Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    SG-3100 M.2 install

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Official Netgate® Hardware
    23 Posts 5 Posters 2.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • M
      mcury @eyes
      last edited by mcury

      @eyes said in SG-3100 M.2 install:

      From the instructions I should use m2dev=0

      To be able to boot from the M2 SSD, m2dev should be 1.
      and setenv bootcmd 'run setLED; run m2boot;'

      I always wipe the entire eMMC disk when using SSD to avoid the problem described below:

      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/multiple-disks.html

      Edit:

      In addition to the described above, I usually set:

      Create the file /boot/loader.conf.local and add to it:
      hint.mmcsd.0.disabled="1"

      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

      E 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • E
        eyes @mcury
        last edited by

        @mcury

        I might want to try to wipe the drive then

        Before i do that. This is the M.2 I use.

        Sata III is working with the device right?

        https://www.proshop.dk/SSD/Intenso-SSD-M2-2280-SATA-III-High-Performance-240GB/2628894

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          If you were able to install to it as ada0 then it should be fine.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • E
            eyes
            last edited by

            What is the command in U-boot to erase the eMMC? if i want to wipe it clean.

            I cant do it in root, since its the active partition

            M 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • M
              mcury @eyes
              last edited by mcury

              I don't have that written down here, but as far as I remember, you will need:

              1- Connect to the console
              2- Boot the device in single user mode:

              At the SG-3100 console press any key to interrupt the boot loader when you see:
              Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.

              At the prompt enter: boot -s

              That will boot in single user mode to a question asking for a path to the shell, just press return to reach the # prompt.

              3- Run the command to wipe the eMMC as described in the link posted above;
              Wipe the first 1MB of the disk
              dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcsd0 bs=1M count=1 status=progress
              or:
              Wipe the entire disk:
              dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcsd0 bs=1M status=progress

              Then, boot through USB drive and perform a normal install using ada0 drive.

              @stephenw10 can you confirm if these steps are correct ? I really don't recall exactly what I did at that time..

              dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                You should be able to run run m2boot manually then choose single user mode to reach a prompt you can erase the eMMC from.

                Or at the uboot prompt try: mmc erase 0 400000

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I recently updated the 3100 M.2 install doc with better info on all this, so make sure you are following the new doc and not older instructions:

                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-3100/m-2-sata-installation.html

                  Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

                  Need help fast? Netgate Global Support!

                  Do not Chat/PM for help!

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                  • F
                    FSC830
                    last edited by FSC830

                    Just to still my curiosity...😀

                    I checked my Putty log from serial port and as far as I can see I did not run any printenv/setenv command when installing the 22.05 software at ada0.
                    Also I looked up in my downloaded manual which do not contain this recently added commands.

                    Because I installed m.2 devices in two appliances at nearly the same time without running in trouble, my question is: was that luck or does the issue only occur in special circumstances/releases?

                    Regards

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      I would have expected it to apply there if you added the SSD. Though looking at the internal bug report I opened for this it applied in 22.01-Beta and was present in 23.01 but I couldn't say for sure if it happened in 22.05.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • S Stickie referenced this topic on
                      • E
                        eyes
                        last edited by

                        I found solution for the m.2

                        setenv m2boot 'scsi reset; fatload scsi 0:1 200000 ubldr.bin; go 200000;'
                        
                        saveenv
                        
                        reset
                        

                        Then it should boot correctly from the m.2

                        It looked like this for me as default.

                        setenv m2boot 'scsi reset; fatload scsi 0:0 200000 ubldr.bin; go 200000;'
                        
                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post
                        Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.