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      StefaanC last edited by

      Weird

      Pfsense was running fine for a week or two, but suddenly, DNS IP's suddenly not receivable by DHCP.
      Even using fixed IP's and DNS, no internet connection.

      So as test I hooked up a laptop directly to the modem and yes, worked without any problems.

      Next stap was chacking the harddrive well a 120GB SSD but no errors.

      So, re-install but all re-install's fails.
      The kernel loads but get's stuck at: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense [ro]…
      And under that, a character square block

      The router is just a small computer based on a dual core intel atom 2ghz hyper threading , 2GB ram 6 1gbps ports.

      Any ideas?

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        StefaanC last edited by

        About the system:

        ACPI on, AHCI on, legacy boot off.

        The unit has two USB2.0 ports , both tested.

        The USB stick could install Linux mint fine on a computer so I doubt that the usb stick is the problem.
        PFsense hangs now approx 12 hours since latest attempt.

        Wait will test legacy on, hci off etc.

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          StefaanC last edited by

          Turning on legacy mode en the setup goes one step further
          I choose single user, kernel loads

          And oh, boot is going one step further : Enter full path name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
          So I press enter : system hangs.  I type /bin/sh: <enter>Then an error : init: can't exec /bin/sh: for single user : no such file or directory.

          So I rebooted for the (forgot how many times but this time I did choose Multiple users and what a surprise, setup continues to the "graphical" setup.

          So case solved. Still weird that single user setup fails.</enter>

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