Stuck installing pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1.3-RELEASE-amd64 on new Alix APU.1C4

[p0ddie]

Hi,

I just got one of them new APU.1C4 and downloaded pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1.3-RELEASE-amd64.img. DDed it onto a USB stick, boots fine. If I leave the boot process alone, it will start up with the NIC allocation assistant (do you want to set up VLANs now etc.). However, I want to install pfsense onto the internal mSATA ssd, so I press I to install when it comes up in the boot process.

I then get Launching Installer NCurses frontend… and that's about it. Could you tell me what I did wrong or point me to the right thread (couldn't find my problem solved)  so I can install correctly? Thank you!

Complete serial console output:

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miibus1: <mii bus=""> on re1

rgephy1: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface=""> PHY 1 on miibus1

rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow

re1: [ITHREAD]

pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> irq 18 at device 6.0 on pci0

pci3: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib3

re2: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xf7e00000-0xf7e00fff,0xf7d00000-0xf7d03fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3

re2: Using 1 MSI-X message

re2: ASPM disabled

re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000

re2: MAC rev. 0x00000000

miibus2: <mii bus=""> on re2

rgephy2: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface=""> PHY 1 on miibus2

rgephy2:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow

re2: [ITHREAD]

atapci0: <ati 800="" ixp700="" sata300="" controller=""> port 0x4010-0x4017,0x4020-0x4023,0x4018-0x401f,0x4024-0x4027,0x4000-0x400f mem 0xf7f08000-0xf7f083ff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0

atapci0: [ITHREAD]

atapci0: AHCI v1.20 controller with 6 6Gbps ports, PM supported

ata2: <ata channel=""> at channel 0 on atapci0

ata2: [ITHREAD]

ata3: <ata channel=""> at channel 1 on atapci0

ata3: [ITHREAD]

ata4: <ata channel=""> at channel 2 on atapci0

ata4: [ITHREAD]

ata5: <ata channel=""> at channel 3 on atapci0

ata5: [ITHREAD]

ata6: <ata channel=""> at channel 4 on atapci0

ata6: [ITHREAD]

ata7: <ata channel=""> at channel 5 on atapci0

ata7: [ITHREAD]

ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f04000-0xf7f04fff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0

ohci0: [ITHREAD]

usbus0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> on ohci0

ehci0: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08400-0xf7f084ff irq 17 at device 18.2 on pci0

ehci0: [ITHREAD]

usbus1: EHCI version 1.0

usbus1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> on ehci0

ohci1: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f05000-0xf7f05fff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0

ohci1: [ITHREAD]

usbus2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> on ohci1

ehci1: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08500-0xf7f085ff irq 17 at device 19.2 on pci0

ehci1: [ITHREAD]

usbus3: EHCI version 1.0

usbus3: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> on ehci1

pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus=""> at device 20.0 (no driver attached)

isab0: <pci-isa bridge=""> at device 20.3 on pci0

isa0: <isa bus=""> on isab0

pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 20.4 on pci0

pci4: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib4

ohci2: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f06000-0xf7f06fff irq 18 at device 20.5 on pci0

ohci2: [ITHREAD]

usbus4: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> on ohci2

pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 21.0 on pci0

pci5: <acpi pci="" bus=""> on pcib5

pcib6: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 21.1 on pci0

pci0: couldn't attach pci bus

device_attach: pcib6 attach returned 6

pcib7: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 21.2 on pci0

pci0: couldn't attach pci bus

device_attach: pcib7 attach returned 6

pcib8: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge=""> at device 21.3 on pci0

pci0: couldn't attach pci bus

device_attach: pcib8 attach returned 6

ohci3: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f07000-0xf7f07fff at device 22.0 on pci0

ohci3: [ITHREAD]

usbus5: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller=""> on ohci3

ehci2: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> mem 0xf7f08600-0xf7f086ff at device 22.2 on pci0

ehci2: [ITHREAD]

usbus6: EHCI version 1.0

usbus6: <ehci (generic)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller=""> on ehci2

acpi_button0: <power button=""> on acpi0

atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock=""> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0

orm0: <isa option="" rom=""> at iomem 0xee800-0xeffff on isa0

atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)=""> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0

atkbd0: <at keyboard=""> irq 1 on atkbdc0

kbd0 at atkbd0

atkbd: unable to get the current command byte value.

atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]

atkbd0: [ITHREAD]

psm0: unable to get the current command byte value.

ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range

uart0: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0

uart0: [FILTER]

uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)

uart1: <16550 or compatible> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0

uart1: [FILTER]

acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling=""> on cpu0

acpi_throttle1: <acpi cpu="" throttling=""> on cpu1

acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT

device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6

RTC BIOS diagnostic error fe <clock_battery,rom_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time>Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec

IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.

usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0

usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0

usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0

usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0

usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0

usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0

usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0

ugen0.1: <ati> at usbus0

uhub0: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus0

ugen1.1: <ati> at usbus1

uhub1: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1

ugen2.1: <ati> at usbus2

uhub2: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus2

ugen3.1: <ati> at usbus3

uhub3: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus3

ugen4.1: <ati> at usbus4

uhub4: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus4

ugen5.1: <ati> at usbus5

uhub5: <ati 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus5

ugen6.1: <ati> at usbus6

uhub6: <ati 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus6

uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered

uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered

uhub0: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered

uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered

uhub6: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered

uhub1: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered

uhub3: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered

ugen6.2: <generic> at usbus6

umass0: <generic 0="" 2="" flash="" card="" readerwriter,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.01="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus6

umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4001

umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0

ugen1.2: <jetflash> at usbus1

umass1: <jetflash 0="" 2="" mass="" storage="" device,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr=""> on usbus1

umass1:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4100

umass1:1:1:-1: Attached to scbus1

da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus1 target 0 lun 0

da1: <jetflash transcend="" 16gb="" 8.07=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device 

da1: 40.000MB/s transfers

da1: 15312MB (31358976 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1952C)

da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0

da0: <multiple card ="" reader="" 1.00=""> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device 

da0: 40.000MB/s transfers

da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present

SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!

GEOM: da1: geometry does not match label (64h,9s != 255h,63s).

GEOM: da1: media size does not match label.

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense

Configuring crash dumps...
Mounting filesystems...
Generating MFS /var partition
Generating MFS /etc partition
Looking for pfi.conf on acd0c done. 
Looking for pfi.conf on da0 da1 done. 
Looking for config.xml on da0 da1 done.
Generating a MFS /conf partition... done.
Generating a MFS /home partition... done.

     ___
 ___/ f \
/ p \___/ Sense
\___/   \
    \___/

Welcome to pfSense 2.1.3-RELEASE  ...

Mounting unionfs directories...done.
Creating symlinks......done.
Launching the init system... done.
Initializing............................. done.
Starting device manager (devd)...done.

[ Press R to enter recovery mode or ]
[  press I to launch the installer  ]

(R)ecovery mode can assist by rescuing config.xml
from a broken hard disk installation, etc.

(I)nstaller may be invoked now if you do 
not wish to boot into the liveCD environment at this time.

(C) continues the LiveCD bootup without further pause.

Timeout before auto boot continues (seconds): 9.9.8i

Installer mode selected...

Launching pfSense Installer...

kern.geom.debugflags: 0 -> 16
One moment please...

re0: link state changed to DOWN
re1: link state changed to DOWN
re2: link state changed to DOWN
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[jimp]

You're doing the right procedure, and that's how I've installed to mine and it works OK.

Make sure your terminal program properly supports the methods the installer is using to draw the menu. PuTTY should work, as should most any *nix/MAC terminal. Hyperterminal may not.