Rcc-ve 2440 ZFS install won't boot

luckman212

Sorry to hear about these troubles. Not sure if it would make any difference but the latest supported BIOS for the ADI units seems to be 08:
https://portal.pfsense.org/docs/manuals/reference/adi-bios-flash.html

maybe worth another shot

qubit

@luckman212:

Sorry to hear about these troubles. Not sure if it would make any difference but the latest supported BIOS for the ADI units seems to be 08:
https://portal.pfsense.org/docs/manuals/reference/adi-bios-flash.html

maybe worth another shot

Thanks, the netgate page (https://www.netgate.com/docs/reference/adi-bios-flash.html) listed version 6, I will have to revisit this.

brandur

@qubit:

@luckman212:

Sorry to hear about these troubles. Not sure if it would make any difference but the latest supported BIOS for the ADI units seems to be 08:
https://portal.pfsense.org/docs/manuals/reference/adi-bios-flash.html

maybe worth another shot

Thanks, the netgate page (https://www.netgate.com/docs/reference/adi-bios-flash.html) listed version 6, I will have to revisit this.

There actually at version 9 ;)
http://firmware.netgate.com/bios/

jimp

At the moment we're still recommending 8. 9 is special for one specific model. The docs still say '6' because we were about to roll out 10 but it's still in testing. Didn't want to have to update twice, but it may get bumped before too long.

Definitely load 8 on there and try again.

luckman212

Now I feel nervous, if I installed '10' by mistake on an SG2440 is that ok to leave on there?

jimp

Possibly. We never officially released it, and pulled it once we realized it was posted for external downloads.

If you are working OK, I'd leave it. But if you have a problem, flash down to 08

luckman212

Ok thanks. Seems to have worked ok but i'll flash down just in case.

GRinch

I have installed 2.4.0 from snapshot released Jan 25th to 2440 with 500GB hard drive. Faced no issue with installation and booting up after. Tried to install under BIOS version .8 and .10 with same result. Can provide step-by-step installation process guide if needed.

csutcliff

Thanks for the offer, I actually just managed to get it working myself. I installed the 25th snapshot as ZFS (GPT BIOS) and although it gives a gptzfsboot error it then proceeds to boot up normally.

qubit

Clean install with ZFS works now on recent snapshots. Installer hung after selecting reboot but after killing power it booted fine. First boot came to mountroot prompt but was able to load zroot manually. Added kern.cam.boot_delay="10000" to loader.conf and it loads after every reboot.