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ACPI Error - How to edit the file!

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    Mr. Waste
    last edited by Mar 27, 2020, 2:24 AM

    /boot/device.hints

    with the line at the bottom:

    hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

    it's a iso file inside of the gz file

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by Mar 27, 2020, 2:58 PM

      You cannot do that to the ISO file, without re-building the ISO file at least.

      However you can escape to the loader prompt and pass loader lines to the kernel:

      set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
      boot
      

      However on any even vaguely recent hardware booting with ACPI disabled usually breaks multiple things.

      Steve

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        Mr. Waste
        last edited by Mar 27, 2020, 11:04 PM

        I am going to send you a YouTube video on what is happening while trying to boot into the loader because there is no loader at all. Also in the bios settings there is no option to disable or enable ACPI.

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          Mr. Waste
          last edited by Mr. Waste Mar 27, 2020, 11:49 PM Mar 27, 2020, 11:20 PM

          Video on what is happens, I don't know what to do.

          Mr. Waste

          https://youtu.be/Fxo5QzRc-JM

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by Mar 27, 2020, 11:43 PM

            I can't view that, it says it was removed.

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              Mr. Waste @stephenw10
              last edited by Mar 27, 2020, 11:49 PM

              @stephenw10 try now, youtube has been processing it..

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by Mar 28, 2020, 1:11 AM

                Urgh. That BIOS has many many errors! Make sure it's running the most recent BIOS there may be updates with fixes.

                What is that you are booting exactly?

                Steve

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                  Mr. Waste @stephenw10
                  last edited by Mr. Waste Mar 28, 2020, 5:14 AM Mar 28, 2020, 5:07 AM

                  @stephenw10 I am trying to boot / load pfsense from scratch inside of the usb stick and the version 2.4.5 - (Latest Version) -Downloaded 1 day ago.

                  This is normal? I don't know what is going on with it.. I'm just trying to have pfsense on.

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                    Mr. Waste
                    last edited by Mar 28, 2020, 5:11 AM

                    Also I know if I have the iso file that has the line : hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" everything will be ok. Is there a way to modify the iso itself because I have tried and I can't seem to make it work...

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                      Gertjan
                      last edited by Mar 28, 2020, 8:04 AM

                      Well : https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/boot-troubleshooting.html

                      But I advise you to download another image first : stock FreeBSD 11.0 ( see freebsd.org ). That should load and install. If not, ditch the system. If it does, pfSense might actually work.

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

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by Mar 28, 2020, 3:20 PM

                        It looks like you're not seeing the loader menu, where you can reach the loader prompt, because you're booting UEFI.
                        Can you boot legacy on that box?

                        Also are you actually using the ISO file on a USB stick?
                        If so then don't do that, use the memstick VGA image:
                        https://nyifiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-2.4.5-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz

                        How do you know it will be OK if you disable ACPI? Most modern hardware will not boot at all with ACPI disabled.
                        What hardware are you trying to install to?

                        Steve

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                          Mr. Waste @stephenw10
                          last edited by Mr. Waste Mar 28, 2020, 8:54 PM Mar 28, 2020, 8:51 PM

                          @stephenw10 Kangaroo computer with 2gb of ram and storage of 28gb. Intel cpu. Yes I can boot into the bios settings. The bios are really limited on what you can do.. - (Boot Legacy).

                          I'm trying to install pfsense on this mini computer. - (like normal)

                          I am trying the image you gave, I'll respond back soon. (5-10 Mins ish)

                          Lastly, I don't know if it will be ok because there is an error with ACPI for some reason.

                          edit: - (1 min later)
                          I'm guess this isn't normal because I downloaded the image with xcp-ng; xen server and everything is working that was 3 days ago before ever trying to make this tiny computer to work..

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by Mar 28, 2020, 9:42 PM

                            You can't edit an ISO image but you can edit the memstick image once it's written to the drive if you need to. It's UFS so you need something that can read/write that, like FreeBSD.

                            So it's one of these?: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/infocus-kangaroo-mobile-desktop

                            Steve

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