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    Pfsense cannot detect kernel after installation reboot

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      sicnarf
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      Hi all,

      I've installed pfsense on an old box using the steps outlined here:

      http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_pfSense

      It states that it can't load the kernel after reboot. Anyone who has encountered the same problem?

      My system specifications:

      MB: Via P4VMM2 rev 8.1
      HD: Western Digital WD400
      Memory: 1GB DDR SDRAM

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        wallabybob
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        What version of pfSense? I've had troubles with recent 1.2.1 builds - see http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,11963.0.html

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          vladtheimpaled
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          @sicnarf:

          It states that it can't load the kernel after reboot. Anyone who has encountered the same problem?

          I have the identical problem on a fresh install from the 1.2 LiveCD package.  This is on a system with the following specs:

          P2-450 AMD K2 chipset
          512mb RAM
          20GB IDE HDD
          ZYNX 4 port NIC (my card model shows on the HCL as ok)

          When I install, and then reboot the box to boot off the hard drive, it attempts to load the Kernel and dies.

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            cybrsrfr
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            I've installed pfSense 1.x to 2.0 successfully on many systems.

            Make sure there is not a usb thumb drive plugged in during the install to the hard drive.
            With IDE systems make sure the hard drive is the primary and the CD-ROM is secondary.

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