Failed to boot after Full upgade to 1.2 FINAL

cmb

My question is.

What is wrong in 1.2 RC3 and newer that i cant boot from CDROM and install?

That's a strange work around. If your hardware kernel panics with the 1.2 kernel, it should do it whether you're booting from CD, hard drive, or anything else.

Not sure what to tell you, at least you found a way to get it working. After tens of thousands of downloads of 1.2, nobody else has reported seeing this.

liquid

@cmb:

@liquid:

My question is.

What is wrong in 1.2 RC3 and newer that i cant boot from CDROM and install?

That's a strange work around. If your hardware kernel panics with the 1.2 kernel, it should do it whether you're booting from CD, hard drive, or anything else.

Not sure what to tell you, at least you found a way to get it working. After tens of thousands of downloads of 1.2, nobody else has reported seeing this.

Im happy that i found the workaround. So, if i will have free time, i will burn boot CD by minimum speed and try to boot directly to pfSense 1.2 FINAL.

Ill keem you informed.

dotdash

My thought is that this is related to the changes in the uniprocessor kernel in RC3 and higher.
I had troubles with a Pentium-M based board after RC2.
See this ticket- http://cvstrac.pfsense.com/tktview?tn=1534
I've had to update these systems to RC2 (even if they were loaded with an RC2 CD. The RC2 update is newer than the LiveCD) before updating to 1.2 Release. After the RC2 update, I get the kernel selection option under firmware update and can select multiprocessor. Going directly from RC2 (LiveCD) or earlier to 1.2 Release results in a dead box. (UP kernel)

Master One

Yes, I can confirm the issue, have a look at this thread.

It's definitely a problem with the UP kernel config starting with 1.2-RC3, so installing with 1.2-RC2-livecd, choosing the SMP kernel option, and updating to 1.2-FINAL afterwards was the only way for me to get it going on my Intel D201GLY2 machine.

ohmer

Hello,

I have the same problem. I cannot boot the installer on my D201GLY2 based computer. There is a fix ? If no, if I understanda correctly, installing 1.2RC2 and then upgrading to 1.2 does the job ? So, where can I find 1.2RC2 ? I just found beta releases.

Thanks !

hoba

http://pfsense.loquefaltaba.com/downloads/old/ has older versions still.

dutler

I have similar symptoms, but the older release is not solve my problems:
IBM Netfinity 4000R
Dual Intel 10/100 NICs
Dual PIII 650
2GB RAM

I am trying to add a 4 port nic from RouterBoard - it uses a pci bridge and 4 VIA Technologies VT6105M (VIA Rhine III chip). In m0nowall and past versions of pfsense, along with linux distros it appears as 4 separate adapters.

When I boot pfsense 1.2RC2-1.2.1Beta with the 4 port nix installed, i get the following screen:
–---------------------------------------------------------------------------
vr1: Ethernet address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
vr2: <via 10="" vt6105m="" rhine="" iii="" 100basetx="">port 0x2200-0x22ff mem 0xfe000800-0xfe0008ff at device 10.0 on pci3
vr2: couldn't map interrupt

Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
fault virtual address = 0x60
fault code = supervisor read, page no present
instruction pointer = 0x20:0xc0855aa1
stack pointer = 0x28:0xc0c20af8
frame pointer = 0x28:0xc0c20b0c
code segment = base 0x0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
processor eflags = interrupt enable, resume, IOPL = 0
current process = 0 (swapper)
trap number = 12
panic: page fault

When i remove the card, I do not get the error and as mentioned. I have used this card in other machines with previous versions of pfsense.

I have tried:
with and with out the 4 port card - works with out.
replace the ram
installed without the card, used the smp kernel (dual piii), replaced the card, received the same error.

-tom</via>

ohmer

My ugly hack was to install Debian and then run pfSense into a VMWare virtual machine…

dutler

yes, i would say that is rather ugly :D
are you doing anything else with the debian host?

anyone… how do i switch to the mp kernel, perhaps i was preforming that work around incorrectly.

sullrich

Copy kernel.gz from the LiveCD to /boot/kernel/kernel.gz (just pick the correct one).

ohmer

@dutler:

yes, i would say that is rather ugly :D
are you doing anything else with the debian host?

nop :)