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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • O Offline
      ozlecz
      last edited by

      forget to tell…the storage is msata..

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        vindenesen
        last edited by

        Hi ozlecz,

        I would guess the same way that you installed 2.2? If you are running the "full" version, and not the embedded/nano (which I have no experience with), you can just run the installer of 2.1.4, select quick install, and it will wipe your disk before installing.

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          If you are running Nano then just reflash it to the mSATA. There is no 'downgrade' option.
          Importantly the config file from your 2.2 install probably won't restore onto a 2.1.4 install.

          Steve

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            ozlecz
            last edited by

            wouldnt the APUTinyCore for PCEngines installer detect the existing higher version and NOT proceed?

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              I don't have an APU but as far as I can see the TinyCore installer is only for updating the BIOS code on the board. You shouldn't need to use it to install pfSense. The pfSense installer will warn you it's about to reformat the drive but it does not detect the existing version AFAIK.

              Steve

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                ozlecz
                last edited by

                yes there is that utility there to update the bios…but ive also used that to boot on a usb and install the 2.2 to the msata using gzip...

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                • stephenw10S Offline
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Ok, well if you're just un-gziping the file onto the msata disk then there will be no version checking etc. It will simply overwrite whatever is there.

                  Steve

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                    ozlecz
                    last edited by

                    just one more thing…i dont know the boot order of the APU...incase it will prioritize the msata, how can i change that to USB? thanks

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                      ozlecz
                      last edited by

                      this is the result of doing the gzip command from the tinyCore.

                      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
                      umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4001
                      umass0:0:0👎 Attached to scbus0
                      Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
                      WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
                      da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
                      da0: <multiple card ="" reader="" 1.00="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device
                      da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
                      da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
                      ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=1710063
                      ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (0 retries left) LBA=1710063
                      ad4: FAILURE - READ_MUL timed out LBA=1710063
                      g_vfs_done():ufs/pfsense0[READ(offset=875511808, length=53248)]error = 5
                      vnode_pager_getpages: I/O read error
                      vm_fault: pager read error, pid 24 (sh)
                      pid 24 (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 11
                      Jul 30 02:50:35 init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user mode
                      Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
                      ?</multiple></generic></generic>

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                        ozlecz
                        last edited by

                        reinstalled again and here is what ive got

                        Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfsense0
                        da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
                        da0: <multiple card ="" reader="" 1.00="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device
                        da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
                        da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2489919
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2490015
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=1243943
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=1710063
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2255727
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2253879
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2258919
                        Configuring crash dumps…
                        Mounting filesystems...
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=3436359
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=934231
                        Setting up memory disks...ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2255527
                        done.
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2258623
                        Disabling APM on /dev/ad4

                        ___
                        / f
                        / p _                        / Sense
                        _                        / 
                            _                        _/

                        Welcome to pfSense 2.1.4-RELEASE  ...

                        Creating symlinks......ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2491295
                        done.
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2803655
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=2943431
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=3133047
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (0 retries left) LBA=3133047
                        ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=3130375</multiple>

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                        • stephenw10S Offline
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Hmm, well that doesn't look happy. As I said I don't have an APU but I know there were some issues with the mSATA modules originally being supplied by PCengines. ESF/Netgate stopped using them because of this. What mSATA do you have?
                          There appears to be no obvious cause or workaround for this particular error.

                          Steve

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                            ozlecz
                            last edited by

                            well it works straight away during fresh install of 2.2…it si the msata16c (Phison)...the latest version of their msata...maybe it needs formatting before installing...i want to try that but i dont know how...

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                            • stephenw10S Offline
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Ok, so what are you installing, full or Nano? Which image are you using exactly?

                              The msata16c listed by PCEngines doesn't appear to say 'Phison' on it.  :-
                              Edit: The part number could be one of theirs though.

                              Steve

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                                bennyc
                                last edited by

                                @ozlecz:

                                i dont know the boot order of the APU…in case it will prioritize the msata, how can i change that to USB?

                                The boot order can be changed, and saved during bootup of the APU. You need serial console though… press 12 immediately when booting.

                                @ozlecz:

                                maybe it needs formatting before installing…i want to try that but i dont know how

                                Easiest way it to make it boot a live install (install pfSense image on usb stick, boot from that). During pfSense boot, you have options for creating partitions manually, not 100% sure but I would think you can delete them there as well.
                                Note here: I encountered quite some challenges when manually fiddling with the partitions on a mSata. It was on the other hand very easy to install pfSense if I just let the installer take care of that part… And yes it deletes existing partitions if you take the easy way.

                                4x XG-7100 (2xHA), 1x SG-4860, 1x SG-2100
                                1x PC Engines APU2C4, 1x PC Engines APU1C4

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                                  ozlecz
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10

                                  =nano install amd64 4g
                                  =msata16c is phison…counterchecked it with another board with vga..it shows on the boot order

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                                  • stephenw10S Offline
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Just a relabelled drive then.
                                    When 2.1.4 was first released there were some images the weren't correctly labelled, nano+vga labelled as nano. That has been fixed but if you downloaded your image a while ago you may have a bad one. Seems unlikely though.

                                    Steve

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                                      ozlecz
                                      last edited by

                                      iam facing the same issue with fresh install on a msata16c
                                      same procedures works on a msata16b

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