Dont get any further with fresh install

Hyperion

Good day all, I hope this message finds you well.

I am new to Firewall installations and I am trying gain experience on how to install pfSense and setup a Firewall.

Situation:
I have a new Firewall called - Sophos "XGS 87"
I have connected with Putty over COM3 and started pfSense Installer

Problem:

if I want to install pfSense with option - (ZFS) Guided Root-on-ZFS I end up with the ERROR
= No disk present to configure
if I want to install pfSense with option - (UFS) Guided UFS Disk Setup, I end up with the Partition Editor, and dont know how to continue

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Best

stephenw10

da0 there is probably the USB memstick the installer booted from. So it really isn't seeing any other drives. What target drive are you expecting to see there?

Steve

Hyperion

@stephenw10 There is this drive "da0s2 967MB BSD". shall I just overwrite it with the pfSense installation?

SteveITS

@Hyperion Are you checking the box to select a disk? That gets people sometimes: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/install-zfs.html#select-disks

What size drive is in it?

stephenw10

@Hyperion said in Dont get any further with fresh install:

There is this drive "da0s2 967MB BSD". shall I just overwrite it with the pfSense installation?

No that's the USB stick with the install image on it.

What drive is in the system that you're trying to install to?

Hyperion

@stephenw10 16GB eMMC as I know.

stephenw10

That would normally be seen as mmcsd0 or potentially as da1 if it's internally USB connected.

I would look at the full boot log from the installer to see if it is failing to attach to it or simply doesn't see it at all.

This is some repurposed Sophos device?

Hyperion

@stephenw10 said in Dont get any further with fresh install:

THX for your answer, much appreciated.

No, this is a default Sophos product.

I might need to do some changes within the BIOS. Will look into it on the weekend. If I found the issue I will post it here.

stephenw10

What device is it? If it's something new it might have UFS flash which isn't yet supported in FreeBSD.

Hyperion

@stephenw10 This is all I know, as I can find in the specs - Sophos XGS 87

stephenw10

Ah, interesting. Can you copy/paste the full boot log out of putty here?

VerticalTechnik

Sophos XGS 87 is not supporting pfSense.

Bless