2.1 got corrupted .
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My install seemed to have gotten corrupted. all of a sudden my internet was not working and a bunch of messages about cannot define table bogonsv6. Anyhow I tried to go back to lastest version via ssh console and just hitting "auto" but the install failed with cannot write to disk "full". Not even sure why the disk got full all of a sudden. Anyhow I have a mac using minicom and attached to the null modem cable via usb adapter. I can't get a console? I tried screen /dev/tty.usbserial and all I get are question marks. In minicom I don't get much I set the baud to 9600 8n1 and still nothing. How can I get into the console to see if I can salvage my pfsense.all I get is a bunch of question marks? I have a screen hooked up to it and I'm choosing boot pfsense(default) but then I get a line of ?????????????????????????????????? and that's it
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no one?
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This might get more response in the 2.1 subforum, if it's 2.1 specific.
What hardware are you running? Which install type?
I would suggest possible HD failure. Without more info it's impossible to know.Steve
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If you were on an older 2.1 image on a platform with low RAM (e.g. ALIX) it may not have had enough table space to hold the IPv6 bogons list. On newer snaps it's not loaded if there isn't enough room.
The disk could be full due to packages you have installed, but you haven't given us nearly enough information to form any kind of accurate guesses.
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what info do you need? I'm just about to reinstall this thing. I can't even get that to work. I honestly don't remember how I got this to install. I have the sata/ide to usb adapter and I remember using the adapters to boot from an internal cdrom drive I had laying around. When I plug it into the neoware it says boot from cd: but then just goes to F1 pfsense and then hangs at the "/". someone please explain to me if I need the null modem cable or not. I burned the nano-vga… so I'm assuming I don't need to use the null modem cable? I thought embedded images now support vga? I used this link when I first did this
http://www.hammerweb.com/blog/2011/11/installing-pfsense-2-0-on-an-embedded-platform-the-easy-way/ -
I'm starting to think that link I posted above is going about the install a different way as documented anywhere on this site?. I think for a DOM installation I need to use the live cd and then install it. I started reading the definitive guide last night which I guess I should of done first but that link made it so easy. It seems that the nano embedded images are written to CF cards and are not written or burned to cd as I'm trying to do? Am I correct here. I'm also glad that I read that I can preserve my configs using preflight installation. So what do I need to follow for installation on a neoware thin client with a 512 MB DOM and can I just hook up the monitor and use it through out the whole installation process or will I need the use the null modem cable at some point?
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Ok, so you are running on some sort of thin client like in the link?
Yes, the NanoBSD images are supposed to be written directly to the flash media. They are not ISO CD images.
So you can either install from a CD temporarily hooked up, as in the linked blog, or write the NanoBSD image to the DOM in another machine.I would choose the NanoBSD option. You get other advantages on top of the embedded kernel.
Steve
Edit: Ah, you edited while I was typing! ::)
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If you use the Nano+VGA images you don't need to use a null modem cable, everything can be done via the keyboard/monitor.
You will, as I said, have to put the DOM into another machine to write to it which may or may not be easy for you.
Steve
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so with a 44-pin IDE DOM how would I hook it up to something another machine? I would need something in that machine to hook up that 44 pin DOM to and I'm not sure that I do. what benefits do you get with the nano? I just want to get this going and honestly I'm going to look into getting some newer hardware down the road. I'll post in different forum for recommendations on hardware. I'm basically using at home . I download video from my ps3 via amazon and play ps3 games online. I'll get some recommendation for the best fit for that type of use. There must be some type of an adapter that I can just hook up to my USB on my MAC?
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I have this, I wonder if I can hookup the 44pin DOM to it, isn't 44 pin dom JUST 2.5 INCH I CAN HOOK UP?
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G/ref=pd_cp_pc_0
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@http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nanobsd/:
The features of NanoBSD include:
Ports and packages work as in FreeBSD — Every single application can be installed and used in a NanoBSD image, the same way as in FreeBSD.
No missing functionality — If it is possible to do something with FreeBSD, it is possible to do the same thing with NanoBSD, unless the specific feature or features were explicitly removed from the NanoBSD image when it was created.
Everything is read-only at run-time — It is safe to pull the power-plug. There is no necessity to run fsck(8) after a non-graceful shutdown of the system.
Easy to build and customize — Making use of just one shell script and one configuration file it is possible to build reduced and customized images satisfying any arbitrary set of requirements.
Not mentioned there is that NanoBSD maintains two slices, running and backup. When you do a firmware upgrade it switches to the other slice so you can always fall back to the original. Mostly it is specifically designed for running from flash media with limited write cylces. Depending on what you're doing you may not have a problem with that. I know, for example, that Wallabybob has a box running a full install, standard kernel, on a DOM. 4 years no problems. YMMV!
You can certainly get a USB-IDE adapter that will work for this. If you've been running a CD installed embedded kernel, like the linked blog, with no no problems before then keep doing that. :) That adapter you linked to will work. You could also use an old laptop if you have one.
Steve
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Happened to me once, turned out to be a drive failure
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Might be hardware issue. CD drive I has was bad so it wasn't booting , luckily I had another one laying around but now it starts to boot and I get a mount error and something about trying to run set vts.root.mount.options=rw and remove anything from /etc/fstab? I don't know I was going to try some of the suggestions here http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting
can anyone else think of anything I can do before trashing this thin client. I'm not sure at this point if the DOM is bad or if it's something I can fix along the boot process with the Live cd -
What sort of CD drive are you using? Which image did you use to write the CD?
It could be a bad DOM but it seems unlikely. Were you previously running any packages?Steve
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It's just an internal cdrom drive from an old computer I have laying around which I'm using that kit listed above (post 13) to hook up to the usb of thin client. I used the pfSense-LiveCD-2.0.2-RELEASE-i386-20121207-1630.iso. I had snort and pfblocker packages installed
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G/ref=pd_cp_pc_0
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Ah! I didn't read that properly, I didn't realise you already had that USB-IDE adapter. :-[
If you're using it with the CD drive you will probably need to do this:
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#Booting_from_USBYou should be able to use that kit to write one of the Nano images directly to the DOM from another box though.
Running Snort and pfblocker with only 512MB of RAM the box may have started swapping to the DOM which would increase the write count massively.
Steve
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I thought I could use that adapter as well for nano but it's two males. I need an adapter with female end. I'll try that when I get home tonight. I ended up throwing the broken cdrom in the canal in my backyard. LOL. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't booting.
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Ah, because the DOM plugs directly into the IDE connector without a cable?
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correct
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Just install the normal ISO and you are fine. It acts like a normal HD and are to be treated as one :)
