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    PCEngines APU - Booting NanoBSD from SDCard - without having another BSD

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    • C
      chsu83
      last edited by

      @gonzopancho:

      Have you considered buying your APU from the pfSense store?

      Then it "just works".

      IJS…

      If you're using the Image on SD Card you should have the same problem. "Just works" means for me, that you have not the same buildup. Perphaps I've got a good reason for that build up?
      And no, I use PCEngines not only for PFSense. And I'm buying stuff anytime in the same country as I live, when there is no good reason against it. Buying PCEngines hardware elsewhere is no possibility

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        @chsu83:

        REMEMBER & BE AWARE - AT THE MOMENT YOU NEED THE SERIAL CONSOLE AT EVERY UPDATE

        Use loader.conf.local, not loader.conf.

        loader.conf.local is copied over during an upgrade.

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        • ?
          Guest
          last edited by

          @chsu83:

          @gonzopancho:

          Have you considered buying your APU from the pfSense store?

          Then it "just works".

          IJS…

          If you're using the Image on SD Card you should have the same problem. "Just works" means for me, that you have not the same buildup. Perphaps I've got a good reason for that build up?
          And no, I use PCEngines not only for PFSense. And I'm buying stuff anytime in the same country as I live, when there is no good reason against it. Buying PCEngines hardware elsewhere is no possibility

          We are pfSense.  We have a custom version (because we can do that).

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          • N
            nscheffer
            last edited by

            Hi gonzopancho,

            When you say we "are" pfsense and you have a special built to fully support the APU1C do you mean that you could have also a built supporting an APU1C including a 3G or 4G modem (miniPCIe slot) like the Sierra MC8801 or MC7304, LEDs working fine, Thermal sensors, reset button and so on ?

            Thanks

            Nicolas

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            • G
              GLR
              last edited by

              Hello,

              I don't understand and I am becoming crazy because on my side, following this same procedure, it simply doesn't work.

              I wrote the image pfSense-2.1.2-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd-20140410-0542.img to the SD card, booted the APU1c, interrupted the boot and typed the command set kern.cam.boot.delay=10000, but root mounting still fails :

              Consoles: serial port
              BIOS drive C: is disk0
              BIOS 639kB/2064811kB available memory
              
              FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
              (root@pf2.1.1_amd64.pfsense.org, Thu Apr 10 06:26:53 EDT 2014)
              Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
              /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x8d2938 data=0x555948+0xc24e0 syms=[0x8+0xe4000+0x8+0xd2118]
              -
              Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
              Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 4 seconds...
              
              Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
              OK set kern.cam.boot.delay=10000
              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-p15 #0: Thu Apr 10 06:39:47 EDT 2014
                  root@pf2.1.1_amd64.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.amd64 amd64
              

              …

              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</empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></generic></generic> 
              

              Any thought ?

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              • GruensFroeschliG
                GruensFroeschli
                last edited by

                You need to set

                
                kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                
                

                NOT
                kern.cam.boot.delay=10000

                We do what we must, because we can.

                Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                • G
                  GLR
                  last edited by

                  OMG, this silly typo in the APU topic : https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=59555.msg406438#msg406438 !
                  It leaded me to lost several hours :-(
                  Thanks a lot to you however !

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                  • GruensFroeschliG
                    GruensFroeschli
                    last edited by

                    Hehe. I thought i caught all posts of this typo.
                    Apparently missed one ^^"
                    The linked post is now edited.

                    We do what we must, because we can.

                    Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                    • G
                      GLR
                      last edited by

                      Great, thanks.

                      And here above :

                      echo kern.cam.boot_delay=10000 >> /boot/loader.conf

                      Save/Load from path: /boot/loader.conf

                      .local is missing

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                      • ?
                        Guest
                        last edited by

                        @nscheffer:

                        Hi gonzopancho,

                        When you say we "are" pfsense and you have a special built to fully support the APU1C do you mean that you could have also a built supporting an APU1C including a 3G or 4G modem (miniPCIe slot) like the Sierra MC8801 or MC7304, LEDs working fine, Thermal sensors, reset button and so on ?

                        Thanks

                        Nicolas

                        I haven't bothered testing 3G/4G modems in the miniPCIe sockets.

                        But otherwise, yes.

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                        • P
                          piwwo
                          last edited by

                          This STILL doesn't work  >:(

                          
                          Welcome to minicom 2.7
                          
                          PC Engines APU BIOS build date: Apr  5 2014
                          Reading data from file [bootorder]
                          SeaBIOS (version ?-20140405_120742-frink)
                          SeaBIOS (version ?-20140405_120742-frink)
                          Found coreboot cbmem console @ df150400
                          Found mainboard PC Engines APU
                          Relocating init from 0x000e8e71 to 0xdf1065e0 (size 39259)
                          Found CBFS header at 0xfffffb90
                          found file "bootorder" in cbmem
                          CPU Mhz=1000
                          Found 27 PCI devices (max PCI bus is 05)
                          Copying PIR from 0xdf160400 to 0x000f27a0
                          Copying MPTABLE from 0xdf161400/df161410 to 0x000f25b0 with length 1ec
                          Copying ACPI RSDP from 0xdf162400 to 0x000f2590
                          Copying SMBIOS entry point from 0xdf16d800 to 0x000f2570
                          Using pmtimer, ioport 0x808
                          Scan for VGA option rom
                          EHCI init on dev 00:12.2 (regs=0xf7f08420)
                          Found 1 lpt ports
                          Found 2 serial ports
                          AHCI controller at 11.0, iobase f7f08000, irq 11
                          EHCI init on dev 00:13.2 (regs=0xf7f08520)
                          EHCI init on dev 00:16.2 (regs=0xf7f08620)
                          Searching bootorder for: /pci@i0cf8/*@11/drive@0/disk@0
                          AHCI/0: registering: "AHCI/0: TS32GMSA340 ATA-9 Hard-Disk (30533 MiBytes)"
                          Searching bootorder for: /rom@img/setup
                          Searching bootorder for: /rom@img/memtest
                          OHCI init on dev 00:12.0 (regs=0xf7f04000)
                          OHCI init on dev 00:13.0 (regs=0xf7f05000)
                          Searching bootorder for: /pci@i0cf8/usb@12,2/storage@1/*@0/*@0,0
                          Searching bootorder for: /pci@i0cf8/usb@12,2/usb-*@1
                          OHCI init on dev 00:14.5 (regs=0xf7f06000)
                          OHCI init on dev 00:16.0 (regs=0xf7f07000)
                          Searching bootorder for: /pci@i0cf8/usb@16,2/storage@1/*@0/*@0,0
                          Searching bootorder for: /pci@i0cf8/usb@16,2/usb-*@1
                          USB MSC vendor='Multiple' product='Card  Reader' rev='1.00' type=0 removable=1
                          Device reports MEDIUM NOT PRESENT
                          scsi_is_ready returned -1
                          Unable to configure USB MSC drive.
                          Unable to configure USB MSC device.
                          USB MSC vendor='ADATA' product='USB Flash Drive' rev='1100' type=0 removable=1
                          USB MSC blksize=512 sectors=15572992
                          All threads complete.
                          Scan for option roms
                          Running option rom at c000:0003
                          
                                    __ ____                          
                             _ __  / _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___     
                            | '_ \| |_\___ \ / _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \    
                            | |_) |  _|___) |  __/ | | \__ \  __/    
                            | .__/|_| |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___|    
                            |_|                                      
                          
                           +------------Welcome to pfSense-----------+                             
                           |                                         |                 ______         
                           |  1\. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |                /      \        
                           |  2\. Boot [s]ingle User                  |          _____/    f   \       
                           |  3\. [Esc]ape to loader prompt           |         /     \        /       
                           |  4\. Reboot                              |        /   p   \______/  Sense 
                           |                                         |        \       /      \        
                           |  Options:                               |         \_____/        \       
                           |  5\. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)           |               \        /       
                           |  6\. Configure Boot [O]ptions...         |                \______/        
                           |                                         |                             
                           |                                         |                             
                           |                                         |
                           +-----------------------------------------+
                          
                          |
                          To get back to the menu, type `menu' and press ENTER
                          or type `boot' and press ENTER to start pfSense.
                          
                          Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
                          
                          OK set kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                          OK show
                          LINES=24
                          ansi_caption[1]=Boot Multi User [Enter]
                          ansi_caption[2]=Boot Single User
                          ansi_caption[3]=Escape to loader prompt
                          ansi_caption[5]=Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2)
                          ansi_caption[5][0]=Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2)
                          ansi_caption[5][1]=Kernel: kernel.old (2 of 2)
                          ansi_caption[6]=Configure Boot Options...
                          autoboot_delay=NO
                          boot_multicons=YES
                          boot_serial=YES
                          bootfile=kernel
                          comconsole_pcidev=
                          comconsole_port=1016
                          comconsole_speed=115200
                          console=comconsole,vidconsole
                          currdev=disk0s4a:
                          hint.acpi.0.oem=CORE  
                          hint.acpi.0.revision=1
                          hint.acpi.0.rsdp=0x000f2590
                          hint.acpi.0.rsdt=0xdf162424
                          hint.apm.0.disabled=1
                          hint.apm.0.flags=0x20
                          hint.ata.0.at=isa                                       
                          hint.ata.0.irq=14                                       
                          hint.ata.0.port=0x1F0                                   
                          hint.ata.1.at=isa                                       
                          hint.ata.1.irq=15                                       
                          hint.ata.1.port=0x170                                   
                          hint.atkbd.0.at=atkbdc                                  
                          hint.atkbd.0.irq=1                                      
                          hint.atkbdc.0.at=isa                                    
                          hint.atkbdc.0.port=0x060                                
                          hint.atrtc.0.at=isa                                     
                          hint.atrtc.0.irq=8                                      
                          hint.atrtc.0.port=0x70                                  
                          hint.attimer.0.at=isa                                   
                          hint.attimer.0.irq=0                                    
                          hint.attimer.0.port=0x40                                
                          hint.fd.0.at=fdc0                                       
                          hint.fd.0.drive=0                                       
                          hint.fd.1.at=fdc0                                       
                          hint.fd.1.drive=1                                       
                          hint.fdc.0.at=isa                                       
                          hint.fdc.0.drq=2                                        
                          hint.fdc.0.irq=6                                        
                          hint.fdc.0.port=0x3F0                                   
                          hint.ppc.0.at=isa                                       
                          hint.ppc.0.irq=7                                        
                          hint.psm.0.at=atkbdc                                    
                          hint.psm.0.irq=12                                       
                          hint.sc.0.at=isa                                        
                          hint.sc.0.flags=0x100                                   
                          hint.uart.0.at=isa                                      
                          hint.uart.0.flags=0x10                                  
                          hint.uart.0.irq=4                                       
                          hint.uart.0.port=0x3F8                                  
                          hint.uart.1.at=isa                                      
                          hint.uart.1.irq=3                                       
                          hint.uart.1.port=0x2F8                                  
                          hint.wbwd.0.at=isa                                      
                          hw.uart.console=io:1016,br:115200                       
                          interpret=OK                                            
                          kern.cam.boot_delay=10000                               
                          kernel=kernel                                           
                          kernel[0]=kernel                                        
                          kernel[1]=kernel.old                                    
                          kernel_options=                                         
                          loaddev=disk0s4a:                                       
                          loader_color=NO                                         
                          loader_conf_files=/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local
                          mac_ifoff=NO                                            
                          mainansi_caption[1]=Boot Multi User [Enter]             
                          mainansi_caption[2]=Boot Single User                    
                          mainansi_caption[3]=Escape to loader prompt             
                          mainansi_caption[6]=Configure Boot Options...           
                          mainmenu_caption[1]=Boot Multi User [Enter]             
                          mainmenu_caption[2]=Boot [s]ingle User                  
                          mainmenu_caption[3]=[Esc]ape to loader prompt           
                          mainmenu_caption[6]=Configure Boot [O]ptions...         
                          mainmenu_command[1]=boot                                
                          mainmenu_command[2]=altboot                             
                          mainmenu_command[3]=goto_prompt                         
                          mainmenu_command[5]=cycle_kernel                        
                          mainmenu_command[6]=2 goto_menu                         
                          mainmenu_init[1]=init_boot                              
                          mainmenu_init[2]=init_altboot                           
                          mainmenu_kernel=5                                       
                          mainmenu_keycode[3]=27                                  
                          mainmenu_keycode[5]=107                                 
                          mainmenu_keycode[6]=111                                 
                          mainmenu_options=5                                      
                          mainmenu_reboot=                                        
                          maintoggled_ansi[1]=Boot Single User [Enter]            
                          maintoggled_ansi[2]=Boot Multi User                     
                          maintoggled_text[1]=Boot [s]ingle User [Enter]          
                          maintoggled_text[2]=Boot [M]ulti User                   
                          menu_caption[1]=Boot Multi User [Enter]                 
                          menu_caption[2]=Boot [s]ingle User                      
                          menu_caption[3]=[Esc]ape to loader prompt               
                          menu_caption[5]=[K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)               
                          menu_caption[5][0]=[K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)            
                          menu_caption[5][1]=[K]ernel: kernel.old (2 of 2)        
                          menu_caption[6]=Configure Boot [O]ptions...             
                          menu_command[1]=boot                                    
                          menu_command[2]=altboot                                 
                          menu_command[3]=goto_prompt                             
                          menu_command[5]=cycle_kernel                            
                          menu_command[6]=2 goto_menu
                          menu_init[1]=init_boot
                          menu_init[2]=init_altboot
                          menu_kernel=5
                          menu_keycode[1]=98
                          menu_keycode[2]=115
                          menu_keycode[3]=27
                          menu_keycode[5]=107
                          menu_keycode[6]=111
                          menu_options=5
                          menu_reboot=
                          menu_timeout_command=boot
                          menuset_initial=1
                          menuset_name1=main
                          menuset_name2=options
                          module_path=/boot/modules
                          optionsansi_caption[1]=Back to Main Menu [Backspace]
                          optionsansi_caption[2]=Load System Defaults
                          optionsansi_caption[3]=ACPI Support Off
                          optionsansi_caption[4]=Safe Mode... Off
                          optionsansi_caption[5]=Single User. Off
                          optionsansi_caption[6]=Verbose..... Off
                          optionsmenu_acpi=3                                      
                          optionsmenu_caption[1]=Back to Main Menu [Backspace]
                          optionsmenu_caption[2]=Load System [D]efaults
                          optionsmenu_caption[3]=[A]CPI Support off
                          optionsmenu_caption[4]=Safe [M]ode... off
                          optionsmenu_caption[5]=[s]ingle User. off
                          optionsmenu_caption[6]=[V]erbose..... off
                          optionsmenu_command[1]=1 goto_menu
                          optionsmenu_command[2]=set_default_boot_options
                          optionsmenu_command[3]=toggle_acpi
                          optionsmenu_command[4]=toggle_safemode
                          optionsmenu_command[5]=toggle_singleuser
                          optionsmenu_command[6]=toggle_verbose
                          optionsmenu_init[4]=init_safemode
                          optionsmenu_init[5]=init_singleuser
                          optionsmenu_init[6]=init_verbose
                          optionsmenu_keycode[1]=8
                          optionsmenu_keycode[2]=100
                          optionsmenu_keycode[3]=97
                          optionsmenu_keycode[4]=109
                          optionsmenu_keycode[5]=115
                          optionsmenu_keycode[6]=118
                          optionsmenu_options=3
                          optionsmenu_optionstext=Boot Options:                   
                          optionstoggled_ansi[3]=ACPI Support On
                          optionstoggled_ansi[4]=Safe Mode... On
                          optionstoggled_ansi[5]=Single User. On
                          optionstoggled_ansi[6]=Verbose..... On
                          optionstoggled_text[3]=[A]CPI Support On
                          optionstoggled_text[4]=Safe [M]ode... On
                          optionstoggled_text[5]=[s]ingle User. On
                          optionstoggled_text[6]=[V]erbose..... On
                          prompt=${interpret}
                          smbios.bios.reldate=04/05/2014
                          smbios.bios.vendor=coreboot
                          smbios.bios.version=SageBios_PCEngines_APU-45
                          smbios.chassis.maker=PC Engines
                          smbios.socket.enabled=1
                          smbios.socket.populated=1
                          smbios.system.maker=PC Engines
                          smbios.system.product=APU
                          smbios.system.serial=980545
                          smbios.system.version=1.0
                          smbios.version=2.7
                          toggled_ansi[1]=Boot Single User [Enter]
                          toggled_ansi[2]=Boot Multi User
                          toggled_text[1]=Boot [s]ingle User [Enter]              
                          toggled_text[2]=Boot [M]ulti User
                          OK 
                          OK  
                          OK boot
                          /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x1230515 data=0x835970+0x28f360 syms=[0x4+0xf7490+0x4+0x170be5]
                          Booting...
                          KDB: debugger backends: ddb
                          KDB: current backend: ddb
                          507904K of memory above 4GB ignored
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                          FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p15 #0 c5ab052(releng/10.1)-dirty: Sat Jul 25 20:25:50 CDT 2015
                              root@pfs22-i386-builder:/usr/obj.i386/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.10 i386
                          FreeBSD clang version 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032) 20140512
                          CPU: AMD G-T40E Processor (1000.02-MHz 686-class CPU)
                            Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x500f20  Family = 0x14  Model = 0x2  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, performance statistics
                          real memory  = 3742687232 (3569 MB)
                          avail memory = 3641274368 (3472 MB)
                          Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
                          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
                          random device not loaded; using insecure entropy
                          ioapic0 <version 2.1=""> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                          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, 0xc0813d20, 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, 0xc0813dd0, 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, 0xc0813e80, 0) error 1
                          iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
                          iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xc083c4b0, 0) error 1
                          iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
                          iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xc083c560, 0) error 1
                          iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
                          iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xc083c610, 0) error 1
                          wlan: mac acl policy registered
                          kbd0 at kbdmux0
                          random: <software, yarrow=""> initialized
                          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xc1229830, 0) error 19
                          cryptosoft0: <software crypto=""> on motherboard
                          padlock0: No ACE support.
                          acpi0: <core coreboot=""> on motherboard
                          acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                          cpu0: <acpi cpu=""> on acpi0
                          cpu1: <acpi cpu=""> on acpi0
                          atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock=""> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
                          Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
                          attimer0: <at timer=""> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
                          Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                          Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
                          Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
                          acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
                          hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer=""> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
                          Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
                          Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550
                          Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
                          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 4.0 on pci0
                          pci1: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib1
                          re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" g="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xf7a00000-0xf7a00fff,0xf7900000-0xf7903fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
                          re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
                          re0: ASPM disabled
                          re0: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                          re0: MAC rev. 0x00200000
                          miibus0: <mii bus=""> on re0
                          rgephy0: <rtl8169s 8211="" 8110s="" 1000base-t="" 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, 1000w
                          re0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3b:da:04
                          pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> irq 17 at device 5.0 on pci0
                          pci2: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib2
                          re1: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" g="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xf7c00000-0xf7c00fff,0xf7b00000-0xf7b03fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
                          re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
                          re1: ASPM disabled
                          re1: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                          re1: MAC rev. 0x00200000
                          miibus1: <mii bus=""> on re1
                          rgephy1: <rtl8169s 8211="" 8110s="" 1000base-t="" 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, 1000w
                          re1: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3b:da:05
                          pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> irq 18 at device 6.0 on pci0
                          pci3: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib3
                          re2: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" g="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xf7e00000-0xf7e00fff,0xf7d00000-0xf7d03fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
                          re2: Using 1 MSI-X message
                          re2: ASPM disabled
                          re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
                          re2: MAC rev. 0x00200000
                          miibus2: <mii bus=""> on re2
                          rgephy2: <rtl8169s 8211="" 8110s="" 1000base-t="" 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, 1000w
                          re2: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:3b:da:06
                          ahci0: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" ahci="" sata="" controller=""> port 0x4010-0x4017,0x4020-0x4023,0x4018-0x401f,0x4024-0x4027,0x4000-0x400f mem 0xf7f08000-0xf7f083ff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0
                          ahci0: AHCI v1.20 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
                          ahcich0: <ahci channel=""> at channel 0 on ahci0
                          ahcich1: <ahci channel=""> at channel 1 on ahci0
                          ahcich2: <ahci channel=""> at channel 2 on ahci0
                          ahcich3: <ahci channel=""> at channel 3 on ahci0
                          ahcich4: <ahci channel=""> at channel 4 on ahci0
                          ahcich5: <ahci channel=""> at channel 5 on ahci0
                          ohci0: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f04000-0xf7f04fff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0
                          usbus0 on ohci0
                          ehci0: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08400-0xf7f084ff irq 17 at device 18.2 on pci0
                          usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
                          usbus1 on ehci0
                          ohci1: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f05000-0xf7f05fff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0
                          usbus2 on ohci1
                          ehci1: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08500-0xf7f085ff irq 17 at device 19.2 on pci0
                          usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
                          usbus3 on ehci1
                          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
                          pci4: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib4
                          ohci2: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f06000-0xf7f06fff irq 18 at device 20.5 on pci0
                          usbus4 on ohci2
                          pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 21.0 on pci0
                          pci5: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib5
                          ohci3: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f07000-0xf7f07fff at device 22.0 on pci0
                          usbus5 on ohci3
                          ehci2: <amd sb7x0="" sb8x0="" sb9x0="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08600-0xf7f086ff at device 22.2 on pci0
                          usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
                          usbus6 on ehci2
                          acpi_button0: <power button=""> on acpi0
                          pmtimer0 on isa0
                          orm0: <isa option="" rom=""> at iomem 0xee800-0xeffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
                          gpioapu0: Environment returned APU
                          gpioapu0: Address on reg 0x24 is 0xfed80000/4275568640
                          gpioapu0 at iomem 0xfed80100-0xfed801ff on isa0
                          ata0: <ata channel=""> at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0
                          ata1: <ata channel=""> at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0
                          ppc0: <parallel port=""> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
                          ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
                          ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus=""> on ppc0
                          lpt0: <printer> on ppbus0
                          lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
                          ppi0: <parallel i="" o=""> on ppbus0
                          uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
                          uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
                          uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
                          acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling=""> on cpu0
                          acpi_throttle1: <acpi cpu="" throttling=""> on cpu1
                          acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT
                          device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6
                          Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                          IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                          usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                          usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                          usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
                          usbus3: 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
                          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
                          usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
                          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
                          ugen6.1: <ati> at usbus6
                          uhub6: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus6
                          random: unblocking device.
                          ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
                          ada0: <ts32gmsa340 svn423b=""> ATA-9 SATA 3.x device
                          ada0: Serial Number 20141210B89443121156
                          ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
                          ada0: Command Queueing enabled
                          ada0: 30533MB (62533296 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
                          ada0: Previously was known as ad4
                          uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                          uhub0: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                          SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                          Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1000023251 Hz quality 800
                          Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus5 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1
                          uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                          uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                          Root mount waiting for: usbus6 usbus3 usbus1
                          uhub6: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
                          uhub1: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
                          uhub3: 5 ports with 5 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: usbus1
                          da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus8 target 0 lun 0
                          da0: <multiple card ="" reader="" 1.00=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device 
                          da0: Serial Number 058F63666485
                          da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
                          da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
                          da0: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>Root mount waiting for: usbus1
                          ugen1.2: <adata> at usbus1
                          umass1: <adata 0="" 2="" adata="" usb="" flash="" drive,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.10="" 11.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense [ro]...
                          mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/pfSense ...
                          da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus9 target 0 lun 0
                          da1: <adata 1100="" usb="" flash="" drive=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-6 device 
                          da1: Serial Number 13A2813592280025
                          da1: 40.000MB/s transfers
                          da1: 0MB (1 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 0C)
                          da1: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (da1, MBR)
                          GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (diskid/DISK-13A2813592280025, MBR)
                          Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense failed with error 19.
                          
                          Loader variables:
                            vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense
                            vfs.root.mountfrom.options=ro
                          
                          Manual root filesystem specification:
                            <fstype>: <device>[options]
                                Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
                                and with the specified (optional) option list.
                          
                              eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                                  zfs:tank
                                  cd9660:/dev/acd0 ro
                                    (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /)
                          
                            ?               List valid disk boot devices
                            .               Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
                            <empty line="">    Abort manual input
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
                          Invalid file system specification.
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/deb/ufs/pfsense
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/deb/ufs/pfsense []...
                          mountroot: waiting for device /deb/ufs/pfsense ...
                          Mounting from ufs:/deb/ufs/pfsense failed with error 19.
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense []...
                          mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/pfsense ...
                          Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense failed with error 19.
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/dev/da0 
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0 []...
                          g_vfs_done():da0[READ(offset=65536, length=8192)]error = 6
                          Mounting from ufs:/dev/da0 failed with error 6.
                          
                          mountroot> show
                          Invalid file system specification.
                          
                          mountroot> ?
                          
                          List of GEOM managed disk devices:
                            diskid/DISK-13A2813592280025 da1 da0 diskid/DISK-20141210B89443121156 ada0
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/dev/da1
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da1 []...
                          g_vfs_done():da1[READ(offset=65536, length=8192)]error = 5
                          Mounting from ufs:/dev/da1 failed with error 5.
                          
                          mountroot> ufs:/dev/ada0
                          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0 []...
                          Mounting from ufs:/dev/ada0 failed with error 22.
                          
                          mountroot> 
                          
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                          • rmaederR
                            rmaeder
                            last edited by

                            I couldn't get the embedded version (pfSense-2.2.5-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd.img.gz) on a 4GB SD card to work on an apu1d either.

                            umass0: <generic 0="" 2="" flash="" card="" readerwriter,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.01="" 1.00,="" addr="">on 6
                            Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0 [ro,sync,noatime]...
                            mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/pfsense0 ...
                            da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
                            da0: Serial Number 058F63666485
                            da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
                            da0: 3796MB (7774208 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 483C)
                            da0: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (da0, MBR)
                            GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (diskid/DISK-058F63666485, MBR)
                            GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (da0, MBR)
                            Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0 failed with error 19.</no_6_byte></generic> 
                            

                            None of the variable tweaks suggested in various places, such as

                            set kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                            set hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
                            set hw.ata.ata_dma="1"
                            set hw.ata.wc="1"
                            
                            

                            had any effect.
                            I tried writing the card on an SD-USB adaptor (as /dev/sdX) and also a laptop with a native SD interface, where it showed up as /dev/mmcblk0. No difference.

                            In the end I wrote a live image on an USB stick and used that to boot, then install onto the same SD card. This went fine, and with /var and /tmp in RAM, writes to the SD card should be minimal, so not using the embedded version shouldn't be a problem, I assume.

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                              doktornotor Banned
                              last edited by

                              Well, clearly the image got either miswritten, or your SD is too small for 4GB to fit on it. Try with 2GB one instead.

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