Install issues, get stuck in mountroot terminal

[hezten]

Hi

Im trying to install version 2.0.3 - i have tried 3 different methods.

1: live cd via usb cd rom
2: live cd restored to usb key
3: memstick image restore to usb key

all 3 options throws me to mount root terminal, even though i hit 3 in the menu (the boot from usb device option)

As a 4. option i tried installing pfsense in a difference computer with internal cd rom drive end then move the harddrive back to the other pc again, but then i get errors about config.xml not being present. Also i get errors saying no interfaces found.

The pc im trying to install on is a shuttle with dual realtech network adaptoers.

Is there any other way to install this ? I cant seem to get past the mountroot shell / terminal.

[stephenw10]

If it's a recent Shuttle box with Realtek NICs you probably need to use a 2.1 snapshot to get compatible drivers.
http://snapshots.pfsense.org/

What do you mean by 'restore to usb key'?

Steve

[wallabybob]

@hezten:

all 3 options throws me to mount root terminal, even though i hit 3 in the menu (the boot from usb device option)

PERHAPS your box has a USB connected "disk device" (such as a SD card reader) that is found on the bus BEFORE the boot device. That would cause the boot device to become (perhaps) /dev/da1 whereas configuration script would be expecting the boot device to be /dev/da0.

@hezten:

Is there any other way to install this ? I cant seem to get past the mountroot shell / terminal.

What is reported if you type a question mark then hit the enter key? You should be able to continue by typing the correct string to that prompt but I can't tell you what the correct string would be since I don't know the device configuration of your system. In the case of you moving a hard drive from another system the boot drive probably changed ints unit number, for example, it might have been  /dev/ad4 in the install PC and then became /dev/ad6 in the target PC. After typing the correct device string to the mountroot prompt the startup should contnue, then when get the console menu type 8 to get a shell prompt then edit /etc/fstab to specify the correct partition for the root file system.