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    • M
      mlabenda
      last edited by

      Just upgraded my 2c2 to Bios 0.98g
      pfsense works like a champ with the todays snapshot incl. OpenVpn

      Even it is only the 433 MHz/128MB Version it works fine on my 30/2 Mbit cable Line

      Real nice work guys.
      Keep this nice work going

      Microsoft gives you "Windows"
      Opensource gives you the whole house

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        eweri
        last edited by

        @Rusty64bit:

        Just upgraded my 2c2 to Bios 0.98g
        pfsense works like a champ with the todays snapshot incl. OpenVpn

        Could you test if reboot works, please? My 1.2-RC3 panics during reboot but it reboots. If I use the pfsense-1024-image the cpu got hung during reboot and I have to pull the plug :-(
        BTW. You can see the panic at the seriell console, only.

        Bye,
        eweri

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          mlabenda
          last edited by

          Works fine
          No issues
          I took the image for the snapshot server yesterday
          But one thing
          Do you have the 2c3 or like i the 2c2 this is the 433MHz 128MB 3Nic without USB ?
          Do know this makes a difference…

          Pascal just put Version 0.99 out on the Pc Engines Website...

          Microsoft gives you "Windows"
          Opensource gives you the whole house

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            luma
            last edited by

            @luma:

            Hello Eweri,

            I have to investigate for reboot. It seems working, I can't serial connect at the moment.

            Here is the solution for full install (I wrote the last part, Using VirtualBox) :
            http://devwiki.pfsense.org/FullInstallOnWRAP

            But it's not a good idea on CF! CF don't support too much write cycle! You are warn!

            Bye

            Sorry Eweri, I forgot you. Same answer : no issue at all with reboot on 1.2RC3 10/26/2007.

            Bye

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              mlabenda
              last edited by

              This is my dmesg output

              Copyright © 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project.
              Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
              The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
              FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
              FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9 #0: Mon Dec 10 04:26:02 EST 2007
                  sullrich@builder6.pfsense.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.6
              Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
              CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (431.65-MHz 586-class CPU)
                Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x5a2  Stepping = 2
                Features=0x88a93d <fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>AMD Features=0xc0400000 <mmx+,3dnow+,3dnow>real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
              avail memory = 121872384 (116 MB)
              pnpbios: Bad PnP BIOS data checksum
              wlan: mac acl policy registered
              K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers)
              ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
              cpu0 on motherboard
              pcib0: <host to="" pci="" bridge="">pcibus 0 on motherboard
              pci0: <pci bus="">on pcib0
              MFGPT bar: f00100006200
              pci0: <encrypt decrypt,="" entertainment="" crypto="">at device 1.2 (no driver attached)
              vr0: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xe0000000-0xe00000ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
              miibus0: <mii bus="">on vr0
              ukphy0: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">on miibus0
              ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
              vr0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:12:9f:84
              vr1: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0xe0040000-0xe00400ff irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0
              miibus1: <mii bus="">on vr1
              ukphy1: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">on miibus1
              ukphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
              vr1: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:12:9f:85
              vr2: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x1800-0x18ff mem 0xe0080000-0xe00800ff irq 12 at device 11.0 on pci0
              miibus2: <mii bus="">on vr2
              ukphy2: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">on miibus2
              ukphy2:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
              vr2: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:12:9f:86
              ath0: <atheros 5212="">mem 0xe00c0000-0xe00cffff irq 9 at device 12.0 on pci0
              ath0: Ethernet address: 00:02:6f:44:30:4b
              ath0: mac 10.4 phy 6.1 radio 6.3
              isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">port 0x6000-0x6007,0x6100-0x61ff,0x6200-0x623f,0x9d00-0x9d7f,0x9c00-0x9c3f at device 15.0 on pci0
              isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
              atapci0: <generic ata="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xff00-0xff0f at device 15.2 on pci0
              ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
              ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
              ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xefffe000-0xefffefff irq 15 at device 15.4 on pci0
              ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
              usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
              usb0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci0
              usb0: USB revision 1.0
              uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
              uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
              ehci0: <amd cs5536="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xefffd000-0xefffdfff irq 15 at device 15.5 on pci0
              ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
              usb1: EHCI version 1.0
              usb1: companion controller, 4 ports each: usb0
              usb1: <amd cs5536="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
              usb1: USB revision 2.0
              uhub1: AMD EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
              uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
              orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xe0000-0xeafff on isa0
              ppc0: parallel port not found.
              sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x30 on isa0
              sio0: type 16550A, console
              sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
              sio1: port may not be enabled
              RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80 <clock_battery>Timecounter "TSC" frequency 431646313 Hz quality 800
              Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
              Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
              ad0: 967MB <cf 20070131="" card="" 1gb="">at ata0-master PIO4
              GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0a is ufs/pfSense.
              GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0d is ufs/pfSenseCfg.
              Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense

              ___
              / f \
              / p \
              / Sense
              \/  \
                  \
              /

              Welcome to pfSense 1.2-RC3 on the 'embedded' platform…

              Setting up embedded specific environment...
              done.
              Mounting filesystems...
              done.
              Creating symlinks...
              .
              .
              .
              done.
              Launching PHP init system...
              done.
              Initializing...
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              .
              done.
              Starting device manager (devd)...
              done.
              Loading configuration...
              .
              .
              .
              done.
              Updating configuration...
              done.
              Cleaning backup cache...
              done.
              Setting up extended sysctls...
              done.
              Syncing user passwords...
              done.
              Starting Secure Shell Services...
              done.
              Setting timezone...
              done.
              Starting syslog...
              done.
              Configuring LAN interface...
              vr0: link state changed to UP
              vr1: link state changed to UP
              vr2: link state changed to DOWN
              done.
              Configuring WAN interface...
              done.
              Configuring OPT interfaces...
              done.
              Configuring CARP interfaces...
              done.
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              Syncing system time before startup...
              done.
              pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
              Configuring firewall...
              .
              .
              .
              done.
              Starting webConfigurator...
              done.
              Starting DHCP service...
              done.
              Starting DNS forwarder...
              done.
              Setting up microcode and tx/rx offloading...
              done.
              Starting FTP helpers...
              done.
              Generating RRD graphs...
              route:
              writing to routing socket
              :
              No such process
              done.
              Starting DHCP service...
              done.
              Starting OpenNTP time client...
              done.
              Starting CRON...
              done.
              Executing rc.d items...
              Starting /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh...
              done.
              appending output to nohup.out
              Bootup complete

              FreeBSD/i386 (pfSense.local) (console)

              *** Welcome to pfSense 1.2-RC3-embedded on pfSense ***

              LAN*                    -> vr0 -> 192.168.178.1

              WAN*                    -> vr1 -> 0.0.0.0(DHCP)

              OPT1(OPT1)              -> vr2 -> NONE

              pfSense console setup


              0)  Logout (SSH only)
              1)  Assign Interfaces
              2)  Set LAN IP address
              3)  Reset webConfigurator password
              4)  Reset to factory defaults
              5)  Reboot system
              6)  Halt system
              7)  Ping host
              8)  Shell
              9)  PFtop
              10)  Filter Logs
              11)  Restart webConfigurator
              12)  pfSense PHP shell
              13)  Upgrade from console

              Enter an option:
              vr0: Using force reset command.</cf></clock_battery></isa></amd></amd></ohci></ohci></ata></ata></generic></isa></pci-isa></atheros></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></generic></mii></via></encrypt></pci></host></mmx+,3dnow+,3dnow></fpu,de,pse,tsc,msr,cx8,sep,pge,cmov,clflush,mmx>

              Microsoft gives you "Windows"
              Opensource gives you the whole house

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                eweri
                last edited by

                @eweri:

                Could you test if reboot works, please? My 1.2-RC3 panics during reboot but it reboots. If I use the pfsense-1024-image the cpu got hung during reboot and I have to pull the plug :-(
                BTW. You can see the panic at the seriell console, only.

                Bye,
                eweri

                Just reply to my self: Installed tinyBIOS 0.99 today and now I have no reboot issues any more. Going to try the 1024MB image and see if the reboot-hung is gone also.

                Bye,
                eweri

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                  eweri
                  last edited by

                  @eweri:

                  Just reply to my self: Installed tinyBIOS 0.99 today and now I have no reboot issues any more. Going to try the 1024MB image and see if the reboot-hung is gone also.

                  Bad news: it still panics with the pfsense-1024MB-image and got hung until i pull the plug :(

                  Here is the console output:

                  pfSense is now shutting down …

                  Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process vnlru' to stop...done Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process bufdaemon' to stop...done
                  Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
                  Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...0 0 done
                  All buffers synced.
                  Uptime: 4m3s
                  ukphy0: detached
                  miibus0: detached
                  ukphy1: detached
                  miibus1: detached
                  ukphy2: detached
                  miibus2: detached
                  Rebooting...
                  Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc3faae10
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc05ef0ae
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44c04
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44c0c
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = 1 (init)
                  trap number             = 12
                  panic: page fault
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc196ed28
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc061add2
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44b1c
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44b4c
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = 1 (init)
                  trap number             = 12
                  panic: page fault
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc196ed28
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc061add2
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44a34
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44a64
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = 1 (init)
                  trap number             = 12
                  panic: page fault
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc196ed28
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc061add2
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d4494c
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d4497c
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = 1 (init)
                  trap number             = 12
                  panic: page fault
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc196ed28
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc061add2
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44864
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d44894
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = 1 (init)
                  trap number             = 12
                  panic: page fault
                  kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled

                  Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                  fault virtual address   = 0xc196ed28
                  fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                  instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc061add2
                  stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d4477c
                  frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc7d447ac
                  code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                          = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                  processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
                  current process         = kk
                  Fatal double fault:
                  eip = 0xc0635d0e
                  esp = 0xc7d43fe0
                  ebp = 0xc7d440a8
                  panic: double fault
                  Uptime: 4m6s
                  Cannot dump. No dump device defined.
                  Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort

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                    luma
                    last edited by

                    As I can see the 1024 image from http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/embedded/1024/ is pretty old (10/14/07).
                    Please can you upgrade to lastest snapshot using file http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/updates/pfSense-Embedded-Update-1.2-RC3.tgz? You have to use the upgrade utility provided in the console (option 13) through SSH or serial connection.

                    My 2 cents…

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                      naughtyusmaximus
                      last edited by

                      Does anyone have any thoughts as to why I might still be getting a kernel panic?  I've updated to .99 for the bios.  I've installed the full version of pfSense 1.2 rc3 onto a 4GB microdrive.

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                        naughtyusmaximus
                        last edited by

                        I have two ALIX units, and I was able to get it working ok with one of them.  But with the oe with 3 LAN ports, 2x USB, and 1X mini-PCI, the error on bootup I get is:

                        ehci0: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xefffd000-0xefffdfff irq 15 at d
                        evice 15.5 on pci0
                        ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
                        usb1: EHCI version 1.0
                        usb1: wrong number of companions (1 != 2)
                        usb1: companion controller, 4 ports each:
                        
                        Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                        fault virtual address   = 0x2c
                        fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                        instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc06eb66e
                        stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc0c20b28
                        frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc0c20b28
                        code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                        processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                        current process         = 0 (swapper)
                        trap number             = 12
                        panic: page fault
                        Uptime: 1s</ehci>
                        
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                          eweri
                          last edited by

                          @luma:

                          As I can see the 1024 image from http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/embedded/1024/ is pretty old (10/14/07).
                          Please can you upgrade to lastest snapshot using file http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/updates/pfSense-Embedded-Update-1.2-RC3.tgz? You have to use the upgrade utility provided in the console (option 13) through SSH or serial connection.

                          My 2 cents…

                          Update went okay - but no config-menu at the console any more :-( This is what I get at the console:
                          ….
                          Starting OpenNTP time client...done.
                          Starting CRON... done.
                          Executing rc.d items...
                          Starting /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mdnsresponder.sh...done.
                          appending output to nohup.out
                          Bootup complete

                          and than I can type any thing - no reaction from console.
                          When I login with ssh I get the console setup  ???

                          I did not test it with the 1024MB image - going to do this next

                          Bye,
                          eweri

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                            eweri
                            last edited by

                            @eweri:

                            and than I can type any thing - no reaction from console.
                            When I login with ssh I get the console setup  ???

                            problem solved - mv /etc/ttys /etc/ttys_back and cp /etc/ttys_wrap /etc/ttys and reboot  :)

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                              eweri
                              last edited by

                              @naughtyusmaximus:

                              Does anyone have any thoughts as to why I might still be getting a kernel panic?  I've updated to .99 for the bios.  I've installed the full version of pfSense 1.2 rc3 onto a 4GB microdrive.

                              Maybe I was a little to quick with "no panics any more" because I had at least one kernel panic at reboot with tinyBIOS 0.99. I upgraded to the latest snapshot (see comment from luma) and rebootet the system 5 or 6 times - no  kernel panics until now.  :)

                              Bye,
                              eweri

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                                luma
                                last edited by

                                @eweri:

                                […]
                                no  kernel panics until now.  :)

                                Bye,
                                eweri

                                Good to hear that!

                                Regards

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                                  naughtyusmaximus
                                  last edited by

                                  :( Unfortunately my unit doesn't boot to the point where I can log in at all, so I can't install any updates.  Also, I'm trying to use the full installation on this unit (as I have a microdrive for it).  Are there any other options for me, or will I have to wait for 1.3?

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                                    prossi
                                    last edited by

                                    Im having a different problem :)

                                    I have been able to install the FreeDOS image on 1 CF Card (128Mb) and booted off that with no problem. From here i have upgraded my BIOS to the latest available (0.99). This worked great:

                                    
                                    PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.92
                                    640 KB Base Memory
                                    261120 KB Extended Memory
                                    
                                    01F0 Master 848A Flash Card                              
                                    Phys C/H/S 994/8/32 Log C/H/S 994/8/32
                                    FreeDOS kernel build 2036 cvs [version Aug 18 2006 compiled Aug 18 2006]
                                    Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - 80386 CPU required - FAT32 support
                                    
                                    (C) Copyright 1995-2006 Pasquale J. Villani and The FreeDOS Project.
                                    All Rights Reserved. This is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
                                    WARRANTY; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
                                    GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
                                    either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
                                    C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS=    0-1-1, start=     0 MB, size=   124 MB
                                    FreeDOS HIMEM64 3.26 [Aug 25 2006] (c) 1995, Till Gerken 2001-2006 tom ehlert
                                    HIMEM - Always On A20 method used
                                    Kernel: allocated 43 Diskbuffers = 22876 Bytes in HMA
                                    
                                    FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00]
                                    C:\>sb
                                    ALIX flash update (C)2007 PC Engines GmbH
                                    Flash ID = 1 FFFF GPI = FF
                                    Flash ID = 0 9D37 GPI = 01
                                    Reading 512KB flash image alix1.bin................
                                    Compare Erase Program Verify - update OK.
                                    C:\>
                                    
                                    PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99
                                    640 KB Base Memory
                                    261120 KB Extended Memory
                                    
                                    

                                    I have also written the 1.2RC3 Embedded image to another 128Mb CF card using Physdiskwrite:

                                    
                                    C:\pfsesnse>physdiskwrite pfSense-1.2-RC3-Embedded.img.gz
                                    
                                    physdiskwrite v0.5.1 by Manuel Kasper <mk@neon1.net>Searching for physical drives...
                                    
                                    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive0:
                                       Windows:       cyl: 4863
                                                      tpc: 255
                                                      spt: 63
                                       C/H/S:         16383/16/63
                                       Model:         ST340014AS
                                       Serial number:             
                                       Firmware rev.: 8.12
                                    
                                    Information for \\.\PhysicalDrive1:
                                       Windows:       cyl: 15
                                                      tpc: 255
                                                      spt: 63
                                    
                                    Which disk do you want to write? (0..1) 1
                                    About to overwrite the contents of disk 1 with new data. Proceed? (y/n) y
                                    Found compressed image file
                                    122441728/122441728 bytes written in total</mk@neon1.net> 
                                    

                                    But when i try to boot off this CF Card i get the follow error:

                                    
                                    PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99
                                    640 KB Base Memory
                                    261120 KB Extended Memory
                                    
                                    01F0 Master 848A Flash Card                              
                                    Phys C/H/S 994/8/32 Log C/H/S 994/8/32
                                    Boot error
                                    
                                    

                                    or this:

                                    
                                    PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99
                                    640 KB Base Memory
                                    261120 KB Extended Memory
                                    
                                    01F0 Master 848A Flash Card                              
                                    Phys C/H/S 994/8/32 Log C/H/S 126/32/63
                                    No boot device available, press Enter to continue.
                                    
                                    

                                    Any ideas?

                                    My next step will be to try dd under linux, incase its a problem with phydiskwrite.

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                                      mlabenda
                                      last edited by

                                      again

                                      i have a 2c2 Alix with Bios 0.99 and it works like a champ (up now since almost 6 days)
                                      I used the latest snapshot (Version number on webgui shows 1.2RC3)
                                      I have a cheap 1GB CF Card and used gunzip -c pfsense.img.gz | dd=of/dev/sdx bs=16k (i'm on linux)
                                      to put the filesystem on the cf card

                                      pfsense is now almost as fast as m0n0wall 1.2.3x and faster than 1.3bx
                                      And i got OpenVPN working

                                      I'm happy

                                      Great work

                                      Microsoft gives you "Windows"
                                      Opensource gives you the whole house

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                                        prossi
                                        last edited by

                                        Seems like phydiskwrite was the problem.

                                        redid it with dd and it booted without a problem:

                                        
                                             ___
                                         ___/ f \
                                        / p \___/ Sense
                                        \___/   \
                                            \___/
                                        
                                        Welcome to pfSense 1.2-RC3 on the 'embedded' platform...
                                        
                                        Setting up embedded specific environment... done.
                                        Mounting filesystems... done.
                                        Creating symlinks......done.
                                        Launching PHP init system... done.
                                        Initializing.................. done.
                                        Starting device manager (devd)...done.
                                        Loading configuration......done.
                                        
                                        Network interface mismatch -- Running interface assignment option.
                                        
                                        Valid interfaces are:
                                        
                                        vr0     00:0d:b9:12:78:b8
                                        vr1     00:0d:b9:12:78:b9
                                        vr2     00:0d:b9:12:78:ba
                                        ath0    00:80:48:4f:0c:28
                                        
                                        
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                                          ircman
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi all!,

                                          I have installed pfsense 1.2-RC3 (not the embedded version) onto a 20gb harddisk and I'm trying to boot it with my Alix2C3,
                                          But i'm getting page fault errors (see below). I was reading on some topics and it seems there is a problem in the EHCI usb driver of Freebsd.
                                          Is there a way to disable usb driver ?

                                          
                                          usb1: wrong number of companions (1 != 2)
                                          usb1: companion controller, 4 ports each:
                                          
                                          Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                                          fault virtual address   = 0x2c
                                          fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                                          instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc06eb66e
                                          stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc0c20b28
                                          frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc0c20b28
                                          code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                                  = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                                          processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                                          current process         = 0 (swapper)
                                          trap number             = 12
                                          panic: page fault
                                          Uptime: 1s
                                          Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
                                          Rebooting...
                                          Keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown
                                          
                                          

                                          Regards,

                                          C'est moi!

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                                            sullrich
                                            last edited by

                                            Update the ALIX's BIOS.  Known problem but has been resolved.

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