PfSense nanoBSD halts on boot

Sova

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Hi there,
I am new to pfsense and I encountering a very strange issue on boot.
Setup:
Dell E4200
No HDD
NanoBSD on USB Stick
pfSense 2.2.6

When the system boot, I can see the pfSense Boot Option Menu. If I do nothing, or press #1 Boot Multi User or #2 Boot Single User the system just halts. No messages at all.
However, if I do the following:
Press: #3 [Esc]ape to loader prompt
Type: boot-conf
And press enter after boot-conf finishes the system boots just fine.

Everything else seems to be working fine. I was able to set both ipv4 and v6 over PPPoE and route the traffic successfully.

Any ideas how to fix the boot?

Sova

I tried just typing boot on Loader prompt and the system boots fine. Meaning that there is no need to run boot-conf.

Any idea what can cause this, or how ti simulate that behavior during boot automatically?

Sova

No-one? Not even a tip?

Is it possible to make the default boot option the Loader Prompt?

Sova

Looks like I've solved the issue.
In my case I had to disable beastie from boot.

My /boot/loader.conf.local is as following
loader_delay="9"
beastie_disable="YES"

Already rebooted few time and works like a charm.

Also I encountered the same issue using USB HDD and Full Pfsense install -> did it to troubleshoot. That makes me lean towards some wiered USB controller issue and beastiie.