Pfsense on dell gx260… help with booting

[zalnn]

i can install and run pfsense fine, its getting it to boot that is the problem.

the computer is a dell gx260 w/256mb of ram and 2ghz pentium 4.

i have pfsense installed on to a 1gb usb flash drive, the only way i can get it to boot is by manually entering the boot menu and booting from the "utility partition".

same if its a reboot.

the bios is set to boot from the usb device first; even from the boot menu if i select the usb device, it doesn't find a bootable device.

this gets old when everytime i need to reboot the system, i need to connect a monitor and keybaord >:(

[hoba]

did you try to setup with and without bootblocks already? also using the grub bootloader is an option to test out.

[zalnn]

yup, tried that.. no good :(

i have three options when asked about the boot "stuff"

install bootblocks
packet mode
use grub

what do those three options do and mean?

[sullrich]

Make sure install boot blocks is checked.  Check install grub.