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    Mirrored 2.0.1 ugrade/clean install to 2.1 fails

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      garthk
      last edited by

      Not much response so I'm wondering if this has been tried by anyone. If not, is a mirrored install still supported in 2.1? I guess what I'll try next is to remove all traces of the mirror including zeroing the superblock and try a clean install. That failing, I'll unplug one of the drives and try again.

      Any helpful suggestions welcome.

      Thanx,
      Garth

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        garthk
        last edited by

        Well I tried rebuilding with 2.0.1 but without the mirror and all seemed to go well so then I tried installing clean with 2.1 with the same result: No IDE or SCSI drives detected. I'm using an old Dell SC430 server with a Pentium D (original multi-core CPU) and 4G RAM and it works fine with 2.0.1 but not (so far) with 2.1. The box has worked well with everything but 2.1 including ESXi, various Linux distros, pfSense 2.0.1 and previous, and various Windows versions.

        Any suggestions?

        Thanx,
        Garth

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Did you ever try any of the 2.1 beta/RC images?

          2.1 is built on FreeBSD 8.3 which has better hardware support. This is mostly good but it can cause a problem if some bit of hardware on your board that was previously sitting doing nothing suddenly springs to life.  ;)
          I suspect your HD controller may be operating with a different/modified driver. Often under 2.0.X you would have to select a legacy controller mode in order for pfSense to use it. If you have done that try changing it back to AHCI mode for example. Try changing the disk controller mode anyway even if it's a still at the default.

          Steve

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            garthk
            last edited by

            As to the Beta, I never knew it was in progress until the dashboard indicated that an update was available. As to BIOS, I never changed any settings but I'll take a look to ensure that all is normal.

            So the latest pfSense is on v8.3 of FreeBSD? I was about to give 9.1 a try just to see what happened but that may not be productive.

            Thanx,
            Garth

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Yes, it's 8.3. Trying to load FreeBSD 8.3 would be informative.

              Seeing no drives or drive controllers can usually be rectified by trying a different mode though.

              Steve

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                LateNight
                last edited by

                @garthk:

                Not much response so I'm wondering if this has been tried by anyone. If not, is a mirrored install still supported in 2.1?

                I can confirm that mirroring still works in 2.1, at least with the hardware I'm using. I upgraded from 2.0.3, and it went smoothly. gmirror status reports that my RAID is "COMPLETE" and all 3 drives are "ACTIVE".

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                  Sn3ak
                  last edited by

                  garthk,

                  can you boot your clean 2.0.1 install, go to Diagnostics, Command Prompt, and in the top box type dmesg and execute, then paste the results here?
                  (and since I no longer have 2.0.1 boxes, and can't remember if that menu is there or not, you may just need to go to http://ip.of.your.pfsense/exec.php)

                  It may help to determine what is going on.

                  My gmirror setup survived the upgrade no problem, I doubt its the mirror that is the problem, but a driver problem.

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                    garthk
                    last edited by

                    Sure can and I appreciate the responses. Note that this install is not mirrored since I was trying to test with a single drive to see if that made a difference (it didn't). If I need to rebuild using a mirror, let me know and I can do that. BTW, the install for 2.1 did not give me the option to set up a mirror during install. No big surprise, I guess, since it didn't see any drives.

                    Thanx again,
                    Garth

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                    Copyright © 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
                    Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                    FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
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                        root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 i386
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                      Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf44  Family = f  Model = 4  Stepping = 4
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                    real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
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                    FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
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                    cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
                    ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
                    ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                    lapic0: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                    netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
                    wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
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                    module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xc0988300, 0) error 1
                    ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
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                    module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xc0789340, 0) error 1
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                    module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xc07893e0, 0) error 1
                    ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
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                    module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xc0789480, 0) error 1
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                    acpi0: reservation of 100000, f00000 (3) failed
                    acpi0: reservation of 1000000, eee8cc00 (3) failed
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                    igb0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
                    igb0: [ITHREAD]
                    igb0: [ITHREAD]
                    igb0: [ITHREAD]
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                    igb1: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
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                    uhci0: [ITHREAD]
                    uhci0: LegSup = 0x3000
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                    uhci1: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 22 at device 29.1 on pci0
                    uhci1: [ITHREAD]
                    usbus1: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
                    uhci2: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
                    uhci2: [ITHREAD]
                    usbus2: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2
                    uhci3: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0xff20-0xff3f irq 23 at device 29.3 on pci0
                    uhci3: [ITHREAD]
                    usbus3: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">on uhci3
                    ehci0: <intel 82801gb="" r="" (ich7)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xffa80800-0xffa80bff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0
                    ehci0: [ITHREAD]
                    usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
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                    pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
                    pci5: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib5
                    vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xcc80-0xccff mem 0xfa000000-0xfbffffff,0xfdcc0000-0xfdcfffff at device 7.0 on pci5
                    isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
                    isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                    atapci0: <intel ich7="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf irq 16 at device 31.1 on pci0
                    ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
                    ata0: [ITHREAD]
                    atapci1: <intel ich7="" sata300="" controller="">port 0xfe00-0xfe07,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfea0-0xfeaf irq 20 at device 31.2 on pci0
                    atapci1: [ITHREAD]
                    ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1
                    ata2: [ITHREAD]
                    ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1
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                    pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
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                    uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
                    uart0: [FILTER]
                    pmtimer0 on isa0
                    orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcbfff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
                    sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
                    sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
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                    ppc0: parallel port not found.
                    p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
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                    Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                    IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                    usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                    usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                    usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                    usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                    usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
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                    lapic1: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                    SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                    GEOM: ad5s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s).
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                    Root mount waiting for: usbus4
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                    Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      So to confirm, you have two 80GB SATA drives and they're both on the same channel?

                      Since you are using SATA drives this suggests even more strongly (to me) that changing the SATA mode in the bios could be the solution. Unless you've already tried that.  ;)

                      Steve

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                        garthk
                        last edited by

                        Correct but I have not tried changing the bios settings yet. To be clear, I will change a setting in the bios back to AHCI if not already set to that and retest, attempting a clean 2.1install.

                        Thanx,
                        Garth

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          That's exactly what I would do.  :)
                          AHCI is now the recommended setting for SATA drives.

                          Steve

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                            garthk
                            last edited by

                            The controller is listed as SATA-2 but there is no option anywhere in the bios settings that references AHCI. This box may just be too old?

                            Thanx,
                            Garth

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Hmm, yes P4 would have been at the very beginning of the SATA era. Some of those early SATA controllers can give all sorts of problems, especially those that used separate on-board chips from some other company. I have a box here that will not boot Linux from it's SATA drive no matter what I do to it. Your SATA controller seems to be part of the ICH7 chipset so I would expect better support. Are you on the latest BIOS? Separate SATA firmware?

                              Steve

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                                garthk
                                last edited by

                                It appears that the Dell SC430 BIOS does not have the option of setting AHCI as discussed in this link: http://rants.atmurray.net/2009/06/sata-ahci-mode-on-systems-without-bios.html.

                                There is a Linux hack to modify the grub loader but I would have no idea how to do that in FreeBSD.

                                Probably time to virtualize pfSense or find another box to run it on.

                                Note: I just saw you latest post and, while I normally keep the BIOS up-to-date, I'll check to see if there is a newer one.

                                Thanx,
                                Garth

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                                  garthk
                                  last edited by

                                  Well, I moved to a newer box and I can state that 2.1 installs successfully using a mirrored config.

                                  Thanx for all the help,
                                  Garth

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