BIOS - No way of changing from Auto to LBA hence sata wont work
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Can you tell us more about the computer that you're installing to, brand, model, etc? Pictures are good too.
It's possible that it's on a controller that BSD/pfSense can't detect properly. Otherwise, setting to LBA mode is a "maybe" fix, for hardware that seems to not detect cleanly in AHCI mode for some reason, otherwise setting to LBA mode isn't a requirement, it should work in AHCI mode.
If you can tell us more about the computer itself, we may be able to help you figure out what the root problem is, or possibly help you find where in the BIOS LBA mode might be hidden (if it's an available setting at all, a lot of OEM machines severely limit user settings.)
If you don't need any advanced features, such as Snort, Squid caching, etc, you might be fine with running an embedded version from a USB stick?
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Can you tell us more about the computer that you're installing to, brand, model, etc? Pictures are good too.
It's possible that it's on a controller that BSD/pfSense can't detect properly. Otherwise, setting to LBA mode is a "maybe" fix, for hardware that seems to not detect cleanly in AHCI mode for some reason, otherwise setting to LBA mode isn't a requirement, it should work in AHCI mode.
If you can tell us more about the computer itself, we may be able to help you figure out what the root problem is, or possibly help you find where in the BIOS LBA mode might be hidden (if it's an available setting at all, a lot of OEM machines severely limit user settings.)
If you don't need any advanced features, such as Snort, Squid caching, etc, you might be fine with running an embedded version from a USB stick?
It is a generic build. Motherboard Minix 890GX-usb3. Sata a seagate barracuda 500gb 3.5 inch hard drive. its a mini-itx (uses laptop memory). American Megatrends BIOS. I dont see anywehre AHCI option and like I said, no option for setting it as LBA. Really strange because although it is restricted in that aspect, it has an overclock option. What pics can I take? of the Bios?
Thanks again
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Ok, found something new. In the bios I got an option to set SATA to legacy IDE, AHCI, combined?? which one? it was under IDE.
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Ok, found something new. In the bios I got an option to set SATA to legacy IDE, AHCI, combined?? which one? it was under IDE.
Try 'em all.
At this point you're looking for compatibility, and I can't tell if that motherboard chipset is supported, officially, so try IDE mode, it might be more compatible than AHCI.
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I then switched the hard drive to the PC where I want pfsense running at but it cant find the mountpoint.
Quite likely the drive has a different name (e.g. /dev/ad2) than the name it has in the PC in which you installed it (e.g. /dev/ad4).
What response do you get when you type "?" at the mountroot> prompt?
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Ok, found something new. In the bios I got an option to set SATA to legacy IDE, AHCI, combined?? which one? it was under IDE.
Try 'em all.
At this point you're looking for compatibility, and I can't tell if that motherboard chipset is supported, officially, so try IDE mode, it might be more compatible than AHCI.
tried them all with no luck..will try other things thanks
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I then switched the hard drive to the PC where I want pfsense running at but it cant find the mountpoint.
Quite likely the drive has a different name (e.g. /dev/ad2) than the name it has in the PC in which you installed it (e.g. /dev/ad4).
What response do you get when you type "?" at the mountroot> prompt?
Sorry, my post was misleading. I have not been able to install. It cant find a drive. It all points out to the fact that is Sata and I have no options in my Bios that will make it compatible…or so I think. Thanks!
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Try a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build. It includes much more up to date device drivers than any of the pfSense 2.0.x builds.
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Try a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build. It includes much more up to date device drivers than any of the pfSense 2.0.x builds.
Will do!! thanks
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Try a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build. It includes much more up to date device drivers than any of the pfSense 2.0.x builds.
That did it!! Thanks!! I hope I dont miss any of the features of the stable release. This beta is going to a production environment…thanks again!