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    [Solved] Alix 2D2 - Fail to boot afer installing an hard drive

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      nsteinmetz
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      Hi,

      To resume:

      • I have an Alix 2D2
      • Using a CF Card, pfsense works well
      • I want to add a hard drive to store files for squid / havp activity.
      • Hard drive is empty without any partition

      When I plug the hard drive, pfsense fails to boot.

      In the Bios settings, I tried to mix with "HD Wait" and/or "HD Slave" or none of them but nothing works so far.

      Any hint ?

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        nsteinmetz
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        My Hard Drive is a Sata-one. I have a IDE > Sata converter. My reseller told me I have to use PIO4 if I want to use the converter with FreeBSD.

        What about PIO4 in Pfsense ?

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          nsteinmetz
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          Somehow solved : my reseller just told the that the IDE > Sata converter force the HD to be set as master. As the CF cannot be seen as a slave, I just can't do this way.

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