PCEngines alix2c3 (Substitute for WRAP) boot failes
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Unfortunately Pascal has not sent me a ALIX board to test this. This is likely to be fixed until we have a Alix testing board in one of the coreteam members possession. If anyone knows him, I encourage you to ask him for a board so we can get this fixed once and for all.
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I don't know Pascal, but I sent him an email, and this was the reply:
How should I know where to send a board ???Please ask the core dev to request a board at
http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=2 with the
note "pfsense developer sample"…Best regards,
Pascal Dornier
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Great, thanks! I have ordered a board and hopefully will be able to get to the bottom of this soon.
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Thanks for all your hard work!
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Some notes:
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If you plan on re-using the CF card later, I suggest making a back-up of the blank CF card with dd. Repartitioning
CF cards can be tricky. -
Current BIOS = 0.99. Going back to v0.92 could cause stability issues.
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Xmodem reprogramming is not implemented yet. Sorry…
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Do NOT rename the alix*.bin files, sb.com will automatically pick the right file depending on which board you have
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Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.
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Reboot issue: ALIX does not have a keyboard controller, and does not attempt to emulate one. To reboot, please
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Bonus points for changing the default baud rate to 38400. Come on guys, life is too short to work at 9600 baud...
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Questions / comments to PC Engines -> please email, I cannot monitor this forum.
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I'm running the latest pfsense in VMWare and I get those "no such process" errors
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Some notes:
- Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.
The only time I have seen this issue occur was when I had installed the wrong bios version for the Alix board I was upgrading the bios on… I had make the cardinal mistake of renaming a .bin file thinking it was the correct one for the board I was working with...
DUH!!!!
gm...
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I'd really like to get this working, so is there anything I can do (as a normal user) to help point you in the right direction?
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The board has shipped. Hopefully should have it soon.
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The board has shipped. Hopefully should have it soon.
If Pascal shipped from his location then it will take about a week - at least that is how long it takes hardware from him to reach me here in Florida (USA).
gm…
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I hope the rc4 released after all this problems fixed :)
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Some notes:
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If you plan on re-using the CF card later, I suggest making a back-up of the blank CF card with dd. Repartitioning
CF cards can be tricky. -
Current BIOS = 0.99. Going back to v0.92 could cause stability issues.
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Xmodem reprogramming is not implemented yet. Sorry…
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Do NOT rename the alix*.bin files, sb.com will automatically pick the right file depending on which board you have
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Page fault issue: unless somebody pushes my snout towards the right problem, I assume this is a FreeBSD problem.
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Reboot issue: ALIX does not have a keyboard controller, and does not attempt to emulate one. To reboot, please
use port 92h or the CS5536 specific reset registers. -
Bonus points for changing the default baud rate to 38400. Come on guys, life is too short to work at 9600 baud...
(dd-wrt / openwrt uses 115200 !) -
Questions / comments to PC Engines -> please email, I cannot monitor this forum.
sofar I´ve been running pfsense "1.2-RC3 built on Fri Dec 14 14:42:07 EST 2007" on an alix with bios 0.99 without any problems. Its been up 24 days, 02:21 right now and never let me down. I have yet to try a new pfsense snapshot an duse vlans…
Reboots never failed or hung! The hardest part was getting the bios up to date but with the image of free dos posted by someone before in this thread it was no problem at all! I just copied the newest firmware into the img and flashed away! Once that was done it just worked (after setting the baud rate - wasn´t there a menu item once for setting the pfsense baud rate?)So what I really want to say is THANX for the great product (both pfsense and pcengines!)
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The board has shipped. Hopefully should have it soon.
hi,
finally you have receive the board?
Thanks,
Christos -
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Sullrich,
You should see the board about any time - mine just arrived Saturday (but had to wait until today to get it)…
gm...
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Since this is the board I am looking at I was wondering if you have received the board and had a chance to look at it.
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The board arrived but I do not have a power supply. Will have to pick one up.
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Any update on this issue? I am planning a project that is based on this board and this is a show stopper.
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The board arrived but I do not have a power supply. Will have to pick one up.
A Linksys 12-VDC WRT54G power supply works well with them - unless it is the ALIX 1C - then you need a different power connector (sure makes me wonder why the use of two different sized power connections for basically the same boards - hmmmmm)…
gm...
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i just got my alix 2c3 with 3 ethernet and 2 usb and i tried pfsense1.2rc4, doesnt work at all.
monowall latest beta works rock solid, i read somewhere that they r not supporting alix anymore and trying to make it as a firewall for full install only but if an embedded pc can do the job then y not atleast make a last version for it, saves the hassle of a dedicated PC as well as cost effective.