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      Smoothrunnings
      last edited by

      I figured out I need 32bit.

      After installing 32bit to the 4GB card and booting it.. It seems to be getting stuck after

      ada0: Previously was known as ad0
      Timeoutcounter "TSC" frequency 1300073528 Hz quality 800.

      Any ideas?

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        Smoothrunnings
        last edited by

        This is what I get…

        ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
        ada0: <xmore industrial="" xm-cf-4g0-xic52s(f)="" 081107s4="">ATA-5 device
        ada0: Serial Number 20110127AAAA80001666
        ada0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, PIO 512bytes)
        ada0: 4009MB (8211168 512 byte sectors)
        ada0: Previously was known as ad0
        Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1300075101 Hz quality 800
        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): READ_DMA. ACB: c8 00 df 4a 7d 40 00 00 00 00 01 00
        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): Retrying command
        ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
        ada0: <xmore industrial="" xm-cf-4g0-xic52s(f)="" 081107s4="">s/n 20110127AAAA80001666 detached
        (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed
        Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense [ro]…
        mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/pfSense ...
        Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense failed with error 19.

        Loader variables:
          vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense
          vfs.root.mountfrom.options=ro

        Manual root filesystem specification:
          <fstype>: <device>[options]
              Mount <device>using filesystem <fstype>and with the specified (optional) option list.

        eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
                zfs:tank
                cd9660:/dev/acd0 ro
                  (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /)

        ?              List valid disk boot devices
          .              Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
          <empty line="">    Abort manual input

        mountroot> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1300075101 Hz quality 800
        Invalid file system specification.

        mountroot></empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></xmore></xmore>

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          What file systems does it list if you type ? there?

          Steve

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            Smoothrunnings
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            What file systems does it list if you type ? there?

            Steve

            Hey Steve,

            When I type ? it just says List of GEOM managed disk devices: and nothing appears under them.

            Thanks

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ah, sorry missed that error. You probably need to disable DMA for that card:

              https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#pfSense_2.2_and_later

              The CF card slot does not have the pins required for DMA but the card reports it's DMA capable and so tries to use it.

              Steve

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                Smoothrunnings
                last edited by

                @stephenw10:

                Ah, sorry missed that error. You probably need to disable DMA for that card:

                https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#pfSense_2.2_and_later

                The CF card slot does not have the pins required for DMA but the card reports it's DMA capable and so tries to use it.

                Steve

                Hi Steve,

                OK so that's interesting because I have Block Mode enabled, DMA disabled, PIO mode Auto, and UDMA modes disabled in the bios.

                Since the CF card doesn't have the pins. If I was to go out and buy a non-generic card (this one is from China…it worked fine in my XTM 510 oddly), and buy something like a Kingston 16GB CF card would that resolve this problem and would the 8.1 bois support the 16GB CF card?

                Thanks,

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                  Smoothrunnings
                  last edited by

                  There is a second problem, but it might also be related the CF.

                  When I had the 80GB IDE HD plugged the system would hang at the timecounter message. Again I am not sure if it related to the CF card or not or if the HD is possibly has something on. The previous ower told me the drive was never used but who knows really, it a FOR 320 caddy and the drive could have come out of some old laptop with Windows XP on it for all I know.

                  I can say the HD doesn't show up in the bios when I have it plugged in with the CF card, so its possible that its NFG.

                  Thanks,

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    I think the FreeBSD driver ignores the BIOS reports. You can see from the error it's trying to use use DMA.

                    It's the card slot that doesn't have the pins, the CF card itself probably is UDMA capable and reports it correctly. The slot in the XTM is newer and may well support UDMA I don't recall off hand.

                    I would expect the BIOS to support a 16GB card though I've never tried anything larger than 4GB myself. The CF card just appears as another IDE drive.

                    It's possible both are set as master. You may need to set the HD as slave or cable select to boot with both in place.

                    Steve

                    P.S. You should try to avoid quoting an entire previous post in your reply it makes the thread far larger than it needs to be. In fact you can just reply without quoting when you are just referring to the post above.

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                      Smoothrunnings
                      last edited by

                      What do you suggest I do with respect to getting pfsense installed on this x1250e?

                      Use another CF card not? Not sure what you are suggesting in your response.

                      Thanks,

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Interrupt the the boot at the loader and enter:

                        set hint.ata.0.mode=PIO4

                        boot

                        Then edit the loader file once it's booted successfully like it shows here:
                        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#pfSense_2.2_and_later

                        That should allow that card to boot.

                        Steve

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                          Smoothrunnings
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Steve

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