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

[ozlecz]

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

3965190144 bytes writtenWrite error after 3965190144 bytes (8192).

[jimp]

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.

[ozlecz]

still it goes to mountroot>

[jimp]

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

[ozlecz]

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.
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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

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[jimp]

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

[ozlecz]

@jimp

great…it works now...thx a lot....

[hollister]

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

[hollister]

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

[hollister]

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