[Soekris net5501] Boot problem

bouyafa · Nov 9, 2008, 4:13 PM

Hello all,

I ve just installed PfSense on a CF like i had installed M0n0wall (who works) :

zcat pfSense-1.2-Embedded.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdc bs=16k

When I try to boot, i ve this message :

net5501

0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz

Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-32 LBA 490-4-32 31 Mbyte

Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int
–-----------------------------------------------------------------
0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10
0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11
0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05
0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09
0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12
0:14:0 104C AC23 06040002 0107 0210 08 40 01 00000000 00000000
0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101
0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000
0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15
0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15
1:00:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D001 A4000000 10
1:01:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D101 A4001000 07
1:02:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D201 A4002000 10
1:03:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 40 00 0000D301 A4003000 07

1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
No /boot/loader

FreeBSD/i386 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:
No /boot/kernel/kernel

FreeBSD/i386 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:

I ve chek to the BootTroubleShooting guide, but nothing to do.

Is anyone can help me ?

Perry · Nov 9, 2008, 4:20 PM

1.2.1 rc2 could be a start
http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD7/RELENG_1_2/
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?action=search
keyword net5501

bouyafa · Nov 9, 2008, 5:01 PM

I try the RC2 the RC4 … nothing to do. When i try with an RC* the Soekris does not see the OS, it boot on the bios. Sorry but I didn't see what to do :/

I had try all that :

pfSense-1.2-Embedded.img.gz
pfSense-1.2-RC2-Embedded.img.gz
pfSense-1.2-RC4-Embedded.img.gz
pfSense-Embedded-Update-1.2.1-RC2-20081109-1312.tgz
pfSense-Full-Update-1.2.1-RC2-20081109-1312.tgz

??? ??? ???

bouyafa · Nov 9, 2008, 5:42 PM

In reality all the .tgz that I "zcat and dd" won't be copied in my CF.
When I try with a .img.gz the files are copied into the CF. I don't know why.
How can i execute "zcat file.tgz | dd of=/dev/sdc bs=16k" correctly ?

So when i do

pfSense-1.2-RC4-Embedded.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sdc bs=16k

(or RC2) the box boot but the problem stay the same.

FreeBSD/i386 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot: No /boot/kernel/kernel

Please help me I doesn't find anything on the forum :/ Thanks

dotdash · Nov 10, 2008, 3:57 PM

@bouyafa:

Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-32 LBA 490-4-32 31 Mbyte

Um, Is that a 32 MB flash card?? You need at least a 128 MB card for 1.2.

bouyafa · Nov 10, 2008, 4:21 PM

Yes in effect, I had see that Sunday evening :p ::) ::) ::)

bouyafa · Nov 10, 2008, 5:03 PM

And now all works good :]

Hum Is there a bug in the menu ? I can't acces to Diagnostic / Firmware / General Setup / … It appears when I drag the mouse on the 'System' button, but disapear when I try to touch it :p And Appears a 'ARP Table / Backup / Command / ... / ... ' menu. I'm using Firefox 3, I will try with Konqueror.

bouyafa · Nov 10, 2008, 5:07 PM

Yes it's a bug. With Konqueror I have a new menu what i hadn't with firefox3, the menu 'Diagnostic' :p
So with Knoqueror all works. :-\