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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Yes, that would do it. As long as the CF card is 4GB or bigger.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        It's an odd place to stop. For reference on mine at that point:

        fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:87:dc:74
        isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
        isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
        atapci0: <Intel ICH7 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0
        ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
        ahci0: <Intel ICH7 AHCI SATA controller> port 0x7c00-0x7c07,0x7880-0x7883,0x7800-0x7807,0x7480-0x7483,0x7400-0x740f mem 0xfe4ffc00-0xfe4fffff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
        ahci0: AHCI v1.10 with 4 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
        ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
        ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
        ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
        ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
        acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
        uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
        uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
        uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
        ppc0: <Parallel port> port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
        

        The SATA controller is running in AHCI mode so it shows slightly differently to yours.
        The next thing that shows is the power button (is yours stuck maybe?) but then the console....

        Can you interrupt it at the boot loader menu to reach the loader prompt?

        If it has some console problem you might try forcing VGA console. You will get no output but it should still boot completely allowing you webgui access.

        Steve

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          shawl01 @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 Hi Steve, I tried the nanobsd last night and it stuck it exactly the same place, can you give a little more detail on how to force the VGA method please.

          Thanks
          Luke

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            shawl01 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 Should have added both internal and external power buttons can turn the unit on and off ok. Could you clarify what jumpers you have in place please?

            Thanks
            Luke

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Booting to VGA console as primary:
              https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/boot-troubleshooting.html#booting-with-an-alternate-console

              You should still hear the boot tune if it is able to fully boot using that.

              Steve

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                shawl01 @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 Hi Steve, apologies for the delay in coming back to you. Well I have tried the VGA boot with no joy I have also tried all the other settings such as safe mode, verbose, single user, all with no joy and all stop at the same place. I have also tried booting with no console cable attached, nothing good.

                The seller I bough from ebay has other units for auction so have contacted him about purchasing a second unit to confirm if unit number one is faulty as they have a returns policy so could return it.

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                • chpalmerC
                  chpalmer
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                  Try hooking a sata drive up to it and see if it will load that way.

                  Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                    shawl01 @chpalmer
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                    @chpalmer Yep that's what I have done, installed sata drive in a VM and confirmed it boots without any prompts, but in the XTM I get the freeze at the same place with versions 2.4.4, 2.3.5, i386, amd64, nanobsd, memstick, on CF or SATA

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, but you were able to interrupt the boot loader and enter characters which implies the console is working fine at that point. Hard to say then, I don't recall anything stopping at that point previously. ๐Ÿ˜•

                      Steve

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                        ledufakademy
                        last edited by ledufakademy

                        hello,

                        first very impressed of the activity for this redbox AND pfsense : woahhhh !
                        secondly :
                        i have 3 of thix box running fine for a long time.
                        But with a fourth, i just buy , big problem.
                        motherboard is FW-7580 W REV 1.0

                        1 - i can't install if not flashing to xtm5_83.rom : i need to pass ATA from IDE to AHCI , why ?
                        2 - but with new BIOS (Pfsense 1.8) : just LAN NIC is working all other can't acces WAN (internet)
                        3 - how can i come back to my bios backup ? (if no web access , for downloading flashrom ... obtain flashrom binary, and install how to do that ?!!)

                        i really need your help !

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          So only the fxp port is working?

                          You can still set that as the WAN and use that to pull in flashrom. If you only have one port defined it will be WAN.

                          Were the other ports working before you flashed the BIOS? I have never seen that be an issue. I'm not sure how it would break the NICs. Unless that board is completely different, which seems unlikely.

                          Steve

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                            ledufakademy @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10
                            hello stephnew10 : happy to see you here !!!
                            What a marvellous adventure pfsense on Watchguard . pfffiiiouuuu ;-)

                            Yep with bios WG 1.3 , just laste nic em5 was probably out of order.
                            But with xtm5_83.rom ... lol !
                            just one.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Hmm, well hard to explain how that could be. It would be good to know which one still works. I'm guessing it's the 100M port (fxp0) since that's completely different.
                              Whichever it is you should be able to use it as WAN to connect out and install flashrom.

                              Steve

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                                ledufakademy @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10
                                hello, sorry for delay.

                                root@OPNsense:~ # pkg install flashrom
                                Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/20.1/latest/meta.txz: Authentication error
                                repository OPNsense has no meta file, using default settings
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
                                2813191321208:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                pkg: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/20.1/latest/packagesite.txz: Authentication error
                                Unable to update repository OPNsense
                                Error updating repositories!
                                
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                                • chpalmerC
                                  chpalmer @ledufakademy
                                  last edited by

                                  @ledufakademy said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:

                                  Unable to update repository OPNsense

                                  Your not running pfsense. Without knowing the particulars of that product nobody here would be able to guess correctly.

                                  Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                                  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    @ledufakademy said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:

                                    root@OPNsense

                                    Umm... yup, can't help you with that. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                      ledufakademy @stephenw10
                                      last edited by ledufakademy

                                      @stephenw10
                                      ok i will flash the card F with last pfsense ๐Ÿ‘Œ

                                      with pfsense : boot stuck at :

                                      em5: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.6.1-k> port 0xac00-0xac1f mem 0xfe7e0000-0xfe7fffff,0xfe7dc000-0xfe7dffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 : solved.

                                      same issue :

                                      [2.4.3-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pkg update
                                      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                      pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
                                      Certificate verification failed for /C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=Sectigo Limited/CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
                                      34405266376:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/builder/ce-243/tmp/FreeBSD-src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:
                                      pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_4_3_amd64-pfSense_v2_4_3/packagesite.txz: Authentication error
                                      Unable to update repository pfSense
                                      Error updating repositories!
                                      
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                                        Dufflepod
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                                        This is really a 'thank-you' to those forum contributors who did all the heavy lifting
                                        investigating this box and getting pfSense running with all the hardware whistles & bells configured.

                                        After lurking for a few weeks and on this thread and others concerning the XTM 5 series, I took the
                                        plunge and bought one from eBay for ยฃ45 for my home setup.

                                        I installed the latest pfSense 2.4.5 on a ZFS mirror with two cheapo 120 Gb SSDs, flashed the
                                        BIOS with xtm5_83.rom without any drama, and had no problems accessing the BIOS screens with a
                                        serial cable. The 4G RAM upgrade and E5700 CPU upgrade also went without a hitch.

                                        I built a 64 bit WGXepc binary from source in a FreeBSD 11.3 VM (the base for pfSense 2.4.5)
                                        and the Arm/Disarm light now does whatever I tell it to via ShellCmd.

                                        Flush with success I splashed out ยฃ12 on an Intel Q8200S on eBay and that arrived last week
                                        and I finally hit my first hurdle - the board doesn't boot with this chip, but will if I
                                        reinsert the E5700. So I just wanted to check that others have got this processor working with
                                        the xtm5_83.rom image? It's no real hardship if I can't get it working, it may just be a dudd
                                        Chinese-scavenged chip, but it would be the icing on the cake if I could get it going.

                                        Also - following the mantra of 'hope for success, plan for failure', I couldn't find the pinout of the SPI
                                        header anywhere in the forums, even though it was mentioned a few times. As I'm putting together a duplicate box
                                        for my brother this might come in handy, (though hopefully not). I've searched and googled but found nothing.
                                        Can anyone help with this info?

                                        Once again - thanks to everyone.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          It should work with the Q8200S. The board seems very accommodating in general. https://forum.netgate.com/post/427056 and https://forum.netgate.com/post/544654

                                          After camping ebay (for literally years ๐Ÿ˜‰ ) I have a Xeon L3110 in mine and that runs great.

                                          The SPI pinout is standard as far as I know. From the FW-7581 manual though:

                                          SPI-Pinout.png

                                          Steve

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                                            Dufflepod @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10 Outstanding! Thanks for the info.

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