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      timreichhart last edited by

      Guys
      I am trying to install the latest pfsense onto an neoware ca17 with 1GB DOM and everytime I try to install it gives me:
      g_vfs_done () :ufs/pfsense [READ(offset=…......, length=2048)] error =5

      Do I need an larger DOM or whats going on this this?

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      • stephenw10
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

        When you say latest do you mean 2.1.5 or some beta version?
        Quickly googling that seems to indicate either the module is too slow causing some issue or the module is reporting an incorrect geometry causing pfSense to attempt to write to space that is beyond the end of the drive. Are the offset values all very large?
        Which install type of pfSense are you using?

        Steve

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          timreichhart last edited by

          Stephen
          I am using the 2.1.5 version and I tried the quick install and the custom install and both is giving me that error.

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          • stephenw10
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

            Right so you're using the 'full' install type, installed from a CD (or memory stick equivalent).
            With a DOM I would use a Nano image which prevents damage to the module due to limited writes. Have you had pfSense installed on this before?

            Steve

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              timreichhart last edited by

              Steve
              very first time on this machine and dom so how would I install this? use an flash drive or what?

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                timreichhart last edited by

                Steve
                any thoughts on how to do this?

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                • stephenw10
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                  So to use the NanoBSD images you just have to write them to the module directly, there's no install process as such. The easiest way to do that is probably to put the module into another computer that's running some other OS and then download and write the image from there. See:
                  https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_pfSense#Embedded

                  Steve

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                    timreichhart last edited by

                    So Steve what happens if I don't have any other computer to put the Dom in? What can I do about that ?

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                    • stephenw10
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                      Other options might be;
                      Use a USB-IDE adapter to connect the DOM to whatever else you do have. I assume you have a laptop or something that doesn't have IDE.
                      Boot the Neoware from a Linux USB stick then download and write the image directly from there. You might have an issue doing this if you don't have enough RAM in the Neoware to extract the image into.
                      Potentially you could do it from the pfSense live CD/USB image but it's not really setup for that.

                      Steve

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                        robi last edited by

                        I've experienced problems connecting DOMs to other computers or USB-IDE adapters, many DOMs use unstandard pinouts (reverse, mirrored IDE pinouts). This is the case for example for DOMs in some HP Thin Clients.

                        But there IS hope, HP provides a way to create a bootable USB stick which you can copy gzipped dd images on (just like NanoBSD images of pfSense are) and with a simple menu-based utility booted from that stick, you can write the image to the DOM without even having to open the case.

                        Check this out: http://www.hp.com/sbso/busproducts-thinpro.html?jumpid=in_r2910_dtSLBox/heasmith

                        start virtual machine
                        insert a usb stick in your PC
                        attach to vm
                        switch to admin mode in vm (Administrator password: "root")
                        control panel > management > thinstate

                        • thinpro image
                        • make a copy of
                        • create a bootable USB flash drive
                          choose usb stick attached
                          …
                          remove usb stick

                        add custom images to the /images directory on the stick
                        Just copy the pfSense NanoBSD image which corresponds to your DOM disk size. The .dd.gz file created by the above utility in the /images directory can be safely deleted. You just need the bootable OS on the key...

                        Done this on several HP t5730 Thin Clients so far with pfSense, I guess it should work on other models too, as long as they can boot from USB. It's gunzipping the image straight through dd writing it uncompressed to the flash. Just as it should be, displays nice progress bar. You can even make a backup of existing contents of the DOM with this utility, it'll create a compressed image of it on the stick.

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                          timreichhart last edited by

                          Well I still cant get the pfsense go onto the DOM and when I plug in an CF with adapter it dont even see it at all so is the CF card be under like HDD-FSD?

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                          • stephenw10
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                            You mean in the bios? If you're using a cf-ide adapter it should appear as a standard hard drive.

                            Steve

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                              timreichhart last edited by

                              Yes in bios and its not showing up in bios as an hard drive.

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                              • stephenw10
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                I have read that some CF cards cannot operate in 'ide mode' though I've yet to find one myself.

                                Steve

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                                  Guest last edited by

                                  Can't find any details on a neoware CA17:

                                  http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?DocLang=de&docId=emr_na-c01383411&docLocale=de_DE&jumpid=reg_r1002_dede_c-001_title_r0001&ac.admitted=1412920697645.876444892.199480143

                                  Can you give some details on the hardware?

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                                    timreichhart last edited by

                                    Here is the images:




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                                    • stephenw10
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                      Not quite sure what we're looking at there.
                                      So you're booting from a USB stick, yes? What image exactly is on the stick? Is that as far as it boots?

                                      Steve

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                                        timreichhart last edited by

                                        Steve
                                        right now I am booting off of the flash drive but I want DOM be doing this since flash drive can only do so many reads and writes before it quits.

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                                        • stephenw10
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                          So it boots fine from USB but you've not written the DOM yet?
                                          Both are flash devices subject to limited writes.

                                          Steve

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                                            timreichhart last edited by

                                            Steve
                                            that is correct it boots fine from usb but I have not gotten the DOM write to pfsense since I cant figure out how to do that since there is no option for 99 in this.

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                                              robi last edited by

                                              Use the method I just posted to copy the image to the DOM: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=82540.msg452130#msg452130

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                                                Guest last edited by

                                                The problem appears to be persistent…

                                                http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1041144185

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                                                • stephenw10
                                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                                  It appears the image you have on the USB stick is one of the the Nano images, yes? There is no option to install from there, it's not intended to be install media. Will it boot from the memstick image on a USB stick? That will give you the option to install the 'full' version of pfSense.
                                                  I would still try to run Nano from a DOM though. Others have run full with no issues.

                                                  Steve

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