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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      AES2
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      An old Pentium 4 HT with 4*512MB DDR1, Intel Pro/100 and IDE on an Intel motherboard with Seagate Barracuda 80GB PATA in white box, ran perfectly until retired in favor of a 64 bit, faster machine.  Plugged in various PCI NICs, all with same failure:

      Boot 2.1 Live CD
      Select (I)nstall,
      Use default options
      Get a few acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 - various pages say it's normal BSD info to be ignored
      Let it finish installing and reboot
      Remove CD

      (PC Reboots)
      F1  pfSense

      F6 PXE
      Boot: F1
      \

      and it hangs on that backslash.

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        AES2
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        I tried a different PC and got the same result.  Then I read another posting about 2.1 issues:

        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,69261.0.html

        I downloaded and installed 2.0.3 and it's working perfectly.  As I wrote in that thread I'll be happy to send in any dumps or other diagnostic information requested.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          2.1 has better support for sata interfaces which is obviously a good thing. However in some systems this has resulted in the drive bring recognised by a different driver and not booting.
          Try changing the sata mode in the BIOS.

          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#BIOS.2FDisk_Errors

          Steve

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