pfsense freezes

[fireodo]

@slonpro said in pfsense freezes:

@fireodo am I just installing pfsense, and right after the installation starts, does this happen
, or can I add a driver to the build?

As far as I know you cant add the driver to the build. On what step of the boot process does it freeze?

[slonpro]

@fireodo Yes, it freezes at this stage of installation
Video Freezes

[fireodo]

@slonpro What image you are using? VGA or serial?

[slonpro]

@fireodo VGA, I've tried different ones, recorded through balenaEtcher

[fireodo]

@slonpro said in pfsense freezes:

@fireodo VGA, I've tried different ones, recorded through balenaEtcher

OK - so I see it freezes in context of the serial port.
Is this a baremetal box or virtual?
Maybe @stephenw10 can give a little help ...

[slonpro]

@fireodo baremetal box - msi 9462ngw

[fireodo]

@slonpro said in pfsense freezes:

baremetal box - msi 9462ngw

Hmmm - strange, something seams to be incompatible in that box with pfsense (freebsd).

Maybe you download from here "https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/" a image of the previous version 2.6.0 and see if it freezes also. Reset also the box BIOS to the defaults if you have changed something.

[slonpro]

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[slonpro]

@fireodo a similar error occurred on 2.6.0 :(

[fireodo]

@slonpro said in pfsense freezes:

@fireodo a similar error occurred on 2.6.0 :(

Puuh - I dont know what to say - there is clearly some incompatibility between that machine and freebsd (pfsense is based on)

Have you run a memtest?

[stephenw10]

If that box has a com port I'd try using a serial console.

Try disabling any extra devices you can in the BIOS. So any audio hardware, firewire, additional com ports etc.

[slonpro]

@stephenw10 I disabled all the items I could find, but it didn't help

video link

[stephenw10]

Can you try booting legacy?

It looks like it stops just before the drive detection. Though it could also be before the CPU frequency driver loads (est). The n100 has presented some odd power/freq values in other systems.

[Gertjan]

@fireodo said in pfsense freezes:

a similar error occurred on 2.6.0

and at the same spot. The uart0 (a serial or COM port) is detected - it crashes on on that one, or on the one right after it.

This is what I have (FreeBSD 15, using 24.03) :

I tend to say : use the VGA version - and disable upfront the COM ports in BIOS.
I'm afraid something like ACPI can't be disabled ...

Next best bet : get a generic FreeBSD 15 or 14 ISO, usb-key it, and try that.

[slonpro]

@stephenw10 the bios is truncated and cannot be loaded into legacy or disable com ports
I'm more inclined to conclude that this box is not compatible

[stephenw10]

Could be. Testing a FreeBSD 14 or 15 image would be a good test.

[slonpro]

@stephenw10 Okay, I'll do it and come back with feedback.

[slonpro]

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[slonpro]

@stephenw10 I found a solution, it is necessary to register during installation

set hint.uart.0.disabled="1"
set hint.uart.1.disabled="1"
boot

[slonpro]

After installation you'll need to edit the /boot/device.hints file with the edits as mentioned by OP.