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    Firebox x1250e crash after upgrading

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    • F Offline
      firebox
      last edited by

      Tried switching the kernel at boot and that does not work at all

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        firebox
        last edited by

        Tracing pid 0 tid 100000 td 0xc209d460
        strncmp(0,c13a8aed,3,c2420c54,8c,…) at strncmp+0x20/frame 0xc2420c34
        gpioapu_probe(c7966400,c77d9858,c1df84e4,c796643c,0,...) at gpioapu_probe+0x4e/frame 0xc2420c6c
        device_probe_child(c791be00,c7966400,0,0,0,...) at device_probe_child+0x181/frame 0xc2420ca4
        device_probe(c7966400,c7966400,c2420d24,c0c81c52,c7966400,...) at device_probe+0x41/frame 0xc2420cc8
        device_probe_and_attach(c7966400,c1e0020c,0,c1df8460,c75ea640,...) at device_probe_and_attach+0x12/frame 0xc2420cd8
        isa_probe_children(c791be00) at isa_probe_children+0x112/frame 0xc2420d24
        configure(0,0,2,0,c15f4784,...) at configure+0x1b/frame 0xc2420d30
        mi_startup() at mi_startup+0xe7/frame 0xc2420d58
        begin() at begin+0x2c
        db>

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        • chpalmerC Offline
          chpalmer
          last edited by

          What bios are you running?

          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Have a read through this thread. Identical issue:
            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85930.msg479775#msg479775

            Steve

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              firebox
              last edited by

              @stephenw10:

              Have a read through this thread. Identical issue:
              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85930.msg479775#msg479775

              Steve

              ill give it a try, now only if I could see what the upgrade did instead of having to fix this new install

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                igorek24
                last edited by

                @chpalmer:

                Start here

                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=87312.msg479454#msg479454

                Right at "Simply stop the boot"…

                Worked for me. Thanks.

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                  firebox
                  last edited by

                  Tried this and no go, same error, same screen, same traceback info:

                  set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
                  set hw.ata.ata_dma="1"

                  My HDD is primary and never was slave. BIOS is award BIOS v6

                  I do have the HW to flash BIOS chips directly and via CF card

                  The one I am working on is a new install not an upgrade.

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                    TieT
                    last edited by

                    Hi firebox,

                    I had the same problem (0xc0da8cf0) , can you post your boot.config.local please ?
                    Stephen already posted the link  ;)

                    it should be empty.
                    Also what bios are you using B6 ?
                    I suggest flashing it to B8 and set the HD to auto

                    greetz

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                      firebox
                      last edited by

                      @TieT:

                      Hi firebox,

                      I had the same problem (0xc0da8cf0) , can you post your boot.config.local please ?
                      Stephen already posted the link  ;)

                      it should be empty.
                      Also what bios are you using B6 ?
                      I suggest flashing it to B8 and set the HD to auto

                      greetz

                      Ill get the boot conf tonight. I flashed the latest BIOS to the firebox, the one where you dont have to alter the HDD settings to have the system detect the HDD. I dont know what version it is

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                        firebox
                        last edited by

                        Found the newer BIOS, my file was called ESERM, ill flash XEBIOS_8.BIN tonight. Anyone try this BIOS yet? XEBIOS_81.BIN

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                        • stephenw10S Offline
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          @firebox:

                          my file was called ESERM

                          What file is that? Where did you get it from?

                          Steve

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                            TieT
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10:

                            @firebox:

                            my file was called ESERM

                            What file is that? Where did you get it from?

                            Steve

                            Yeah, that doesn't sound right !
                            anyway the XEBIOS_8.BIN is the correct one  ;)

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                              Whitey436
                              last edited by

                              I see a XEBIOS_8.BIN and XEBIOS_81.BIN file out there.

                              Whats the difference?  I have x8500e and x5500e FBs.

                              Thanks!

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                                TieT
                                last edited by

                                I think you can use the XEBIOS_81.bin bios, but stephen is the person who can tell you exactly what the difference is.

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                                • stephenw10S Offline
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  I forgot to enable the ACPI menu in the bios on version 8. Enabling it didn't seem to justify an entire version jump so I added a .1.
                                  Although in the boot screen I think it says 0.81 any way.  ::)

                                  Versions 1-7, many of which never made it beyond my test box, were based on the code extracted from the x750e (and similar) models. Verison 8 was from code extracted from the SSL model which is equivalent to the X550e in hardware terms but crucially boots from a HD rather than CF.

                                  XEBIOS_81.BIN is the file to use. I didn't link to it for a while because not that many people had tested it but I've yet to here any bad reports so it should be considered the default option at this point.

                                  Steve

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                                    firebox
                                    last edited by

                                    Flashed XEBIOS_8.BIN,

                                    (E17HDD) MOD V0.8 console on com1 115200. Stephenw10 10/12/13

                                    hit ESC during boot to get the loader prompt and entered:

                                    set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
                                    set hw.ata.ata_dma="1"

                                    Then entered boot and enter to start the boot up.

                                    I still get after the above:

                                    cpu0 on motherboard
                                    est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
                                    est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
                                    est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 612102906001029
                                    device_attach: est0 attach returned 6
                                    p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
                                    pmtimer0 on isa0
                                    gpioapu0: Environment returned (null)

                                    Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                                    cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
                                    fault virtual address  = 0x0
                                    fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
                                    instruction pointer    = 0x20:0xc0da8cf0
                                    stack pointer          = 0x28:0xc2420c28
                                    frame pointer          = 0x28:0xc2420c34
                                    code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                                                            = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
                                    processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                                    current process        = 0 (swapper)
                                    [ thread pid 0 tid 100000 ]
                                    Stopped at      strncmp+0x20:  movzbl  0(%esi),%ebx
                                    db></cpu></enhanced>

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                                      firebox
                                      last edited by

                                      I am adding the 81 BIOS to my flash card now and will flash that then enter:

                                      set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
                                      set hw.ata.ata_dma="1"

                                      Then enter boot and enter to start the boot up.

                                      What am I doing wrong here?

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                                        firebox
                                        last edited by

                                        I found some other boot.config files, but while in the loader prompt i cant find a boot.config.local

                                        loader_conf_files="/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local"

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                                        • stephenw10S Offline
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Did you reset the CMOS after flashing the BIOS? Are the IDE parameters now set to auto?
                                          I don't actually think that would make any difference since it's obviously find the drive and booting from it.
                                          One of the bigger changes going to 2.2 is the new drivers for ATA devices:
                                          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/UpgradeGuide#Disk_Driver_Changes
                                          I suspect your install is trying to use swap space in a location that no longer exists, on ad0 as opposed to ada0. For other mounted drives/slices there are aliases to link to the new names but perhaps not with the swap slice. Can you access the filesystem table at /etc/fstab? What are it's contents?

                                          Steve

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                                            firebox
                                            last edited by

                                            Ill check tonight when I have the device in front of me

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