboot on hard drive, no crash too.there's a regression with version 2.7.0 and UEFI booting.
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If you upgrade to 2.7 from 2.6 does it still hit that?
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@stephenw10 If i upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7, i works fine with EUFI bios mode !!!
Fresh install with this 2.7 version and boot process does not work well with UEFI boot...I noticed a change in the display of the characters surrounding the pfsense menu after switching to version 2.7.
This may have nothing to do with it, but I'll mention it just in case, take a look at all âââââââ characters.A screenshot to illustrate
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OK, so something in the loader it installs with 2.7 doesn't like that platform.
The characters are due to the terminal mode, ugly but not a problem.
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@stephenw10 Ok for characters, just surprised because everything was fine when i boot on 2.6 version just before.
So what is the solution to make fresh 2.7 install ? does we need a fix with 2.8 version ? -
Hard to say. It doesn't happen on most UEFI platforms.
Can you try booting a FreeBSD 14 snapshot?
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@stephenw10 You have a link with a distribution to download ? i will put it on USB stick and try.
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Try: https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-amd64-20230803-8a5c836b51ce-264491-mini-memstick.img.xz
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@stephenw10 Booting on USB key works perfectly with FreeBSD, there's no crash, and I'm taken to the installation menu.
Freebsd without pfsense is not crashing, so it's really come from this 2.7 version !
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Hmm, interesting. I'm unsure what might be causing that. I would open a bug report to track it: https://redmine.pfsense.org/
I asked about it internally. If any of out engineers have seen this I'll let you know.
