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Help Installing pfSense 2.0.1 on a Sata 3 SSD

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    megatronprime
    last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 2:50 AM

    Luckily, my case has room for a slim optical drive, and I was considering ordering one anyways. If going the iso route will make the process relatively painless, I'll probably just do that. Thanks for pointing my in the right direction.

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      podilarius
      last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 3:18 AM

      If you have an extra one, just crack the case and hook it up directly, just for the install. Then remove it. It will not bee needed except in the event you have to reload, which is unlikely.

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        megatronprime
        last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 3:23 AM

        That's a great idea. I'll dig around and see if I can find my old optical drive.

        Is the sata 3 detection just a usb issue? Will I still have to install while plugged into a sata 2 port and then switch, and will this cause similar problems with device mismatching?

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          wallabybob
          last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 3:38 AM

          @megatronprime:

          I'm trying to install the full version of pfSense 2.0.1 on a sata 3 SSD, but the installer doesn't display my drive (I'm booting from a usb thumbdrive if that matters).

          Maybe the (old) version of FreeBSD used in pfSense 2.0.1 doesn't recognise your SATA 3 controller as a SATA controller or has trouble initialising it. You could try a snapshot build of pfSense 2.1 which is based on the much more recent FreeBSD 8.3.

          What are you running with pfSense that you think SATA-3 will do more for you than SATA-2 above (maybe) shaving a few miliseconds off your boot time?

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            megatronprime
            last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 3:48 AM

            @wallabybob:

            What are you running with pfSense that you think SATA-3 will do more for you than SATA-2 above (maybe) shaving a few miliseconds off your boot time?

            It's really just a matter of principle at this point. I have a sata 3 drive and a sata 3 port. Maybe I'm just stubborn.  ;D

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 10:07 AM

              When you move the boot drive to a different sata connector (of any type) pfSense will fail to boot because it's trying to mount root from the previous location.
              At the mountroot> prompt type '?' to list what drives it sees. If it is able to access your sata3 controller it will probably appear as adXXs1a. Enter 'ufs:/dev/adXXs1a' at the mountroot> prompt to boot and then edit the fstab to correct the error.

              Steve

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                megatronprime
                last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 12:48 PM

                That's the kind of information that I wanted to hear stephen. I'll give it a try when I get home from work tonight and post my results.

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                  ptt Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 1:37 PM

                  Are you sure that the "SATA 3" controller / chipset on the MB is supported on FreeBSD 8.1 ?

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                    megatronprime
                    last edited by Oct 11, 2012, 1:58 PM

                    I have an Intel DBS1200KP Mini ITX Server Motherboard with the Intel c206 chipset. I've looked at the FreeBSD 8.1 release hardware notes and a couple of FreeBSD forum posts and cannot find any information confirming or denying the chipset's compatibility.

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                      megatronprime
                      last edited by Oct 12, 2012, 12:04 AM

                      pfSense could not detect my SSD when I typed '?' at the mountroot>. I followed wallaybob's advice and put the latest snapshot on my flash drive. It detected my SSD automagically, and everything looks good so far. Thanks for all of the help.

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