(solved)Automatic Boot from USB harddrive

jimp

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.

morocon

here it is:

http://pfsensepict.dyndns.org

jimp

Sure that's the right URL?

Host pfsensepict.dyndns.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

morocon

oops, try again, it should be working now that i activated it! :)

jimp

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.

morocon

Thaanks, do you have a sample of how it should be written?

jimp

/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.

morocon

@jimp:

/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?

jimp

Remove it from both files.

morocon

@jimp:

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

MrKoen

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

Guest

Awesome . thanks for the help.