(solved)Automatic Boot from USB harddrive
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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.