New computer with PFSense?
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You bought a used computer that boots to pfsense and don't know how to load an OS cause you want it to be used as a PC correct? :P
You going to need an OS install disc of your choice which will be Windows XP, 7.. Or even Ubuntu. Boot to the CD and follow the instructions. You will definitely need an installation disc, look around on the computer does it have a Microsoft sticker on it with the product keys? Cause you'll need that too if you going to run windows or you could buy a fresh copy.
Why would someone sell a PC that still has a firewall installation on it? Seems silly to me, they could have at least told you what you were buying.
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Computer model number would make it possible to estimate what will run well on it.
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That is a new question! ;)
It may be setup to dual boot pfSense and some other OS (like Windows, Ubuntu etc) but that is not normally the case. By default pfSense removes everything else when it's installed. Do you see a boot loader menu before pfSense starts booting? It will be plain white text on a black background.
Steve
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I'm getting this feeling like someone grabbed something in the dark of night in a strange house not understanding what they had.
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A bit harsh perhaps? ;)
Steve
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Perhaps I should have added:
…and sold it on ebay to an unsuspecting customer.
Anyway - I'd put Mint on it with a simple MATE interface. Its free and works beautifully on older hardware.
OR - Perhaps even better... Use it for pfsense.Pfsense is a very nice firewall/router. Its a good chance to get acquainted with it.
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You bought a used computer that boots to pfsense and don't know how to load an OS cause you want it to be used as a PC correct? :P
You going to need an OS install disc of your choice which will be Windows XP, 7.. Or even Ubuntu. Boot to the CD and follow the instructions. You will definitely need an installation disc, look around on the computer does it have a Microsoft sticker on it with the product keys? Cause you'll need that too if you going to run windows or you could buy a fresh copy.
Why would someone sell a PC that still has a firewall installation on it? Seems silly to me, they could have at least told you what you were buying.
So all I need to do is Have another OS install disk (With the product key) and stick it in the disk tray during start-up? Or do I have to press a certain key at start-up to keep it from going into the PFSense menu? Thank you all for the help.
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Often, just need to get an OS disk, drop in the DVD tray and reboot.
IF it doesn't boot from CD, might need to go into bios, usually either delete or f2 during boot, and change and save bios setting to boot from cd.
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Verifying DMI Pool Data…...........
Boot from CD:F1 FreeBDG
F1
/Then alijndvciajncajnfdjdf And i bunch of other stuff I cant understand. Then:
Welcome to PFSense! >:(
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The boot menu is usually between F9-F12. Press each one individually over and over at startup to see if you can get a boot menu to show up. Put in your preferred OS disk, and boot from CD.
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The funny thing is for most people on this forum that would be a good thing. :P
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He probably doesn't have email notifications enabled either.
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You think?
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The funny thing is for most people on this forum that would be a good thing. :P
Lol that is funny
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What kind of disk did you have in the CD tray when you booted up?
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Verifying DMI Pool Data…...........
Boot from CD:
Uo
F1 FreeBDGF1
/Then alijndvciajncajnfdjdf And i bunch of other stuff I cant understand. Then:
Welcome to PFSense! >:(
I wouldn't even bother with that computer if I was you, one of pfsense's major advantages is that it can run on old outdated hardware. I'm not going to waste any more time till you post exactly what you got. I want manufacture, model, and if its a dell the service tag number so we can see what hardware is installed in it.
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It would be cool if we could get that angry face added to the end of the boot sequence of pfsense. Its cute.
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Verifying DMI Pool Data…...........
Boot from CD:
Uo
F1 FreeBDGF1
/Then alijndvciajncajnfdjdf And i bunch of other stuff I cant understand. Then:
Welcome to PFSense! >:(
I wouldn't even bother with that computer if I was you, one of pfsense's major advantages is that it can run on old outdated hardware. I'm not going to waste any more time till you post exactly what you got. I want manufacture, model, and if its a dell the service tag number so we can see what hardware is installed in it.
emachines- Model No.ET1161-03
Origanally had Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1
AMD Athlon X2 4400 Processor
Nividia GeForce 6150 SE
Some High end disk tray thing
320 GB Hard Drive
3GB DDR2
15-in-1 Memory Card Reader? (If that's even remotely relevent)Also burned a Windows Vista Home Premium Disk 32 bit and slapped that into the disk drive. Then went into the advanced Bios and set it so it read the disk first, then pressed some F-whatever key and also had the boot-up start with the disk in the disk tray. Here is the message I received: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
Anyone have a clue what I did wrong here?
Thanks thus far.
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ALSO burned on a DVD+R Memorex disk holding 4.7 GB total memory. If that's any help as well.
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If you are very new to this kind of stuff, and you want a cheap and fast computer that is very secure, try linux MINT with MATE desktop. It will make good use of that computer and will run very well on its limited resources compared to windows. And its free.
I suspect you didn't set up the correct boot order in bios.
I'd suspect that pressing the del key on boot gets you into bios.
I'd bet that advanced bios is where you can select boot order (Which you should set to CD 1st and HDD 2nd)
Then press the F10 key and save and reboot.
(BTW - How to blow away pfsense and replace it with a Desktop OS isn't strictly speaking what people do here)
