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      rhombus00
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      New pfsense user here. I just recently installed 2.4.4 on a PC Engines APU4c4 with a Dogfish Msata 120GB disk. I accepted all the defaults and didn't notice any issues/errors during the install. After setting up basic interface and NAT settings I decided to move it to my wiring closet but it never fully booted and was stuck at the db prompt.

      I'm trying to re-install from scratch but I'm getting stuck partitioning the drive. I'm selecting the Auto (UFS) Guided Disk Setup, selecting to use the Entire Disk, then selecting GPT partition scheme. The partitions are laid out as follows:

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      x Please review the disk setup. When complete, press   x
      x the Finish button.                                   x
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      xxada0112 GB  GPT                                     xx
      xx  ada0p1        512 KB  freebsd-boot                xx
      xx  ada0p2        108 GB  freebsd-ufs    /            xx
      xx  ada0p3        3.8 GB  freebsd-swap   none         xx
      xxda0 15 GB   MBR                                     xx
      xx  da0s1         800 KB  !239                        xx
      xx  da0s2         711 MB  BSD                         xx
      xx    da0s2a      711 MB  freebsd-ufs                 xx
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      x<Create> <Delete> <Modify> <Revert> < Auto > <Finish> x
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      When I select Finish, then Commit, I see a quick flash that indicates some kind of failure on ada0p2, then I get the following error:

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      x Error mounting partition /mnt:         x
      x mount:                                 x
      x /dev/gptid/b4ef88c8-f727-11e7-a1aa-000 x
      x db951a560: Invalid argument            x
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      x               <  OK  >                 x
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      If I go through the same process, but with MBR, I get the following error:

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      x Error mounting partition /mnt:                  x
      x mount: /dev/ufsid/5a52111b2a87aba9: R/W mount   x
      x of / denied. Filesystem is not clean - run      x
      x fsck. Forced mount will invalidate journal      x
      x contents: Operation not permitted               x
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      x                   <  OK  >                      x
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      I poked around with gpart in the shell and I figured I would destroy the partition table and start from scratch, but once I destroy it, I get two entries for "diskid/DISK-AA". I'm not sure what they mean and I'm not even sure how to continue with the install after manually partitioning the disk. You can see details below. Any assistance would be appreciated.

      # gpart show ada0
      =>       63  234441585  ada0  MBR  (112G)
               63          1        - free -  (512B)
               64  234441583     1  freebsd  [active]  (112G)
        234441647          1        - free -  (512B)
      
      # gpart delete -i 1 ada0
      ada0s1 deleted
      
      # gpart destroy ada0
      ada0 destroyed
      
      # gpart show
      =>       1  30719999  da0  MBR  (15G)
               1      1600    1  !239  (800K)
            1601   1456848    2  freebsd  [active]  (711M)
         1458449     73728    3  fat32  (36M)
         1532177  29187823       - free -  (14G)
      
      =>      0  1456848  da0s2  BSD  (711M)
              0       16         - free -  (8.0K)
             16  1456832      1  freebsd-ufs  (711M)
      
      =>       63  234441585  diskid/DISK-AA000000000000000956  MBR  (112G)
               63          1                                    - free -  (512B)
               64  234441583                                 1  freebsd  [active]  (112G)
        234441647          1                                    - free -  (512B)
      
      =>        0  234441583  diskid/DISK-AA000000000000000956s1  BSD  (112G)
                0  226492416                                   1  freebsd-ufs  (108G)
        226492416    7949166                                   2  freebsd-swap  (3.8G)
        234441582          1                                      - free -  (512B)
      
      # gpart create -s gpt ada0
      ada0 created
      
      # gpart add -s 512K -t freebsd-boot ada0
      ada0p1 added
      
      # gpart add -s 108G -t freebsd-ufs ada0
      ada0p2 added
      
      # gpart add -t freebsd-swap ada0
      ada0p3 added
      
      # gpart show
      =>       1  30719999  da0  MBR  (15G)
               1      1600    1  !239  (800K)
            1601   1456848    2  freebsd  [active]  (711M)
         1458449     73728    3  fat32  (36M)
         1532177  29187823       - free -  (14G)
      
      =>      0  1456848  da0s2  BSD  (711M)
              0       16         - free -  (8.0K)
             16  1456832      1  freebsd-ufs  (711M)
      
      =>       40  234441568  ada0  GPT  (112G)
               40       1024     1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
             1064  226492416     2  freebsd-ufs  (108G)
        226493480    7948128     3  freebsd-swap  (3.8G)
      
      =>       63  234441585  diskid/DISK-AA000000000000000956  MBR  (112G)
               63          1                                    - free -  (512B)
               64  234441583                                 1  freebsd  [active]  (112G)
        234441647          1                                    - free -  (512B)
      
      =>        0  234441583  diskid/DISK-AA000000000000000956s1  BSD  (112G)
                0  226492416                                   1  freebsd-ufs  (108G)
        226492416    7949166                                   2  freebsd-swap  (3.8G)
        234441582          1                                      - free -  (512B)
      
      
      
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