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    Pfsense not booting on USB and SD on Alix APU.1c

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    • H
      hugo
      last edited by

      Hallo,

      i have the same problems with my apu, but instead of pfsense i use ipcop.

      things done:
      = install to USB-Stick => work
      = install the same to harddisk => work
      = install the same to SD => installation worked => booting failed

      enter handle_19:
        NULL
      Booting from Hard Disk…
      Booting from 0000:7c00

      PROBLEM SOLVED:
      –----------------------
      My problem was a bad formated SD-Card/USB stick.

      I used "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" for formating and Win32DiskImage to write the image to USB and then i had no probles with install on SD.

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      • dotdashD
        dotdash
        last edited by

        @ozlecz:

        it boots now with the 386nano image..but it has root mount error issue and goes to mountroot> prompt

        sorry but am totally new on this..thx

        note that ive written the image thru physdiskwrte

        Did you go through the procedure (documented here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=59555.msg406438#msg406438) to set the boot delay?

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          ozlecz
          last edited by

          i did that…in fact it was working now with USB stick but not on an SD.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            NanoBSD, 2g, amd64, 2.1.1 on a class 4 SD card worked fine for me on the APU I have. Nothing special aside from kern.cam.boot_delay.

            (If you thought CF was slow, wait til you use an SD below a class 10… :-) )

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              ozlecz
              last edited by

              am getting this on the physdiskwrite..same for ADATA and transcend 4Gb SD

              3965190144 bytes writtenWrite error after 3965190144 bytes (8192).

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Use a smaller image. Try the 2GB NanoBSD on the 4GB card. The card is probably too small to contain the full image. See many other topics for more info on how card makers do that and why.

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                  ozlecz
                  last edited by

                  still it goes to mountroot>

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    It will do that until/unless you do the kern.cam.boot_delay change as mentioned in many similar threads for the APU.

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                      ozlecz
                      last edited by

                      please find below running config; see the command as per advised…thx

                      ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒P▒▒▒▒▒▒8▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒\X▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒/boot/config: -h
                      Consoles: serial port
                      BIOS drive C: is disk0
                      BIOS 639kB/2064811kB available memory

                      FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
                      (root@snapshots-8_3-amd64.builders.pfsense.org, Wed Sep 11 19:11:30 EDT 2013)
                      Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
                      /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x8cc0f8 data=0x5553c8+0xc24e0 syms=[0x8+0xe3700+0x8+0xd15e4]
                      /
                      Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
                      Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 3 seconds…

                      Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
                      OK
                      OK
                      OK
                      OK set kern.cam.boot.delay=10000
                      OK
                      OK
                      OK
                      OK boot
                      Copyright (c) 1992-2012 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 8.3-RELEASE-p11 #0: Wed Sep 11 19:29:56 EDT 2013
                          root@snapshots-8_3-amd64.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.amd64 amd64
                      Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                      CPU: AMD G-T40E Processor (1000.00-MHz K8-class CPU)
                        Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x500f20  Family = 14  Model = 2  Stepping = 0
                        Features=0x178bfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,htt>Features2=0x802209 <sse3,mon,ssse3,cx16,popcnt>AMD Features=0x2e500800 <syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,page1gb,rdtscp,lm>AMD Features2=0x35ff <lahf,cmp,svm,extapic,cr8,abm,sse4a,mas,prefetch,ibs,skinit,wdt>TSC: P-state invariant
                      real memory  = 2115411968 (2017 MB)
                      avail memory = 2021490688 (1927 MB)
                      ACPI APIC Table: <core  coreboot="">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 <version 2.1="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                      wlan: mac acl policy registered
                      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, 0xffffffff8041ca10, 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, 0xffffffff8041cab0, 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, 0xffffffff8041cb50, 0) error 1
                      cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
                      padlock0: No ACE support.
                      acpi0: <core coreboot="">on motherboard
                      acpi0: [ITHREAD]
                      acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                      Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
                      acpi_timer0: <32-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
                      pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff,0x7f000000-0xffffffff on acpi0
                      pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
                      pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 4.0 on pci0
                      pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
                      re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xfe600000-0xfe600fff,0xfe500000-0xfe503fff at device 0.0 on pci1
                      re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
                      re0: ASPM disabled
                      re0: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                      re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
                      miibus0: <mii bus="">on re0
                      rgephy0: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
                      rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
                      re0: [ITHREAD]
                      pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 5.0 on pci0
                      pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
                      re1: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xfe800000-0xfe800fff,0xfe700000-0xfe703fff at device 0.0 on pci2
                      re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
                      re1: ASPM disabled
                      re1: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                      re1: MAC rev. 0x00000000
                      miibus1: <mii bus="">on re1
                      rgephy1: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
                      rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
                      re1: [ITHREAD]
                      pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 6.0 on pci0
                      pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
                      re2: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xfea00000-0xfea00fff,0xfe900000-0xfe903fff at device 0.0 on pci3
                      re2: Using 1 MSI-X message
                      re2: ASPM disabled
                      re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                      re2: MAC rev. 0x00000000
                      miibus2: <mii bus="">on re2
                      rgephy2: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus2
                      rgephy2:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
                      re2: [ITHREAD]
                      atapci0: <ati 800="" ixp700="" sata300="" controller="">port 0x4020-0x4027,0x4040-0x4043,0x4028-0x402f,0x4044-0x4047,0x4000-0x400f mem 0xfeb08000-0xfeb083ff at device 17.0 on pci0
                      atapci0: [ITHREAD]
                      atapci0: AHCI v1.20 controller with 4 6Gbps ports, PM supported
                      ata2: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci0
                      ata2: [ITHREAD]
                      ata3: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci0
                      ata3: [ITHREAD]
                      ata4: <ata channel="">at channel 2 on atapci0
                      ata4: [ITHREAD]
                      ata5: <ata channel="">at channel 3 on atapci0
                      ata5: [ITHREAD]
                      ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb04000-0xfeb04fff at device 18.0 on pci0
                      ohci0: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci0
                      ehci0: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08400-0xfeb084ff at device 18.2 on pci0
                      ehci0: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
                      usbus1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
                      ohci1: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb05000-0xfeb05fff at device 19.0 on pci0
                      ohci1: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci1
                      ehci1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08500-0xfeb085ff at device 19.2 on pci0
                      ehci1: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
                      usbus3: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci1
                      pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 20.0 (no driver attached)
                      atapci1: <ati 800="" ixp700="" udma133="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x4010-0x401f at device 20.1 on pci0
                      ata0: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci1
                      ata0: [ITHREAD]
                      ata1: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci1
                      ata1: [ITHREAD]
                      isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 20.3 on pci0
                      isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                      pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 20.4 on pci0
                      pci0: couldn't attach pci bus
                      device_attach: pcib4 attach returned 6
                      ohci2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb06000-0xfeb06fff at device 20.5 on pci0
                      ohci2: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus4: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci2
                      pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 21.0 on pci0
                      pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib5
                      ohci3: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfeb07000-0xfeb07fff at device 22.0 on pci0
                      ohci3: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus5: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci3
                      ehci2: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfeb08600-0xfeb086ff at device 22.2 on pci0
                      ehci2: [ITHREAD]
                      usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
                      usbus6: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci2
                      acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
                      atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
                      orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xee800-0xeffff on isa0
                      ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
                      uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
                      uart0: [FILTER]
                      uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
                      uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
                      uart1: [FILTER]
                      acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling="">on cpu0
                      RTC BIOS diagnostic error ff <clock_battery,rom_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time>Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
                      IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                      usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                      usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                      ugen0.1: <ati>at usbus0
                      uhub0: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
                      ugen1.1: <ati>at usbus1
                      uhub1: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
                      usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                      usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                      ugen2.1: <ati>at usbus2
                      uhub2: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
                      ugen3.1: <ati>at usbus3
                      uhub3: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
                      usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                      usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                      ugen4.1: <ati>at usbus4
                      uhub4: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
                      ugen5.1: <ati>at usbus5
                      uhub5: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
                      usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                      uhub0: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                      ugen6.1: <ati>at usbus6
                      uhub6: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
                      SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                      Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus5 usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1
                      uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                      uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                      uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                      Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus3 usbus1
                      uhub1: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                      uhub3: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                      uhub6: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                      ugen6.2: <generic>at usbus6
                      umass0: <generic 0="" 2="" flash="" card="" readerwriter,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.01="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
                      Root mount waiting for: usbus6
                      Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
                      ROOT MOUNT ERROR:
                      If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from
                      the loader prompt:

                      set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw

                      and then remove invalid mount options from /etc/fstab.

                      Loader variables:
                      vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
                      vfs.root.mountfrom.options=ro,sync,noatime

                      Manual root filesystem specification:
                        <fstype>:<device>  Mount <device>using filesystem <fstype>eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                                            eg. cd9660:/dev/acd0
                                            This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /

                      ?                  List valid disk boot devices
                        <empty line="">      Abort manual input

                      mountroot></empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></generic></generic></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></ati></clock_battery,rom_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time></acpi></isa></at></power></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></acpi></acpi></ohci></ohci></acpi></isa></pci-isa></ata></ata></ati></serial></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></ehci></ehci></ohci></ohci></ata></ata></ata></ata></ati></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></high></acpi></acpi></core></software></version></core ></lahf,cmp,svm,extapic,cr8,abm,sse4a,mas,prefetch,ibs,skinit,wdt></syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,page1gb,rdtscp,lm></sse3,mon,ssse3,cx16,popcnt></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,htt>

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        It is not kern.cam.boot.delay, it is kern.cam.boot_delay

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                          ozlecz
                          last edited by

                          @jimp

                          great…it works now...thx a lot....

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                            hollister
                            last edited by

                            Back to the main problem… F12 not working or USB image incorrect.

                            things done:
                            =install the memstick image to USB using physdiskwrite successful
                            =install the same on SD
                            =install SD and USB stick one at a time but failed
                            =at one point on the startup press F12 and select the proper drive but still failing to boot

                            Pls help as we know we have an issue on the supplied mSATA ssd

                            F12 is not functioning, it is not booting from the USB stick

                            ...
                            Booting from Hard Disk...
                            Booting from 0000:7c00

                            I tried:

                            • physdiskwrite
                            • HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" for formating and Win32DiskImage to write the image to USB
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                              hollister
                              last edited by

                              Resolved.
                              Hyperterminal in Windows did not work.
                              Downloaded Putty and F12 was working.

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                                hollister
                                last edited by

                                F12 is now working and providing the boot options

                                1. USB MSC Drive USB Flash…
                                2. AHCI/O: SuperSSpeed S238 16G ...

                                when choosing 1.
                                it still sais
                                ...
                                Booting from Hard Disk ...

                                switching really quick to speed 9600

                                Now the pfsense Option are on the screen.
                                choosing (3) to boot from USB

                                Now (C) for Continue
                                Vlan No
                                Adding WAN :re0
                                LAN: re1
                                OPT: re2

                                then setup of IP
                                choosing 10.1.0.12
                                DHCP: no
                                http: no

                                now option 99 to install to HD

                                now rebooting without USB,
                                yeah!! but there is a but

                                switching to 115200 speed
                                Now its booting from HD
                                but it is displaying the following

                                Booting from Hard Disk ...

                                F1  pfSense

                                F6 PXE

                                and its not moving on.

                                When pressing F1 it works.
                                How do I take the last challenge ?

                                Starting a new thread:
                                pfSense not booting after install, waiting for F1

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