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    Issues with Installing 2.3.4 on Watchguard X750e

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    • A
      Amr
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I'm issues with Installing 2.3.4 on Watchguard X750e
      It hangs around IRQ page

      Keep in mind that i made Watchguard fixes already:
      hint.ata.0.mode=PIO4
      hw.msk.msi_disable=1

      any ideas ?

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      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by

        Its been a few years since I put together an X-e box but I seem to think if there was a problem reading from the disk/card that it would pause there.

        Triggering snowflakes one by one..

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yup last thing you see when it fails to boot whatever you have in there.

          What are you booting? How did you make those loader fixes if it won't boot?

          What BIOS version are you running? What BIOS settings do you have? You should use the 8.1 BIOS for maximum compatibility.

          Steve

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            Amr
            last edited by

            I flashed the CF with Pfsense 2.3.4 trying to boot from, no luck so far
            It hangs at the screenshot i submitted

            I do pfsense fixes for Watchguard by mounting the CF to linux machine
            and write the following command to /boot/loader.conf.local:
            hint.ata.0.mode=PIO4
            hw.msk.msi_disable=1

            Bios Award 5.1
            I have another CF and flashed with FreeBios but also can't boot with it to flash the Bios

            IDK what's wrong with it

            Can it be, Watchguard secure Bios ?

            @stephenw10:

            Yup last thing you see when it fails to boot whatever you have in there.

            What are you booting? How did you make those loader fixes if it won't boot?

            What BIOS version are you running? What BIOS settings do you have? You should use the 8.1 BIOS for maximum compatibility.

            Steve

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ok, if you haven't flashed the BIOS to v8.1 then you'll need to set the CHS settings for whatever card you are booting. However since you're seeing some output there via serial I imagine you must have updated the BIOS no?

              What size CF card are you using with 2.3.4 on it? There are some cards that just won't boot whatever you do. The original BIOS is really picky about card geometry.

              Steve

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                Amr
                last edited by

                Hi,

                Thank you for your reply,

                I'm using ScanDisk Ultra CF 4GB 30MS/s, what would be CHS for it? And where exactly to apply it ?

                @stephenw10:

                Ok, if you haven't flashed the BIOS to v8.1 then you'll need to set the CHS settings for whatever card you are booting. However since you're seeing some output there via serial I imagine you must have updated the BIOS no?

                What size CF card are you using with 2.3.4 on it? There are some cards that just won't boot whatever you do. The original BIOS is really picky about card geometry.

                Steve

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  You would have the BIOS detect the card initially then change the mode to from auto to CHS and change just the H (heads) value to 2. It will report the wrong CF size but should boot anyway.

                  Those are settings to the primary IDE channel in the BIOS setup which you should be able to get into by hitting 'TAB' since you can see some output.

                  Really though it would be better to boot from something small enough and flash the 8.1 BIOS which doesn't require that manual work-around.

                  Steve

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                    Amr
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    I think i finally figure it out
                    It's Specs for the CF card in the bios along peripherals settings
                    Now, none Pfsense community edition is bootable, the only one work for once was CE for serial edition
                    But it hanged as of i have to implement the following fix

                    write the following command to /boot/loader.conf.local:
                    hint.ata.0.mode=PIO4
                    hw.msk.msi_disable=1

                    Well, i can't at all, as they made the File System protected

                    Any ideas ?

                    Thanks

                    @stephenw10:

                    You would have the BIOS detect the card initially then change the mode to from auto to CHS and change just the H (heads) value to 2. It will report the wrong CF size but should boot anyway.

                    Those are settings to the primary IDE channel in the BIOS setup which you should be able to get into by hitting 'TAB' since you can see some output.

                    Really though it would be better to boot from something small enough and flash the 8.1 BIOS which doesn't require that manual work-around.

                    Steve

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      You should be using the nanobsd serial image on a CF card there. This one for example: https://atxfiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-2.3.4-RELEASE-2g-i386-nanobsd.img.gz

                      Steve

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                        Amr
                        last edited by

                        Thank you all, Finally made it

                        Thanks for all your help along with the following posts

                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=130307.msg718833#msg718833

                        https://www.hexhound.com/how-to-flash-pfsense-2-1-to-a-watchguard-firebox-x750e-x550e-ssl-500/

                        Thanks
                        Alex

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