(solved)Automatic Boot from USB harddrive
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After a short check, it seems that what i'm looking for is not in loader.conf.
I took a picture of the menu i would like to modify:
I would like menu "3 Boot PFsense Using USB device" to take place as "1 Bot Pfsense [default]". I did not find any mention on this subject in loader.conf.
Coudl some one put light on this?
Thanks
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You cannot change the default of the boot menu in that way.
I'm not sure how many different ways I can tell you this in the same thread, but you need to edit /boot/loader.conf.local and add
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
It does not already exist there, you need to add it, not edit the value.
The boot menu option only sets that variable. Adding it to loader.conf.local sets the value the same way.
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You cannot change the default of the boot menu in that way.
I'm not sure how many different ways I can tell you this in the same thread, but you need to edit /boot/loader.conf.local and add
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
It does not already exist there, you need to add it, not edit the value.
The boot menu option only sets that variable. Adding it to loader.conf.local sets the value the same way.
You could repeat it as long as you want, it doesn't work at all. Same result! If i'm not in front of the computer and select option 3 from the menu, PFsense did not boot up and just comes to prompt waiting for me to give instruction.
Delay is not what i'm waiting for…How could i explain you this. I want the device to start on USB hard drive (where Pfsense is installed) even if i do not have keyboard nor screen. If it is not possible just say it.
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But I'm telling you that all option 3 does it set precisely that variable and nothing else related to bootup. It sets two others but they are related to network cards, not booting. Behold:
From our beastie.4th patch that drives the menu:
+ dup bootusbkey @ = if + s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv + s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv + s" 10000" s" kern.cam.boot_delay" setenv
So if you want to try adding the other two to /boot/loader.conf.local as well, try:
hw.mca.enabled=0 hw.bce.tso_enable=0 kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
Make sure when you edit that file that it's named properly (all lower case letters) and you probably should edit it from the shell with vi or ee to be safest.
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Have you even tried adding these options to the file yet? If you try it you may be pleasantly surprised that it works just as jimp has been telling you.
Sorry for causing the confusion with the loader.conf.local file. Didn't realize I had to create it. I have just tested it and it works great.
Thank you!
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Yes i have tried! but it did not boot on USB drive
here is my beastie start section, i suspect something wrong in it
: beastie-start s" beastie_disable" getenv dup -1 <> if s" YES" compare-insensitive 0= if exit then else drop then beastie-menu s" autoboot_delay" getenv dup -1 = if drop 10 else 0 0 2swap >number drop drop drop then begin dup tkey 0 25 at-xy dup 32 = if nip 0 swap then dup -1 = if 0 boot then dup 13 = if 0 boot then dup bootkey @ = if 0 boot then dup bootacpikey @ = if acpienabled? if s" acpi_load" unsetenv s" 1" s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" setenv s" 1" s" loader.acpi_disabled_by_user" setenv s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv else s" YES" s" acpi_load" setenv s" 0" s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv then 0 boot then dup bootsafekey @ = if s" arch-i386" environment? if drop s" acpi_load" unsetenv s" 1" s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" setenv s" 1" s" loader.acpi_disabled_by_user" setenv s" 1" s" hint.apic.0.disabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv then s" 0" s" hw.ata.ata_dma" setenv s" 0" s" hw.ata.atapi_dma" setenv s" 0" s" hw.ata.wc" setenv s" 0" s" hw.eisa_slots" setenv s" 1" s" hint.kbdmux.0.disabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv 0 boot then dup bootusbkey @ = if s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv s" 10000" s" kern.cam.boot_delay" setenv 0 boot then dup bootverbosekey @ = if s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv s" YES" s" boot_verbose" setenv 0 boot then dup bootsinglekey @ = if s" 0" s" hw.mca.enabled" setenv s" 0" s" hw.bce.tso_enable" setenv s" YES" s" boot_single" setenv 0 boot then dup escapekey @ = if 2drop s" NO" s" autoboot_delay" setenv exit then rebootkey @ = if 0 reboot then again ; previous
I'm not confident with freebsd bash coding, but i suposed somewhere at the beginning of this section is defined what dup menu will be loaded as default. I would like ti to be bootusbkey. Unfortunatly, and even with modification you recommended, it doesn't start, but just come to a prompt that talk about vfs.mountfrom.options whish should have been set to read write.
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Nothing is wrong with that. As you can see the section I posted is within the part you posted (mine just had the +'s because it was from a patch file not the actual file, and I trimmed the surrounding irrelevant text).
If the menu option worked but adding it to loader.conf.local does not, then you must not be putting the right values into loader.conf.local or the file isn't in the right place, or something else must be wrong.
Further, you need to give exact precise error messages and not "a prompt that talk about vfs.mountfrom.options". Take a cell phone picture of the screen if you have to, but be precise.
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here it is:
http://pfsensepict.dyndns.org
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Sure that's the right URL?
Host pfsensepict.dyndns.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
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oops, try again, it should be working now that i activated it! :)
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Remove this from /boot/loader.conf and /boot/loader.conf.local
autoboot_delay="3"
It probably is ignoring the other lines because it says there is a syntax error on that line.
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Thaanks, do you have a sample of how it should be written?
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/boot/loader.conf should probably be empty.
And if you want to mimic option 3 exactly, /boot/loader.conf.local should only contain:
hw.mca.enabled=0 hw.bce.tso_enable=0 kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
Nothing else.
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/boot/loader.conf should probably be empty.
And if you want to mimic option 3 exactly, /boot/loader.conf.local should only contain:
hw.mca.enabled=0 hw.bce.tso_enable=0 kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
Nothing else.
Ok i will do so.
I found a file call loader.conf (<>loader.conf.local)where the " autoboot_delay="3" " is writen, what should i do with this one?
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Remove it from both files.
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Remove it from both files.
You are the hitman jimp!
Ok i guess there was some thing wrong in my usb drive, so i decided to start from scrash and re-install f sense on it.
Then i create the file /boot/loader.conf/local (as you recommended it) including
hw.mca.enabled=0 hw.bce.tso_enable=0 kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
Then reboot, then….Miracle! It works!!
Thanks guys
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Same situation here. I'm using a 2,5 inch USB disk drive for my pfSense server. I needed to press 3 in the pfSense boot menu to get it to work. Using the steps outlined in this forum topic I was able to have it boot using USB support automatically. I have put the easy steps together in a tutorial at http://www.zomers.eu/knowledge/pfSense/Pages/Configure-pfSense-2.0-RC1-to-boot-from-USB-disk.aspx
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Awesome . thanks for the help.