V2.3.1 fresh install - Manual Mount of HDD required??

[kody]

Hello,

Just did a fresh install of the latest (2.3.1 -Release-p5).

When booting the pfSense box, the boot process halts at the HDD mount step and requires a manual input of:

ufs: <correct hdd="" partition="">Is this as designed?
It is not obvious (to me) which partition is the correct one to boot, and I had to try most of the partitions (listed by entering ? at prompt) before I got the correct one, and the boot continued.

Thanks in advance.</correct>

[kody]

Sorry, per: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=112282.msg625204#msg625204, add the following to /boot/boot.conf file:

vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ada0s1a"

I guess it is "as designed".

[cmb]

Set it appropriately in /etc/fstab

Guessing you probably installed with the drive in a different system and moved it to the target hardware, which changed how the drive was seen. Or otherwise changed the drives in the system post-install.

[kody]

Thanks cmb.

I installed from CD to the system with the HDD installed and kept all H/W the same post-install.