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    Mirrored 2.0.1 ugrade/clean install to 2.1 fails

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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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
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                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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                $ dmesg
                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.
                FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 17:53:00 EST 2011
                    root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 i386
                Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2793.02-MHz 686-class CPU)
                  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf44  Family = f  Model = 4  Stepping = 4
                  Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x641d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr>AMD Features=0x20100000 <nx,lm>TSC: P-state invariant
                real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
                avail memory = 3926814720 (3744 MB)
                ACPI APIC Table: <dell  pesc430="">FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
                FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
                cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
                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/.
                wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                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/.
                ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xc0789340, 0) error 1
                ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
                ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                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/.
                ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xc0789480, 0) error 1
                wlan: mac acl policy registered
                kbd1 at kbdmux0
                cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
                padlock0: No ACE support.
                acpi0: <dell pesc430="">on motherboard
                acpi0: [ITHREAD]
                acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
                acpi0: reservation of 100000, f00000 (3) failed
                acpi0: reservation of 1000000, eee8cc00 (3) failed
                Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
                acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
                cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
                cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
                acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
                Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
                acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
                acpi_button0: enable wake failed
                pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
                pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
                pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
                pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
                igb0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" version="" -="" 2.2.3="">port 0xdcc0-0xdcdf mem 0xfeac0000-0xfeadffff,0xfe000000-0xfe3fffff,0xfeab8000-0xfeabbfff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
                igb0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
                igb0: [ITHREAD]
                igb0: [ITHREAD]
                igb0: [ITHREAD]
                igb1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" version="" -="" 2.2.3="">port 0xdce0-0xdcff mem 0xfeae0000-0xfeafffff,0xfe400000-0xfe7fffff,0xfeabc000-0xfeabffff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
                igb1: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
                igb1: [ITHREAD]
                igb1: [ITHREAD]
                igb1: [ITHREAD]
                pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
                pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
                pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
                pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
                pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
                pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib4
                bge0: <broadcom netxtreme="" gigabit="" ethernet="" controller,="" asic="" rev.="" 0x004001="">mem 0xfdef0000-0xfdefffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci4
                miibus0: <mii bus="">on bge0
                brgphy0: <bcm5750 10="" 100="" 1000basetx="" phy="">PHY 1 on miibus0
                brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
                bge0: [ITHREAD]
                uhci0: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0
                uhci0: [ITHREAD]
                uhci0: LegSup = 0x3000
                usbus0: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
                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
                usbus4: <intel 82801gb="" r="" (ich7)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
                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
                ata3: [ITHREAD]
                pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
                atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
                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>
                vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
                atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
                atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
                kbd0 at atkbd0
                atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
                atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
                ppc0: parallel port not found.
                p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
                p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
                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
                acd0: CDROM <gcr-8485b 1.06="">at ata0-master UDMA33
                ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
                uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
                uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
                ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
                uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
                ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
                uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
                ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
                uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
                ad4: 76293MB <wdc wd800jd-75msa2="" 10.01e03="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA
                ad5: 76293MB <wdc wd800jd-75msa2="" 10.01e03="">at ata2-slave UDMA100 SATA
                lapic1: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
                SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                GEOM: ad5s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s).
                Root mount waiting for: usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
                uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                Root mount waiting for: usbus4
                uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
                Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
                ugen1.2: <microsoft>at usbus1
                ums0: <microsoft 0="" 2="" microsoft="" optical="" mouse="" with="" tilt="" wheel,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.20,="" addr="">on usbus1
                ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=17
                ums0: 0 buttons and [T] coordinates ID=0
                ugen2.2: <dell>at usbus2
                ukbd0: <dell 0="" 2="" dell="" usb="" entry="" keyboard,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.10="" 1.15,="" addr="">on usbus2
                kbd2 at ukbd0
                pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
                bge0: link state changed to UP
                igb0: link state changed to UP</dell></dell></microsoft></microsoft></wdc></wdc></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></gcr-8485b></cpu></cpu></at></keyboard></generic></system></isa></at></serial></ata></ata></intel></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></bcm5750></mii></broadcom></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></power></high></acpi></acpi></dell></software></version></dell ></nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>

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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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