Boot problem on Lanner FW-7551A
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Hello.
I have a problem with boot on Lanner FW-7551A. After the BIOS passes, I can only see blank screen. I tried to play with the console redirection settings as i read somewhere, but with no success. Does anybody know the solution?
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Is it one that was purchased from Netgate? Or directly from Lanner?
Which version of pfSense is in use? And what serial port speed is set in the client?
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SOLVED (by workaround)
It is one purchased directly from Lanner. I tried 2.1 and 2.2 RC, both 64bit and 32bit versions. Console speeds 115200 and 9600.
After I made a "dd" of the CF image to the card and tried to boot, I had no success. The only way for me was to run through the installation from the USB flash. After this, the pfSense is booting up alright. The shame is, that I cannot use the "easier" way of installation, but it never mind. -
You should be using a Nano image for a CF card.
Please specify exactly what the image was you used and what command you used to write it.Steve
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The Lanner units usually require this to boot a CF with NanoBSD:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Embedded_install_on_Netgate_Hamakua
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That's surprising on the newer Lanner units. I haven't seen anyone else having problems booting other Lanner boxes, perhaps they're all running HDs. It's certainly not true for the XTM5 which is a mildly modified Lanner FW-7580. :-\
Steve
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It may vary from model to model and BIOS to BIOS. It's still the first thing I'd try if a CF didn't boot on one.
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Interesting.
I tried another one thing. I made a new CF card with pfSense 2.2 RC (perhaps 2.1 would behave the same) and after that I connected the CF card to FreeBSD machine and replaced the boot manager by following command:
boot0cfg -B /dev/adx
And it works! :-)
