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    IBASE FWA7204-1G (Pfsense Installation)

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      ollie01
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      I've got a 40GB HDD attached to the FWA… can i still proceed with the install?

      or the HDD installation from another PC would be better?

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        dreamslacker
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        @ollie01:

        I've got a 40GB HDD attached to the FWA… can i still proceed with the install?

        or the HDD installation from another PC would be better?

        You can perform a full install on another PC and enable the serial console before powering off and transferring the HDD over to the FWA.
        Note that you will need to access the FWA by serial and re-configure the interfaces after that.

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          ollie01
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          Thanks dreamslacker,

          your advice has been really helpful to get me on the right track.

          Is there a guide i should follow, to install pfsense on a HDD from another pc?

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            ollie01
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            Just to confirm i will be doing this the rigth way:

            #1 - Connect FWA HDD to my PC
            #2 - Boot with the ISO downloaded from Pfsense on my PC
            #3 - Initiate the installation
            #4 - Enable the Serial Console

            #5 - Connect the HDD back to the FWA
            #6 - Boot up and configure the interfaces

            As in FULL installation i would presume this will do: pfSense-2.0-RC1-i386-20110226-1530.iso.gz

            Is the above correct?

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              dreamslacker
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              Effectively, yes.

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                ollie01
                last edited by

                OK,

                I'm at point #4 - dumb question - how do you enable the serial console?

                Regards
                o

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                  wallabybob
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                  @ollie01:

                  I'm at point #4 - dumb question - how do you enable the serial console?

                  System -> Advanced, click on Admin Access, scroll down to Serial Communications

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                    ollie01
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                    Ok guys, Pfsense installed and connected to FWA - Once setting up Putty to connect - can see pfsense booting up and got this:

                    ad0: 152627MB <samsung hm160hc="" lq100-10="">at ata0-master UDMA100
                    GEOM: ad0s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s).
                    Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                    ROOT MOUNT ERROR:
                    If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from
                    the loader prompt:

                    and then remove invalid mount options from /etc/fstab.

                    Loader variables:
                    vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                    vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw

                    Manual root filesystem specification:
                     <fstype>: <device>Mount <device>using filesystem <fstype>eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                                          eg. cd9660:/dev/acd0
                                          This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /

                    ?                  List valid disk boot devices
                      <empty line="">Abort manual input

                    Any ideas?

                    NB: I've tried this option but problem persists (set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
                    )</empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></samsung>

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                      ollie01
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                      ufs:/dev/ad0s1a

                      That solved my problem… incase anyone meets the same issue on IBASE.

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                        ollie01
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                        Thanks guys, pFsense installed and working perfectly¬!

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                          dreamslacker
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                          Congrats.
                          Looks like I forgot to warn you about leaving only and only the installation HDD hooked up to the surrogate computer.  Otherwise, the boot time options will try and find the previous mounting point (non-ad0) when you transfer it.

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