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    30GB max partition size limit for install

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    • K Offline
      kejianshi
      last edited by

      Yes - very strange.  My personal one is 50GB.

      My 1st one ever was about 500GB? (Total overkill, but I didn't know at the time)

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        Wolf666
        last edited by

        No problem with mi Intel S3500 SSD 80 GB.

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Are those one single 'partition' though?

          Steve

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            aGeekhere
            last edited by

            Hi I am running it on an old p4 which came with an old IDE 250GB hard drive WD-WMAEP1110635.

            It seems that every time I create a single partition (for the os) larger then 30GB pfsense will fail lunch (get the non moving \ error).

            As far as why do I need such a large  partition , well what else is the drive going to do?

            Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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            • K Offline
              kejianshi
              last edited by

              Well, the good news is that 30 is plenty.

              Not sure why you are having issues though.

              Could it be the HDD its self?

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                cmb
                last edited by

                Tends to be some weirdness of the BIOS when that happens. Upgrade the BIOS if possible, that may fix it.

                Generally having / be a smaller partition (less than 30 GB in this case), and use the rest as /usr or something else, will work around such issues. Generally the boot partition that has to be at the beginning of the drive in that scenario.

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                  aGeekhere
                  last edited by

                  Funny thing is that it once worked, and I was able to use the whole drive (it happen after trying another Router OS then coming back to pfsense).

                  Maybe boot loader?

                  Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                  • K Offline
                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    I also like that theory…

                    REALLY wipe the drive with gparted.  Try again.

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                    • A Offline
                      aGeekhere
                      last edited by

                      I used boot and nuke, i think it is the other way around. The other OS install a bootloader that worked?
                      I will try it again to see how i go.

                      Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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                        aGeekhere
                        last edited by

                        ok here is the error i get if i create a single partition size to the size of the hard drive

                        error 1 lba 380868527
                        error 1 lba 380868527
                        no /boot/loader

                        FreeBSD/86 boot
                        Default: 0:as(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
                        boot:
                        error 1 lba 380868527
                        no /boot/kernel/kernel

                        FreeBSD/86 boot
                        Default: 0:as(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
                        boot:

                        If I create 2 partitions , 1 50GB the other 200GB and install on the 200GB i get
                        \

                        If I create 2 partitions , 1 30GB the other * and install on the 30GB. Works.

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                        • jimpJ Offline
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          As CMB said that's almost always a BIOS interaction issue. It could be the BIOS + FreeBSD's boot loader, but the BIOS is almost always to blame.

                          Using a custom install and making a 30GB / and using the rest for /usr is the best way around it.

                          Or you could fuss with something like grub to see if that might help.

                          Or toss the old junker and replace it with something better. :-)

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            Or toss the old junker and replace it with something better. :-)

                            Bah! That's taking the easy way out and this guy's middle name is geek.  ;D

                            Steve

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                            • K Offline
                              kejianshi
                              last edited by

                              Definitely no need to toss it.  30GB is plenty…

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                              • A Offline
                                aGeekhere
                                last edited by

                                30GB will do the job, thanks all :)

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