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      Wickedjaw last edited by

      Hello, first time pfSense user here. I just picked up a ZOTAC ZBOX-CI327NANO-U Intel Celeron N3450 (https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/ci327-nano) w/8GB RAM and 120GB SSD. I seem to be getting a hang on a first time install in single-user mode. The image being used to install is pfSense-CE-memstick-2.4.1-RELEASE-amd64.img on a USB stick.

      At first it appeared to hang on the following boot line:

      Timecounter "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 950

      After then upgrading the BIOS to latest just to be sure and then enabling the "verbose" mode, I see the following

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      Timecounter "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 950
      ….(skipping a few lines starting with msi: routing...).....
      msi: routing MSI-X IRQ 262 to local APIC 2 vector 50
      msi: routing MSI-X IRQ 263 to local APIC 4 vector 49
      msi: Assigning MSI-X IRQ 256 to local APIC 0 vector 52

      Any idea on how to make it past this point? I tried disabling the other SATA drive in BIOS just for fun, no luck there.

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        Birke last edited by

        i have the same zbox and had the same problems.
        i installed it in safe mode and started it in safe mode the first time.
        after that i set some options, but i dont remember them all atm. i will post my config later when i get home.

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          haiko last edited by

          as mentioned in the last post, here is my /boot/loader.conf.local:

          hint.sdhci_pci.0.disabled=1
          hint.sdhci_pci.1.disabled=1
          legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
          legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
          hint.hpet.0.clock=0
          kern.ipc.nmbclusters="262144"
          hw.re.fc_setting=0
          hw.re.rxd=2048
          hw.re.txd=2048
          net.pf.states_hashsize=524288
          net.pf.source_nodes_hashsize=524288
          hw.re.rx_process_limit="-1"
          hw.re.tx_process_limit="-1"
          net.inet.tcp.syncache.hashsize="2048"
          net.inet.tcp.syncache.bucketlimit="16"
          net.inet.tcp.syncache.cachelimit="32768"
          hw.re.enable_msix=0
          hw.pci.enable_msix=0
          machdep.disable_msix_migration=1
          net.inet.tcp.tso=0
          
          
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            Wickedjaw last edited by

            Thank you! I'll give this config a shot

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              internetservices last edited by

              Solution:
              disable 'Monitor M-Wait' in bios
              Could be under Features tab > CPU Configuration

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                Wickedjaw last edited by

                @internetservices:

                Solution:
                disable 'Monitor M-Wait' in bios
                Could be under Features tab > CPU Configuration

                Confirmed that disabling Monitor M-Wait removes the boot hang I posted originally. Thanks!

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                  Runenaldo last edited by

                  @internetservices:

                  Solution:
                  disable 'Monitor M-Wait' in bios
                  Could be under Features tab > CPU Configuration

                  I cant seem to find this feature in my bios http://asrock.com/mb/Intel/J3455-ITX/

                  Any suggestions?

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