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    [Solved] Motherboard Replacement and ZFS RAID

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      mgc6288
      last edited by mgc6288

      Hello, I woke up this morning to my pfSense box down. I tested each of the components and determined it was the board. I have a second same board onhand and have replaced it with all the components back in the way they were with the former board.

      I set the BIOS back to AHCI as ZFS RAID1 is configured.

      Upon startup I get the following:

      F1 ?
      F2 FreeBSD
      F5 Drive 1
      F6 PXE
      Boot: F5

      F1 ?
      F2 FreeBSD
      F5 Drive 2
      F6 PXE
      Boot: F2 ###############################################...continuously...

      Is this a rebuild or is the system dead?

      I did backup my entire configuration after the last change but I always hold my breath when restoring. I presume this route would require simply installing pfSense again, configuring the LAN/WAN and then restoring from the past backup?

      Please advise if the continuous ############## is a rebuild or if the above manual reinstall is the way to go. Thank you.

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        mgc6288 @mgc6288
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        In answering my own question, I discovered that the continuous # symbols was not a rebuild and so I restarted and checked the bios. I changed from Legacy/UEFI to UEFI and the system restarted without a hitch!

        A+ pfSense!!!

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