SG-1100 installing 24.03 via USB issue
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A sure way to tell is if you see uboot report
8 disksafter you runusbrecoveryand boot from the USB drive.That process should erase the partition table on the eMMC resulting in uboot seeing only '5 disks'. If the eMMC will not allow erasing that it will report 8.
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@stephenw10
Yes, it does still see 8 disks, meaning that the emmc went in read-only mode: that's pretty depressing.
It's a 2019 device, you saw what packages I installed. It's a home environment with very simple fw rules and a couple of VLANs, I would define as light usage in terms of disk writes.
Maybe I've just been unlucky but I'm now concerned in spending the money for a SG-2100 or even an SG-4200, it seems they both still use the emmc in their basic configuration.
Is the emmc on those devices replaceable in case of failure or are there any alternatives? Maybe this is more of a sales question though. -
The 2100 and 4200 can both be fitted with an SSD. The 4200 has a larger eMMC also which allows more ware leveling.
It's possible to install and run from USB on the 1100 if the eMMC fails. The new Net Installer will allow that.
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@stephenw10 said in SG-1100 installing 24.03 via USB issue:
It's possible to install and run from USB on the 1100 if the eMMC fails. The new Net Installer will allow that.
As I mentioned above, net installer claims not to be compatible with PPPeE, so, for me is a no go.
I'm looking at the SG-2100 max, I'm wondering if the SG-1100 config will be compatible with the SG-2100 or if I'll need to re-configure all from scratch. I'm thinking in particular the 802.1Q VLAN switch config which it's strictly related with the 1100 SoC
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The 2100 does also contain a switch but it's not connected in the same way. We can convert the config so it will import into the 2100 directly.
PPPoE is coming to the installer soon.
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I'm exploring the possibility of buying an SG-2100 base and add an m.2 SSD like documented here.
Do you also have some documentation page covering the software re-installation part? Is it as simple as selecting as installation target the ssd?
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Yes, the installer will show you the eMMC and SSD and just select where you want to install to.
Shown in step 7 here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-2100/reinstall-pfsense.html
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@stephenw10
Related to the questions above: if I were to buy a SG-2100 max (which comes with the ssd installed), would it come with pfSense pre-installed on the SSD out of the box, or I would need to re-install it manually on the SSD? -
It comes installed to the SSD already.
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@stephenw10 said in SG-1100 installing 24.03 via USB issue:
The 2100 does also contain a switch but it's not connected in the same way. We can convert the config so it will import into the 2100 directly.
Hi @stephenw10, I finally got the new SG-2100 max delivered and I'm ready to migrate the SG-1100 configuration to the new device. You mentioned support could assist in migrating the configuration, what's the correct way to do that? Shall I open a support ticket?
Thank you
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Yes just open a support ticket and request it: https://www.netgate.com/tac-support-request
