PfSense won't install as Xen VM at HP Microserver

jamesc

Has anyone had any success running pfSense on the HP Microserver using the VMware ESXi hypervisor?

I know that ESXi installs on this hardware without any problems.

Nuub

Got a HP Microserver at home. Deployed XenServer on it and want to set up a pfSense to use it as home router.

But have no luck with it. Getting kernel panic with any ISO available: http://dropmocks.com/mUeFg <- this screenshot done while trying 2.0rc amd64 iso.

Any ideas?

Any luck during testing yet suncheez?

lassieee

Hi,

I've got exact same problem. I'm also using Xenserver 5.6fp1 on a AMD Phenom x64 cpu. Pfsense 2.0 AMD64 gives me the same error as suncheez. Pfsense 1.2.3 is working just fine.

Edit:

Tried a couple of things to narrow down:
-Tried updating 1.2.3 to 2.0 RC3 through WebGui but it fails the same: http://dropmocks.com/mUeFg
-Installing 2.0 in Virtualbox on Intel Q6600 CPU host works just fine
-Updated my Asus M3A78EM (AMD CPU) mobo to latest firmware, to no avail

wmlaros

Hi,

I am also using Xenserver running on the HP Microserver and want to install pfSense 2 on it.
And after a lot of searching and reading i have found a work around to get it working.
This is what i did:

At the boot menu choose option 7 "Escape to loader prompt"

set hw.clflush_disable=1
boot

Install pfSense.

After the installation, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf.local by running the following command from the shell prompt.

echo "hw.clflush_disable=1" >> /boot/loader.conf.local

Vorkbaard

Hey wmlaros, thanks for sharing your solution. Didn't work for me though (Athlon II Neo 64)

suncheez

@wmlaros:

…set hw.clflush_disable=1
boot...

You made my day! Thank you very much!

SpanCox

wmlaros you are a true hero!

I have been looking for a solution for this at least a year now, and until I read you post a couple of hours ago I had found nothing at all that even came close to solve that problem.

My setup, which now works:

Xenserver 5.6sp2
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor, 4 cores
pfsense 2.0-AMD64 (installed with 4 cpu kernels)

Thank you ever so much!

tommyboy180

Yes! Absolutely awesome. Running pfsense 2.0 release on XenServer 5.6 SP2 on AMD Athlon 64 x2

XenServer-center.jpg_thumb

rhy7s

Are you planning on upgrading to XenServer 6.0?

tommyboy180

When it's stable. BETA software is fun, but not always the best decision. I lost all my guest systems once because I wasn't careful.

lassieee

Works like a charm! Thank you so much wmlaros!!

rhy7s

@tommyboy180:

When it's stable. BETA software is fun, but not always the best decision. I lost all my guest systems once because I wasn't careful.

It's released