Netgate 4100 disk

Felix 4 · Sep 11, 2022, 8:03 AM

I have recently bought a Netgate 4100 and see under Disks that the size is 11G and 963M has been used, i.e. a disk size of 12G.
Looking at the data sheet it should be 16G, is there an explanation for this.?
;o)

Patch · Sep 11, 2022, 8:54 AM

@felix-4
At a guess

formatted vs un-formatted
Swap space
Bios

stephenw10 · Sep 11, 2022, 1:20 PM

Yup, ZFS formatting and SWAP:

[22.05-RELEASE][admin@4100-2.stevew.lan]/root: geom part list
Geom name: mmcsd0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 30621655
first: 40
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: mmcsd0p1
   Mediasize: 209715200 (200M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 512
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r0w0e0
   efimedia: HD(1,GPT,856ab062-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f,0x28,0x64000)
   rawuuid: 856ab062-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f
   rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
   label: efiboot0
   length: 209715200
   offset: 20480
   type: efi
   index: 1
   end: 409639
   start: 40
2. Name: mmcsd0p2
   Mediasize: 524288 (512K)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 512
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r0w0e0
   efimedia: HD(2,GPT,857c60fa-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f,0x64028,0x400)
   rawuuid: 857c60fa-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f
   rawtype: 83bd6b9d-7f41-11dc-be0b-001560b84f0f
   label: gptboot0
   length: 524288
   offset: 209735680
   type: freebsd-boot
   index: 2
   end: 410663
   start: 409640
3. Name: mmcsd0p3
   Mediasize: 1073741824 (1.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 512
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e0
   efimedia: HD(3,GPT,8585f920-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f,0x64800,0x200000)
   rawuuid: 8585f920-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: swap0
   length: 1073741824
   offset: 210763776
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 3
   end: 2508799
   start: 411648
4. Name: mmcsd0p4
   Mediasize: 14392754176 (13G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 512
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   efimedia: HD(4,GPT,858d9b82-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f,0x264800,0x1acf000)
   rawuuid: 858d9b82-ec12-11ec-b466-90ec771f8c3f
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: zfs0
   length: 14392754176
   offset: 1284505600
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 4
   end: 30619647
   start: 2508800
Consumers:
1. Name: mmcsd0
   Mediasize: 15678308352 (15G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 512
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e3

Steve

Felix 4 · Sep 11, 2022, 1:31 PM

@stephenw10 said in Netgate 4100 disk:

5678308352

Thanks for reply,
I'm a little green in Linux so I don't get the full benefit of the fine data you've attached.
Does your answer mean that I have to do something to optimize the drive, or does it mean that this is how it should be, based on the data that is in operation.

stephenw10 · Sep 11, 2022, 4:28 PM

I just included to show the different partitions on the storage device and so you could replicate it to check. It will be the same though unless you re-installed and selected some custom values.

Steve

Felix 4 · Sep 12, 2022, 7:52 AM

@stephenw10

Hi Steve, thanks for your reply.

You must bear in mind that I am, as I said, new to the subject and do not know how to see that info. I haven't found a place that shows it.
;o)

Gertjan · Sep 12, 2022, 8:20 AM

@felix-4 said in Netgate 4100 disk:

I haven't found a place that shows it.

@stephenw10 was using the most important access to you pfSense ; the console or SSH.
He showed you the partition on his drive. Just add the several mediasize together.

Btw : when you buy a 100 Gbytes disk, and install Windows on it, you wind up having a disk "C:" with about 80 Gbytes. The rest is sued for 'other stuff'. You will find more then one partion, one of them is the C: drive, and other portions for windows internal use.

Felix 4 · Sep 12, 2022, 8:47 AM

@gertjan

Thanks for reply.

Exactly as you describe, I know well that there is a difference between a new drive, before and after installation, of for example Windows.
I just have no experience with Netgate 4100, i.e. whether the original hard drive size is displayed, or a partition after installing Pfsense, which is what I am describing. (11G)

So if someone answers that there is usually 11 G available on such a device, then I know that it is normal.

I've started working with ssh, but from the 16 possible choices, I don't get insight into the partitions, so it probably requires a special command.

stephenw10 · Sep 12, 2022, 4:03 PM

Choose option 8 at the console menu to access the command line. (Enter 'exit' to get back to the menu).

At the command line run the command I showed there: geom part list
You should see very similar output to what I posted.

But, yes, what you;re seeing is the expected value and not any indication of a problem.

Steve

Felix 4 · Sep 12, 2022, 2:49 PM

@stephenw10 said in Netgate 4100 disk:

geom part list

Thank you Steve,

You have enriched my day, I am happy for the help I got here. Getting to know my new 4100 is an exciting world.

;o)

Neha gi · Sep 20, 2022, 5:05 PM

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Gertjan · Sep 21, 2022, 6:03 AM

@stephenw10 said in Netgate 4100 disk:

At the command line run the command I showed there: geom part list
You should see very similar output to what I posted.

[22.05-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.right-here.net]/root: geom part list
Geom name: nvd0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 234441639
first: 3
entries: 4
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: nvd0p1
   Mediasize: 209715200 (200M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 1536
   Mode: r0w0e0
   efimedia: HD(1,GPT,53119e25-8838-11ec-8def-539c1f4371c1,0x3,0x64000)
   rawuuid: 53119e25-8838-11ec-8def-539c1f4371c1
   rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
   label: (null)
   length: 209715200
   offset: 1536
   type: efi
   index: 1
   end: 409602
   start: 3
2. Name: nvd0p2
   Mediasize: 113922309632 (106G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 209716736
   Mode: r1w1e1
   efimedia: HD(2,GPT,53119e2b-8838-11ec-8def-539c1f4371c1,0x64003,0xd43263f)
   rawuuid: 53119e2b-8838-11ec-8def-539c1f4371c1
   rawtype: 516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 113922309632
   offset: 209716736
   type: freebsd-ufs
   index: 2
   end: 222914113
   start: 409603
3. Name: nvd0p3
   Mediasize: 5902090752 (5.5G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2462876672
   Mode: r0w0e0
   efimedia: HD(3,GPT,6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c,0xd496642,0xafe561)
   rawuuid: 6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 5902090752
   offset: 114132026368
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 3
   end: 234441634
   start: 222914114
Consumers:
1. Name: nvd0
   Mediasize: 120034123776 (112G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r1w1e2

What I make of it :
There is a device (and driver) called : nvd0 - 112G
Partition 1 : nvd0p1 - something like a boot partition - 200 Mb
Partition 2 : nvd0p2 - the main Freebsd root or 'pfSense' - 106 Gb
Partition 3 : nvd0p3 - "freebsd-swap" so there is one - 5,5 Gb

So, the swap space is there, but FreeeBSD isn't using it ?

My /etc/fstab :

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/msdosfs/EFISYS     /boot/efi       msdosfs rw,noatime,noauto       0       0
/dev/gptid/6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c		none	swap	sw		0	0

Where "6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c" is nvd0p3 ( ? )

A device like /dev/gptid/ isn't listed under /dev/

stephenw10 · Sep 21, 2022, 2:24 PM

@gertjan said in Netgate 4100 disk:

rawuuid: 6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c

Yes, that's the GPTID of nvd0p3.

Gertjan · Sep 21, 2022, 2:25 PM

@stephenw10

My serial (4100-MAX) console access has always been set to "log to file".
So, when I received my device, ir was using 22.01 'as shipped' :
From back then

....
Configuring crash dumps...
No suitable dump device was found.
Filesystems are clean, continuing...
Mounting filesystems...
Mounting ZFS boot environment... done.

        __
 _ __  / _|___  ___ _ __  ___  ___      _
| '_ \| |_/ __|/ _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \   _| |_
| |_) |  _\__ \  __/ | | \__ \  __/  |_   _|
| .__/|_| |___/\___|_| |_|___/\___|    |_|
|_|


Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 22.01-RELEASE..
.....

Throwing now "No suitable dump device was found" on every reboot.

Is it possible to 'delete' this swap partition, and use, for example,
/etc/rc.d/createswap ?
Or a command to make it available/usable for FreeBSD ?

stephenw10 · Sep 21, 2022, 2:36 PM

Well anything's possible. But I have never tried that. Especially in ZFS.

The fstab does not reference the gptid in any install I have here:

[22.05-RELEASE][admin@4100.stevew.lan]/root: cat /etc/fstab
# Device		Mountpoint	FStype	Options		Dump	Pass#
/dev/gpt/efiboot0		/boot/efi	msdosfs	rw		2	2
/dev/nvd0p3		none	swap	sw		0	0

So you might try just changing that initially.

Steve

Gertjan · Sep 21, 2022, 3:06 PM

@stephenw10 said in Netgate 4100 disk:

So you might try just changing that initially.

Yeah, just like that

I would love to try things out, but I have only one 4100, and messing around with core boot files is a scary thing.

I guess I'll ask for a "22.05" ISO first prepare a new USB boot drive, back the config, wait for the weekend etc ;)

edit :

Ok, done :

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I started the stopwatch ;)

Gertjan · Oct 19, 2022, 1:27 PM

I did it :
I changed

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/msdosfs/EFISYS     /boot/efi       msdosfs rw,noatime,noauto       0       0
/dev/gptid/6a2f135c-af59-11ec-b93b-90ec7729392c		none	swap	sw		0 0

for

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/msdosfs/EFISYS     /boot/efi       msdosfs rw,noatime,noauto       0       0
/dev/nvd0p3		none		swap	sw		0	0

and suddenly, after reboot, I have a swap partition :

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