Installation looking for a network - Why??

rhys.hughes78 · Mar 28, 2020, 8:37 PM

Hello all.
Trying to install pfSense on ESXI 6.5 and having issues. I have followed the guides found on the internet. Downloaded the 64bit cd .iso which is uploaded to the datastore and directed to the CD drive option.

When I boot the virtual machine up, I can see it seems to be searching for a network, does a dhcp search and show software not available.

Watching the guides, on boot up I should get the option to install pfSense but I don’t. Any ideas why?

TIA

kiokoman · Mar 28, 2020, 9:32 PM

vm is:
Guest OS FreeBSD 12 or later versions (64-bit) ?

VM Options:
Firmware
Choose which firmware should be used to boot the virtual machine:
BIOS

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rhys.hughes78 · Mar 28, 2020, 10:26 PM

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provels · Mar 28, 2020, 10:36 PM

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kiokoman · Mar 28, 2020, 10:36 PM

hell, you need to uncompress that file
it's still .gz

provels · Mar 28, 2020, 10:35 PM

What he said. :)

biggsy · Mar 28, 2020, 10:35 PM

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rhys.hughes78 · Mar 28, 2020, 11:05 PM

Do I just remove the .gz from the end to make it a .iso

chpalmer · Mar 28, 2020, 11:07 PM

No.. you use a decompression program to pull it out of compressed form.

rhys.hughes78 · Mar 29, 2020, 12:47 AM

Thank you

How could I miss that