Intel 82574L seems to be malfunctioning

Gertjan

@wudao said in Intel 82574L seems to be malfunctioning:

Attempting to burn and install pfsense serial-2.7.0-amd64.img using software similar to Rufus was unsuccessful.

This one :

Now you have a file :
pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.7.0-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz
About 485 Mbytes.

Have a look at this page : Prepare a USB Memstick

..... you get it : use Etcher.

edit : the classic issues still apply :

USB disk broken
USB drive space to small. I guess a 4 Gbytes will do.
USB has already partitions or stuff like that. Use classic Windows command line commands (diskpart) do "kill" them. Be careful not to kill your own system partitions ( we all did this ones )

stephenw10

The OpenWRT image is burned to the boot drive directly.

The pfSense image is an installer that has to be run from a USB flash drive and that installs to the boot device.

You must have a functioning console to run the installer.

wudao

@stephenw10
Thank you for your help. I will try again during the holiday

wudao

@Gertjan
I am using this IMG file, and I am currently trying to replace the USB drive. Thank you

wudao

@Gertjan
It still doesn't work, the internet port only lights yellow instead of green. I'll give it a try during the vacation. thank you

wudao

@Gertjan

It may be my operational issue, I will try to solve it myself.

stephenw10

NIC LEDs just lighting like that usually shows some sort of hardware problem to be honest.

I would first make sure you can see some console output from the system without the NIC installed.

wudao

@stephenw10
I also think it's a hardware issue, but OpenWrt can be used normally. Let's use openwrt first, and when I get home, I will output the log to check the problem. I'm going to check the document to avoid missing any key information.

stephenw10

Oh if OpenWRT boots and runs on the same hardware then it should be OK. Just unusual to see the LINK LEDs on a NIC lit continually like that.

wudao

@stephenw10
I just booted the USB drive with my laptop, it seems to be a burning issue.

stephenw10

That's a console type issue. So if it's on your laptop that what you should see if it's the memstick-serial image. That uses the serial console by default.

Gertjan

@wudao said in Intel 82574L seems to be malfunctioning:

my laptop

That would be new.
No one connects to a laptop over a serial cable to pilot the install.
AFAIK : laptops have VGA screens and keyboard integrated - these devcie are known not to be headless (no screen hardware, no keyboard hardware - so a serial connection is needed to 'talk' to the device before any NIC comes alive)

For a laptop I would use the other, 'VGA' version :

Btw : are you sure : a laptop ? Don't use these USB-NICs, as they can inflict "more issues".

wudao

Thank you for resolving the issue. There are no issues with the system or hardware. It's my installation issue.