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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Ah, yes I missed that!
      I'm not aware of any issue with the ath driver in pfSense 2.3.5/FreeBSD 10.3 but you should definitely update to 2.4.4p2 64bit. If it is a bug it will not get fixed in 2.3.X

      Steve

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        mazide @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10

        thank you a lot steve. but i still need your help. do you know if it possible to upgrade to 2.4.4 via the interface without using a bootable pen drive ?

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        • GrimsonG
          Grimson Banned @mazide
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          @mazide said in UNABLE TO JOIN PFSENSE WIFI NETWORK:

          thank you a lot steve. but i still need your help. do you know if it possible to upgrade to 2.4.4 via the interface without using a bootable pen drive ?

          You can't upgrade from i386 to amd64 without a reinstall. Read the upgrade guide: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide.html

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            mazide @Grimson
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            @Grimson
            i have modified the bios boot priority and i have set up a bootable pen drive of the latest version of pfsense but it is not booting on my pc. But it does boot on my laptop. do you have any idea of what could be the problem ?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              If the hardware 64bit?

              Try a different USB drive maybe?

              Steve

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                mazide @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                Hello,
                i tried different usb drives, i also tried installing windows7 32bit just to identify the issue but it didn't work only the 2.3.5-RELEASE-i386 version will load,
                i tested the bootable pen drives drive on my laptop and it worked.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  What exactly is the hardware you are trying to install to?

                  Steve

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                    mazide @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10
                    for real it is an old pc (emachines)

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ok, well... what CPU does it have? It might be 32bit in which case it will never boot a 64bit image.

                      Steve

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                        mazide @mazide
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                        @stephenw10

                        AMD Athlon 2.1 GHz, Dual Core
                        RAM 6Gb DDR2
                        SSD 120 GB

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          If it's an Athlon X2 then I think they were only ever 64bit. But, still, that's >10 years old...

                          Can you boot the ISO instead? Somthing that old probably has an optical drive.

                          Steve

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                            mazide @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10
                            i’m gonna try it
                            thank you so much.

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                              mazide @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10
                              it was the solution, it worked.
                              thanks!!!

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