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    Firebox x1250e crash after upgrading

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

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        firebox
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        etc/fstab
        *** FILE etc/fstab BEGIN ***

        Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options        Dump    Pass#

        /dev/ada0s1a              /                  ufs        rw                1          1
        /dev/ada0s1b            none            swap      sw                0          0
        *** FILE etc/fstab END ***

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          TieT
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          Are you sure your HD is mounted as ad0s1a
          because I see you entered this line:```
          set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad0s1a

          
          but your HD in the fstab file is ada0s1a so the mountpount should be:```
          set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s1a
          
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            TieT
            last edited by

            If you type dmesg in console you can see the boot messages and find out the name of your HD.

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Not if you never get to a console.  ;)
              There should be aliases in place to take care of anything that still points at ad0 as opposed to ada0. I speculated that perhaps that isn't working for swap.

              There is a thread that collates all the reports of this error, lets try and keep all info there:
              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=87542.0

              Steve

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                TieT
                last edited by

                Didn't know about the aliases  :)

                I just modified the fstab file

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  No reason to know, it should 'just work'.  ;)

                  Did you update to BIOS 8_1 to make this load do you think?

                  Steve

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                    TieT
                    last edited by

                    I got Bios_81 on mine yes, and the HD settings are set to auto.
                    The only thing i had to change is the fstab file or when booting, testing it with set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/adxxxxxx

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      I think it's the swapper process trying to use DMA and failing. On my box I had to enable UDMA for the IDE channel I was using, did you have to make that change?
                      Also:
                      @unknown001:

                      Also enable ACPI function and IDE primary slave UDMA is now "auto" mode. No longer crashing

                      Steve

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                        TieT
                        last edited by

                        yes i also did those steps

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Ok this is an ACPI problem, it must be enabled:
                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=87542.msg484384#msg484384

                          Steve

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                            firebox
                            last edited by

                            I am a little lost on what I should try next….

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                              firebox
                              last edited by

                              The HDD is being detected as stephenw10 stated since it starts the boot process but ends with that kernel panic info I posted with a trace after.

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                You need to enable ACPI in the BIOS or at least check it's enabled. It could potentially be something else but that will definitely cause the panic you're seeing.

                                Steve

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                                  firebox
                                  last edited by

                                  On it! Thanks stephenw10…Ill try it in about 30min. All I did the other night was pull the FSTAB, I did not reset/check the HDD BIOS settings so I will do that as well since I have to go there for ACPI. Oh I did flash the 8.1 BIOS you created after no change with 8.

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                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    It actually looks like the underlying cause of this is a regression in the gpioapu driver. See: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4363
                                    Enabling ACPI in the BIOS works around it on the firebox though.

                                    Steve

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                                      firebox
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                                      Thats what some of the info was pointing to, GPIOAPU and I thought that was an issue, but found so many things pointing the other way and other people fixed it with those commands and other easier things than fixing the GPIO code, wishful thinking….Haven't gotten a chance to check the BIOS settings yet, but I will post when I so. Thanks for all the help, very appreciated. Love my fireboxes.

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                                        firebox
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                                        So got it to boot once. Now after turning it off and turning it on today I get:

                                        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): READ_DMA. ACB: c8 00 51 8d 1d 46 00 00 00 00 01 00
                                        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): CAM status: ATA Status Error
                                        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): ATA status: 51 (DRDY SERV ERR), error: 40 (UNC )
                                        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): RES: 51 40 51 8d 1d 06 06 00 00 01 00

                                        And it just keeps going and going. I had it up and running for an hour before shutting it down for the night.

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                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmm, looks a lot like this:
                                          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/DMA_and_LBA_Errors#Fatal_Errors
                                          How do you have the drive mounted? Could it be a loose cable or something similar?

                                          Steve

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                                            firebox
                                            last edited by

                                            I started over, ill let you know what happens with a new install same drive. I do have another and another type of drive. I did secure the HDD in there so I would guess it the cable/adapter are not loose.

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