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    Nanobsd USB Stick boot stuck at F1 and continuous beeping

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      You should try adding the boot delay referenced in the troubleshooting guide first.
      I'm not entirely sure where you would add it with the memstick image. Try hitting escape or entering it at the prompt.  :-\

      Steve

      Edit: After some searching it seems that your bios is getting in the way. It presents USB attached storage as though it is a floppy drive.
      Go into the bios and try to change it to USB-HDD or something similarly labled.

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        smithrock
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        Steve,
        At the prompt, I added the following:
        set kern.cam.boot_delay=10000

        then I get the following (something like that, I only have one monitor so I had to switch it back to write this)
        freeBSD/i386 boot
        defualt:0:fd(0,a)kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
        boot: not ufs
        no kern.cam.boot_delay=10000

        when I hit enter, the spinner shows up for few circles and then the above message repeats.

        thank you very much for your time, I appreciated,

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          smithrock
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          Steve,
          In the bios, there is only one option available to me under the boot priority.
          removable device-
          no where in bios I can set the boot priority to USB-FDD or anything like that.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Are you using the most recent BIOS?
            I found quite a few people complaining about USB booting on that motherboard.
            Can you try the stick in another machine to check it?

            Steve

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              smithrock
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              Steve,
              I have updated the bios with the most current version available for this board from the intel site.

              I will check the stick on another machine tonight.
              Just to note, I have tried about 5 or 6 sticks to make sure sticks are not the problem.
              also, I have used physdiskwrite and the other method (win32 image writer) to write and even tried the low level formatting.

              Strangely, Monowall pc-generic-1.33.img boots OK.
              I am guessing PFSense routine must be written differently.

              thanks,

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                smithrock
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                @stephenw10:

                Can you try the stick in another machine to check it?

                Steve

                I just tried the stick on another machine and it boots fine.

                That narrows the boot problem with the motherboard D850EMV2 bios.
                I may have run out of solutions unless someone running with the exact same motherboard and successfully booting with the USB flash drive can suggest some tips.

                thanks,

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  About the only thing I have left is to try an alternative bootloader. This is referred to in the boot trouble shooting. You can usually boot almost anything with one or other of them. I've never tried, or even thought about, doing this on a Nano or memstick image/install though.  :-\

                  Steve

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                    smithrock
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                    Steve,
                    so, for example, would I run the GAG program from the CD drive and direct it to boot the pfsense nanobsd from the usb stick?
                    Alternatively, I could just run the pfsense from the CD and use the stick to store configuration file.
                    correct?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Yes both those options should work.
                      You should also be able to boot from a CD with GAG on it and then install it to the USB stick. I've not tried that though.

                      Steve

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                        smithrock
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                        Steve,
                        How do I put GAG onto the USB flash drive and the nanobsd pfSense version on the same stick?
                        do I need to create two partitions, one with the GAG, and the other one may contain the nanobsd?
                        If I am able to boot the USB with the GAG, would GAG then boot the nanobsd pfSense?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Like I say I've not tried it with a USB stick but with a harddrive you can boot from a cd with gag on it like ultimate boot cd for example. Boot the cd and then, using the easy menu options, install gag onto the HD. It only writes over the existing bootloader so you can still boot whatever was on the HD before.

                          You may be able to do this with a nanobsd image on the memstick or the memstick image.  :-\

                          Can you not boot from a harddrive anyway.  ::)

                          Steve

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                            smithrock
                            last edited by

                            I have a hard drive and also the cd drive. Machine can boot from either one.
                            I was trying to see if I could use the flash drive to run pfSense but unfortunately my MB does not cooperate.
                            I will try as you suggested tonight and let you know if I get any further.
                            thanks for your time.

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