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pfSense hyper-v install crashes when attempting to format disk

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    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
    last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 1:04 PM

    If the installer fails you should be to drop to the shell. Then at the command line just run dmesg. That should show you the drive detected at boot.

    For example:

    [admin@plusdev-2.stevew.lan]/root: dmesg | grep ada0
    ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
    ada0: <QEMU HARDDISK 2.5+> ATA-7 SATA device
    ada0: Serial Number QM00005
    ada0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
    ada0: Command Queueing enabled
    ada0: 10240MB (20971520 512 byte sectors)
    
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      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @DrSimplex
      last edited by Bob.Dig Mar 3, 2025, 2:51 PM Mar 3, 2025, 2:36 PM

      @DrSimplex Maybe don't use RDP for this. Maybe don't use hyper-v in the first place because you seem new to not only FreeBSD but everything. I installed it the other week, worked like expected.

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:19 PM

        It should work. RDP or not! 😉

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          DrSimplex @stephenw10
          last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:19 PM

          @stephenw10 yes, I'm seeing the drive show up here, so that's not an issue at least from what I can tell. It at least sees the drive1000011482.png

          This is on the current version of pfsense off of the main website, I'd try an older version incase it is a bug but I don't see they officially host previous versions anywhere.

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:21 PM

            What version of pfSense are you trying to install?

            It just never shows a drive selection?

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              DrSimplex @stephenw10
              last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:21 PM

              @stephenw10 Yeah RDP would not be the reason for this. It's purely just an install format issue onto hyper-v. I knew that it'd be more of a tedious process... But I want a lab first before I deploy 😁

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

                If you're installing 2.7.2 then try the legacy ISO installer.

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                  DrSimplex @stephenw10
                  last edited by DrSimplex Mar 3, 2025, 3:27 PM Mar 3, 2025, 3:26 PM

                  @stephenw10 Nice! Yes, this is my attempt with 2.7.2. I've been looking for something legacy to try and troubleshoot with, I'll give that a go. Thanks!

                  And no, it never offers for me to select a drive. Some forums I've seen say it is trying to install on my installation media, but I don't really get a chance to choose one or the other. :/

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                    DrSimplex @DrSimplex
                    last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:44 PM

                    @DrSimplex Perfect that legacy installer you linked to worked just fine Seeing through the rest of setup but its weird that the current version from netgate was just not working 😲

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 4:31 PM

                      Yup that is odd. I'll try to get a test to replicate it though AFAIK it's already tested....

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                        DrSimplex @stephenw10
                        last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 5:41 PM

                        @stephenw10 Sounds good, I'd imagine it would have been tested as well. I believe it could also have something to do with windows updates, I read another bug report that a KB update was causing issues with the install process for Hyper-V specifically... this was I think 2019 tho? Old news :/

                        So far so good with the install, will check tonight to see where we're at :)

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                          DrSimplex @stephenw10
                          last edited by DrSimplex Mar 4, 2025, 5:28 AM Mar 4, 2025, 5:27 AM

                          @stephenw10 said in pfSense hyper-v install crashes when attempting to format disk:

                          If you're installing 2.7.2 then try the legacy ISO installer.

                          So, honestly after a bit of troubleshooting I am getting logged into the web console for pfsense! The legacy ISO installer really just walked through formatting the drive, then the rest of setup for the network card I have was pretty straightforward over a terminal. Forgot I had my LAN port still set to a virtual one in the Hyper-V Switch Manager so that took me a second to remember 😅

                          Again, not exactly sure why it wouldn't let me choose a disk to format with the original. I didn't change any of my Hyper-V settings, just swapped out the ISO. This is running 2.7.2, I know you mentioned that is the legacy ISO, am I good to just run with where I'm at?

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by Mar 4, 2025, 1:15 PM

                            Yes, the resulting install is identical. You should be good to go.

                            We re-tested the Net Installer here and were able to install in Hyper-V OK so I'm not sure what happened there. Must be something slightly different with your setup.

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                              DrSimplex @stephenw10
                              last edited by Mar 4, 2025, 1:55 PM

                              @stephenw10 there must be something different I guess, but again I didn't change anything between the regular GUI installer and the legacy installer. Hopefully this was just a me issue this time. Really appreciate your help!

                              Where does one access the legacy iso for future reference?

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by Mar 4, 2025, 2:15 PM

                                At the mirror I linked above. That's the only location it's hosed at netgate currently.

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                                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @DrSimplex
                                  last edited by Mar 4, 2025, 6:19 PM

                                  @DrSimplex said in pfSense hyper-v install crashes when attempting to format disk:

                                  Set disk to 10GB, but when I look into it the number is 25GB

                                  As I understand it ZFS on a dynamically expanding disk will eventually use all of the disk size due to how it works. Options would be a small/fixed disk, or UFS.

                                  Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                                  When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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                                    DrSimplex @SteveITS
                                    last edited by Mar 4, 2025, 6:54 PM

                                    @SteveITS I agree, I thought that may have been an issue so I restarted the VM setup ensuring the disk was fixed at, I think I set 15GB? Still ran into the same original issue where it wouldn't format initially. 🤷

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