Alix + pfsense 1.2.3 nano on CF.. won't boot
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So using the tutorial I physdiskwrite the image to my 2GB extreme CF.
At boot i see
<snip>####################################################################PC Engines ALIX.3 v0.99
640 KB Base Memory
261120 KB Extended Memory01F0 Master 848A SanDisk SDCFX3-2048
Phys C/H/S 3970/16/63 Log C/H/S 992/64/631 FreeBSD
2 FreeBSDBoot: 1</snip>
But then it just starts dumping # characters our indefinitely. It takes no keyboard input and just stays here. I can't find this on the forums in google. Install is pretty straight forward so I'm sort of at a loss here. I tried m0n0wall and was able to get it to boot using all the same hardware but I really want pfSense. Any insight?
TIA
–chris -
From this page http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/NanoBSD_on_WRAP
The line "If you try to boot pfSense 1.2.3 on a WRAP without modifying the image or the CF, you will likely be greeted by a long string of ######## after the boot menu. "
Looks like i need to modify my image.
This is in the docs but somewhat hard to find. I read the docs the previous few days with regards to embedded installs and never found this wrap/alix specific stuff.
–chris
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This is WRAP specific.
NOT ALIX specific.I've seen this on an alix however if the board still had an old version. (anything besides 0.99h)
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Yeah that page is WRAP-specific, not applicable to the ALIX at all. If you're seeing that, you have an outdated BIOS on the ALIX that has a bug that prevents it from functioning. Upgrade the BIOS and you'll be set.
