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    PFSense installer does'nt see my hard drive

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • W
      Wamba
      last edited by

      I'm trying to install PFSense 2.0.2 64 bit from a USB stick. Everything works fine, apart from the fact that PFSense does'nt recognize my hard drive. When I launch the installer, the only drive it sees is the USB stick. BIOS detects the drive, so no issue there. Drive is a SATA 6 Gb/s.

      Any idea to help?

      Thank you

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        It may not like the disk controller or the mode it's in. If there are BIOS options for things like Legacy/IDE/AHCI or similar, try toggling them.

        If that doesn't help, try a 2.1 snapshot. You may have a storage chipset that isn't supported on 2.0.x.

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        • W
          Wamba
          last edited by

          Thank you Sir!

          Toggling with hard drive options in BIOS solved the problem!

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          • M
            MHzTweaker
            last edited by

            @Wamba:

            Thank you Sir!

            Toggling with hard drive options in BIOS solved the problem!

            I ran into the same issue last night after a mobo/cpu/ram upgrade.  I had to change hard drive access from AHCI to IDE to allow installation. Switching back to AHCI after install causes pfSense not to boot.

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