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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • A
      Aru23
      last edited by

      Hi I have a problem with the pfsense running on watchguard xtm 5 were it suddenly crashed and now it’s stuck on boot I have made a clean install with memstick serial and it’s still stuck can you please help

      FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
      (root@ce23-amd64-builder, Wed May  3 15:55:45 CDT 2017)
      Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf

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      +============Welcome to pfSense===========+
      |                                        |                ______
      |  1. Boot Multi User [Enter]            |                /     
      |  2. Boot ~~ingle User                  |          /    f 
      |  3. [Esc]ape to loader prompt          |        /    \        /
      |  4. Reboot                              |        /  p  _
      /  Sense
      |                                        |        \      /     
      |  Options:                              |        _____/       
      |  5. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)          |              \        /
      |  6. Configure Boot [O]ptions…        |                ______/
      |                                        |
      |                                        |
      |                                        |
      +=========================================+

      /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x12933f8 data=0x8a1bb8+0x23ec20 syms=[0x8+0x177768+0x8+0x173f12]
      Booting…
      KDB: debugger backends: ddb
      KDB: current backend: ddb
      Copyright (c) 1992-2016 The FreeBSD Project.
      Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
              The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
      FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19 #0 bbfdb9a1d(RELENG_2_3_4): Wed May  3 16:09:14 CDT 2017
          root@ce23-amd64-builder:/builder/pfsense-234/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense-234/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64
      FreeBSD clang version 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032) 20140512
      CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    E7200  @ 2.53GHz (2527.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
        Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x10676  Family=0x6  Model=0x17  Stepping=6
        Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x8e39d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,est,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,sse4.1>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
      real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
      avail memory = 4055666688 (3867 MB)
      Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
      ACPI APIC Table: <042610 APIC1157>
      FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
      FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
      cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
      cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
      random: <software, yarrow="">initialized
      ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
      wlan: mac acl policy registered
      ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
      ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806209b0, 0) error 1
      ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
      ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80620a60, 0) error 1
      ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
      ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80620b10, 0) error 1
      iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
      iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80647cb0, 0) error 1
      iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
      iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80647d60, 0) error 1
      iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/.
      iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
      module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80647e10, 0) error 1
      netmap: loaded module
      kbd1 at kbdmux0
      cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
      padlock0: No ACE support.
      acpi0: <042610 RSDT1157> on motherboard
      acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
      cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
      cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
      attimer0: <at timer="">port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
      Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
      Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
      atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
      Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
      Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
      acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
      pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
      pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
      vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0x7800-0x7807 mem 0xfe000000-0xfe3fffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
      agp0: <intel g41="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
      agp0: aperture size is 256M, detected 32764k stolen memory
      vgapci0: Boot video device
      pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
      pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
      em0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.6.1-k="">port 0xac00-0xac1f mem 0xfe7e0000-0xfe7fffff,0xfe7dc000-0xfe7dffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
      em0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
      em0: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:25
      em0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
      pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 17 at device 28.1 on pci0
      pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
      em1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.6.1-k="">port 0xbc00-0xbc1f mem 0xfe8e0000-0xfe8fffff,0xfe8dc000-0xfe8dffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
      em1: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
      em1: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:26
      em1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
      pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0
      pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
      pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 19 at device 28.3 on pci0
      pci5: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib4
      em2: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.6.1-k="">port 0xcc00-0xcc1f mem 0xfe9e0000-0xfe9fffff,0xfe9dc000-0xfe9dffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci5
      em2: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
      em2: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:28
      em2: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
      pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
      pci6: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib5
      em3: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.6.1-k="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f mem 0xfeae0000-0xfeafffff,0xfeadc000-0xfeadffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci6
      em3: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
      em3: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:29
      em3: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
      pcib6: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
      pci7: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib6
      em4: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.6.1-k="">port 0xec00-0xec1f mem 0xfebe0000-0xfebfffff,0xfebdc000-0xfebdffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci7
      em4: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
      em4: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:2a
      em4: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/1024, RX 1/1024
      uhci0: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0x8080-0x809f irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
      usbus0 on uhci0
      uhci1: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0x8000-0x801f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
      usbus1 on uhci1
      uhci2: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0x7c00-0x7c1f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
      usbus2 on uhci2
      uhci3: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0x7880-0x789f irq 16 at device 29.3 on pci0
      usbus3 on uhci3
      ehci0: <intel 82801gb="" r="" (ich7)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfe5ff800-0xfe5ffbff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
      usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
      usbus4 on ehci0
      pcib7: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
      pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib7
      fxp0: <intel 10="" 100="" 82801gb="" (ich7)="" ethernet="">port 0x9c00-0x9c3f mem 0xfe6ff000-0xfe6fffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci1
      miibus0: <mii bus="">on fxp0
      inphy0: <i82562et 10="" 100="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
      inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto, auto-flow
      fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:90:7f:ad:85:24
      isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
      isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
      atapci0: <intel ich7="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0
      ata0: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci0
      atapci1: <intel ich7="" sata300="" controller="">port 0x8c00-0x8c07,0x8880-0x8883,0x8800-0x8807,0x8480-0x8483,0x8400-0x840f mem 0xfe5ffc00-0xfe5fffff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
      ata2: <ata channel="">at channel 0 on atapci1
      ata3: <ata channel="">at channel 1 on atapci1
      acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
      uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
      uart0: console (115200,n,8,1)
      uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
      ppc0: <parallel port="">port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
      ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
      ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
      lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
      lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
      ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
      sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
      sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
      vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
      atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
      atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
      kbd0 at atkbd0
      atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
      est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
      est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
      est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 61a492006004920
      device_attach: est0 attach returned 6
      est1: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu1
      est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
      est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 61a492006004920
      device_attach: est1 attach returned 6
      Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
      usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
      uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
      ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
      uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
      ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
      uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
      ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
      uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
      usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
      ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
      uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
      random: unblocking device.
      uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
      uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
      uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
      uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
      uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
      ada0 at ata2 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
      ada0: <mtfddak256mbf-1an15abha m6t3="">ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device
      ada0: Serial Number 153710956200
      ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
      ada0: 244198MB (500118192 512 byte sectors)
      ada0: Previously was known as ad4</mtfddak256mbf-1an15abha></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></enhanced></enhanced></at></keyboard></generic></system></parallel></printer></parallel></parallel></power></ata></ata></intel></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></i82562et></mii></intel></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></intel></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></at></at></acpi></acpi></software></version></software,></lahf></syscall,nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,est,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,sse4.1></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>~~

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan
        last edited by

        The fact that most text is strike through (also known as : non readable) is just optical.

        You're not saying anything about what caused the crash. It' impossible to give you a reason.
        I advise : ditch the box, take another one  :)

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • A
          Aru23
          last edited by

          Hi

          When I posted the post text, it did not have any line I do not know why it has it now
          and, the reason for the crash I don’t know because like I wrote it suddenly crashed and it won’t get past the boot so I can’t see why
          when i tried to ping the firewall it did not respond but the firewall was running and had no power failure so i rebooted it and

          The last line it writes before it hang or wont boot is

          ada0: Previously was known as ad4

          I have tried to Change sata port,
          Change ssd, and clean install 2.3.4 and 2.3.2 and none of it won’t go past

          ada0: Previously was known as ad4

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          • H
            heper
            last edited by

            Have you tried a different disk?

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan
              last edited by

              Let's consider this :
              @Aru23:

              …..
              ada0: Previously was known as ad4

              says something.
              It means : all log lines, including the "" is ok.

              I have this :

              …..
              ada0: <wdc wd3200aaks-00g3a0="" 40.00a40="">ATA8-ACS SATA 2.x device
              ada0: Serial Number WD-WMAUC0015474
              ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
              ada0: 305245MB (625142448 512 byte sectors)
              ada0: Previously was known as ad4
              cd0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
              cd0: <philips dvd+-rw="" dvd8701="" 5d24="">Removable CD-ROM SCSI device
              cd0: Serial Number MY0M9753701595AD01HQ
              cd0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes)
              cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
              lapic1: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
              SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
              Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1596036872 Hz quality 1000
              …</philips></wdc>

              All these lines are just the kernel looking up and initializing all the available hardware.
              For me, the next device is "cd0", or : the " Removable CD-ROM".
              At that moment, my kernel - as yours - is enumerating all drives.

              => What about disabling all interfaces (drives) in your BIOS, except the one that hosts your drive (SSD).

              If all is well, it will continue with the  "lapic1" (the interrupt controller).

              edit : free tip : NEVER use Post button on the forum. Always start with the "Preview button". You'll see, reread yourself and you will edit what you wrote. That's normal, and happens to the most of us.

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • A
                Aru23
                last edited by

                I can’t change bios settings because its locked
                I have tried different ssd

                It’s stuck at

                ada0: Previously was known as ad4

                And I tried to leave it for some time so I can hear the pfsense chime but i don’t like I do normaly

                I use putty with 115200 setting and if I leave putty after

                ada0: Previously was known as ad4

                Then next time it won’t get any reaction it’s just blank

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  @Aru23:

                  I can’t change bios settings because its locked

                  2 options :

                  1. access the BIOS - YOU can - we can't.
                    or
                  2. change the device.

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  • C
                    chrcoluk
                    last edited by

                    you are just posting the dmesg output which is the kernel loading procedure.

                    Its failing to go past the kernel loading stage, so nothing from rc.conf is been processed as an example, no filesystem has been mounted.

                    If this is happening on a true clean install and you are powerless to do anything in the bios then your only option is to swap out hardware.

                    pfSense CE 2.7.2

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                    • w0wW
                      w0w
                      last edited by

                      I think it's better to go https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=43574.585 and post your question again, just linking this topic, may be somebody can help you.

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