Another Netgate with storage failure, 6 in total so far
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@andrew_cb Some good points have been raised along with actionable suggestions to mitigate the issue. Thanks for the constructive feedback - the issue has our attention.
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@andrew_cb I installed a KingSpec NVMe 256GB drive from Amazon this morning. I followed the guidance you provided and the procedure to wipe the MMC drive in the documents.
It's back up and running now. The only thing that seems to be different is I no longer have the slowly flashing diamond that shows "boot complete/ready". I do get the flashing square during boot, and the orange circle when I put it in standby. I checked that none of the "light pipes" were bent, so that is a head-scratcher. Now when it's running all the LEDs are dark. I took away the memory disk I had implemented to try and prolong the mmc drive because it filled up during my reinstall and package reload.
Best I can tell it's all good except for the LED issue.
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Hmm, odd. Try running:
pfSense-led.sh ready -
@stephenw10 I'm running that command from where? And what output am I expecting?
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@dstaylor said in Another Netgate with storage failure, 6 in total so far:
@stephenw10 I'm running that command from where? And what output am I expecting?
I found it down in /usr/local/sbin. I ran the command but there is no change.
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Hmm, so just no LEDs? You can try setting any of the other states:
pfSense-led.sh usage: pfSense-LED booting pfSense-LED ready pfSense-LED update [1|0] pfSense-LED updatingIt should update the LEDs accordingly. 'ready' is the normal state after booting.
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@stephenw10 I pulled the box apart again. It was a keyboard/chair interface issue; the "flap" around the lighthood had folded over a little bit and was blocking the LED.
Now the LEDs are working as expected.
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Please do follow the advice of zero'ing out your emmc when installing an ssd. I did not (I'm not sure that advice was even there at the time, I don't recall where I got the pointers to install my own ssd in the first place, but other than the special requirements on the type of ssd supported, I don't remember it being a particularly difficult install physically), and it worked fine until it didn't. I appreciate the help of staff here to guide me out of that predicament.
All of this discussion does make me wonder where I put my original pfsense media. It would seem to be a really bad idea not to have a recovery image in case it's needed (gulp).
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@dnavas said in Another Netgate with storage failure, 6 in total so far:
bad idea not to have a recovery image
You can get the Netgate Installer from the store (free). It will download the latest version when you run it. Actually I think they added, or were talked about adding, a version selection.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/index.html
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@marcosm I am glad Netgate is committed to addressing the issues raised in this thread. When do you think Netgate will be able to share a high-level overview of the planned changes so the community can give feedback? It could be a new thread to help keep the discussion focused.
Feel free to contact me publicly or privately if there is anything I can assist with.
