[SOLVED] pfSense will only boot in safe mode

Patrix87 · Jun 8, 2016, 8:13 PM

Hi,

I've installed pfSense 2.3.1 on a Gateway DX4822 *(ECS G43T-AM V2.0 Motherboard)

I had to set the loader in safemode to install it.

Now as expected it's only loading pfsense if I manually set it to safe mode with option 6 then 4

If I disable APCI it won't boot *even if I enable safemode
I went through the boot troubleshooting page without success. * https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting

they only way I can launch pfsense is by enabling safemode and launching multi-user mode.

I would like to know if I can simply "force" pfsense to launch in safemode

Or maybe a list of all the addition I need to make to the /boot/loader.conf.local to be make it boot.

Any help is appreciated

Thank you.

PS: if I disable APIC I get a panic error

if I try anything else other than safemode the computer reboot before finishing the loading of pfsense.

if I try single user mode it won't mount pfsense.

Patrix87 · Jun 8, 2016, 8:13 PM

I got the solution from here

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/56524/

I had to disable SMP.

*I use a very cheat and limited motherboard with literally no configurations in the bios.