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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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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
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                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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