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    [SOLVED] pfSense will only boot in safe mode

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      Patrix87
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      Hi,

      I've installed pfSense 2.3.1 on a Gateway DX4822 *(ECS G43T-AM V2.0 Motherboard)

      I had to set the loader in safemode to install it.

      Now as expected it's only loading pfsense if I manually set it to safe mode with option 6 then 4

      • If I disable APCI it won't boot *even if I enable safemode

      • I went through the boot troubleshooting page without success. * https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting

      they only way I can launch pfsense is by enabling safemode and launching multi-user mode.

      I would like to know if I can simply "force" pfsense to launch in safemode

      Or maybe a list of all the addition I need to make to the /boot/loader.conf.local to be make it boot.

      Any help is appreciated

      Thank you.

      PS: if I disable APIC I get a panic error

      if I try anything else other than safemode the computer reboot before finishing the loading of pfsense.

      if I try single user mode it won't mount pfsense.

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        Patrix87
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        I got the solution from here

        https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/56524/

        I had to disable SMP.

        *I use a very cheat and limited motherboard with literally no configurations in the bios.

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