PfSense 2.1 / 2.0 on Dell R610 - Hangs during boot
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Hi Guys,
We are provisioning some new production boxes, they are Dell R610s with no additional NICs (4 onboard), H200 with 2 x SAS in RAID 1.
I have mounted the ISO, and it starts to book up until:
atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
Where it just hangs, and hangs and hangs.
I have tried, upgrading the BIOS, enabling VT and disabling the NICs with no luck, still just changes on this screen before I even have a chance to install to disk.
I have search around, but it seems like a more uncommon problem. Has anyone came across this? Any recommendation?
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I have tried both 2.1 and 2.0, and I have just tried 2.1 32-bit, all produce the same error.
Any ideas before I have to resort to new hardware or ESX?
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A common work around for similar boxes seems to be to disable all the virtualization enhancement options and the multicore CPU in the BIOS during the install. You can re-enable it afterwards.
Steve
Edit: re-reading some posts it could be: enable VT, disable multicore/SMP.
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Hi Steve,
VT is now enabled, and I have only enabled a single core, still the same thing with normal boot,
With ACPI disabled in the pfsense boot options, I get to:
cd0: cd present [47302 x 2048 bytes records]
Where it hangs, when I hit enter:
panic: Root mount failed, startup aborted.
cpuid=0
KDB: enter: panic -
We booted the server using an actual CD, same result. I then booted it with pfSense 1.2.3 ISO, which loaded fine, but of course couldn't find the drivers for the PERC H200.
I am trying a USB boot now to see if that changes anything. Fingers crossed.
Does anyone else have any ideas?
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USB fails at same stage, and just tried a R710 with different hardware an a PERC6/i and exactly the same.
Tried removing the H200 from the R610 and booting, same result.
I really want to avoid installing ESX, does anyone have any other ideas?
