OPNsense dead

brainzina

No, the link wasn't the exact model. After some research I did the last minutes, I know it is another model. I bought it in April but the link I was getting it from doesn't work anymore. A friend just gave me the package so I don't even know the exact CPU.

I am trying to look that up to get the right image to flash to the CF card.

brainzina

So here is the exact data of my device.

OPNsense Ghz - pfSense desktop & wallmountable appliance OPN-20074-B
CPU Options
1 x Intel Atom Z530P - 1.6 GHz
Warranty
1 x Standard 1yr Warranty - Parts & Labour
Power supply [Wall mountable]
1 x Power supply - EU plug
Firmware options
1 x pfSense version 2.1 [Release]
Memory Options [2Gb requires 1.6Ghz CPU]
1 x 2 GB RAM
Flash Memory Upgrade Options
1 x 4Gb Compact Flash SLC

I am thinking of using a new CF card if the old one is the cause of the whole situation.

stephenw10

That BIOS output is still odd. Try pressing 'TAB' to enter the setup when it first appears.

OPN-20074-B seems to be this:
https://www.applianceshop.eu/opnsense-a10-dual-core-desktop.html

But that has a different CPU and storage. :-\

Steve

brainzina

I cannot press anything while booting. TAB (and also "s" which I read in another board) doesn't do anything.

I flashed a new system to a CF card. If I boot with the CF card in I get exact the same result as shown above.
If I boot with CF card inside with a new BIOS on it, I only get this message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". If I then press any key it just repeats the message again and again. CTRL + C doens't work and and break (which I can send with ZTerm) has no effect as well.

I tried the old CF card and another one.

Now I am at the end of my thoughts and of everything I could find on the internet.

Any ideas?

stephenw10

How did you write the image to the CF card? Which image did you use exactly?

Steve

brainzina

I used dd on a MacBook to write the image to the CF card. I thought about trying physdiskwrite on a Windows machine to double check tonight.

The exact line was:

sudo dd if=/Users/XXX/Desktop/pfSense-2.1.5-RELEASE-4g-i386-nanobsd.img of=/dev/disk4

Anything wrong with that?

stephenw10

Nope looks good. A lot of people write the gzip'd file without extracting it first.
The output from the BIOS still seems odd to me, it doesn't look like other embedded boxes I've used. Given that the box failed to boot after a power failure and it doesn't seem to be the boot media it may be a bios issue. Could just be the cmos, you could try resetting it.
Have you tried containing applianceshop to ask what the bios output is supposed to look like?

Steve

brainzina

Good idea to hard reset the CMOS. Any ideas how to that with my board? I already googling it.

I'll attach a picture of the board.

stephenw10

It's this in case you hadn't realised:
http://www.openvox.cn/products/ippbx/embedded-motherboards/127/ipc110-detail.html

and:
@http://www.openvox.cn/pub/misc/IPC110%20Hardware%20Installation%20Guide%20v1.0.03.pdf:

CN6 clear CMOS
Setting Function
Close 1-2 Clear CMOS
Open 1-2 (default) Normal

Steve

brainzina

Thanks, I already found it!

So just to be sure. I set the jumper plug in the power chord, wait for a few seconds, plug out the power cord, remove the jumper and that's it. Right?

stephenw10

Normally you would:
Remove the power cord.
Set the jumper.
Wait ~30s.
Reomve the jumper.
Replace the power cord.

Steve

brainzina

Did it like this. Now all three leds are green from the beginning of booting. Nothing comes to the serial console anymore.