Errors during boot-up
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Hi,
I'm new to pfSense and just want to check on something, therefore, I have a few questions:
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When booting up pfsense, I can see some errors which I was not able to take note of as the boot-up process is just too quick. My question here is what type of errors I should be looking out for to make sure that I don't have any issues with pfSense as well as to keep it fully secure ?
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Is there a point of reviewing all the logs that happened during the boot-up process in the first place if everything works fine\as expected ?
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Is there a way to view the logs from when the boot-up process have happened ? I would prefer it to view them in the GUI if possible.
Thanks
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Some errors will be shown during a normal boot and are expected. For example are start of the boot in the bootloader you will probably see a UUID error, that's nothing to be concerned about.
You will probably also see some errors or warnings from unsupported hardware devivces in your system.It's a good idea to review the boot logs but only if you know what to expect there! Or if you are looking for a specific error for example.
You can see most of the boot logs in Status > System Logs > OS Boot in the webgui or in the file /var/logs/dmesg.boot at the CLI.
Those don't include anything that might be shown before the syslog process starts, so output from the BIOS and bootloader is not shown.Steve
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@stephenw10 Thanks, this helps a lot.