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    EFI Boot on Precision 3431 SFF

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • K
      kobus
      last edited by

      Good Morning
      I want to setup a pair of Precision 3431 SFF machines for a PFsense failover FW. I seem to get stuck on the first step which is installing Pfsense.
      When I boot off the CD, it seems that the booting stops at:
      cd0: <TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-S084F TS00> Removable CD-ROC SCSI device
      cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
      cd0: 664MB (340107 2048 byte sectors)
      cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY)

      then after a minute or so it will display:
      random: unblocking device.

      and this is where it stops.

      I tried installing Centos7 and that works fine.

      Can anybody help with this please?
      Thank you
      Kobus

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @kobus
        last edited by

        @kobus said in EFI Boot on Precision 3431 SFF:

        I tried installing Centos7 and that works fine.

        pfSense is FreeBSD 😀

        Btw :
        This :

        cd0: <TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-S084F TS00> Removable CD-ROC SCSI device
        cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
        cd0: 664MB (340107 2048 byte sectors)
        cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY)
        

        is your CD drive.

        It's the non-listed next device that blows up the kernel.

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

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          kobus
          last edited by

          Hi
          Thank you fo rthe reply, but I saw on another website that he burned a DVD. Now this is weird but I thought I would try throwing away the CD i burned and use a DVD instead and it now seems to be booting normally.
          Very weird but at least I can continue.
          Kobus

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            GregBinSD
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            Kobus,
            Please let us know how you are doing with configuring your pair of Dell PCs as an HA pair. I have a pair of HP 8300 small form factor PCs that I might want to set up as HA. I haven't looked into it at all until I saw your post. Good luck with the project!
            Greg

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