Install pfSense on net45xx

thomasbuesser · Feb 10, 2011, 3:07 PM

Hi folks

i tried to install the pfSense on a net45xx embedded platform on a 4GB cf-card. I wrote the image with gzcat on a mac and phydiskwrite on windows to the cf both times with the same result: the box tries to boot and then shows me a "read error" on the console. has anyone an idea how to fix this ?

best regards
Thomas

dotdash · Feb 10, 2011, 4:22 PM

Even if you can get it booting, you would be running an unsupported configuration. The 45xx boxes only had 64mb and current minimum is 128mb. See:
http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=48
If it was me, I'd run m0n0 on that hardware.

peteysa · Feb 11, 2011, 2:17 AM

An issue I ran into at one point was the CF card was a tad smaller than the image I was writing to the card. Try writing the 2GB image to the 4GB card and see if it boots.

Cheers!

Dan