I'm installing onto a seagate 320GB 2.5" hard drive, from a CD, both connected via sata. I boot from the CD and have attempted to install directly (press I) and continue (press C) into the liveCD boot, do a minimal configuration (1 lan & 1 wan) and install from there (option 99). I'm using the non-embedded version, both 1.2.3 and 2.0rc3.
I have 2 possible outcomes when I boot from disk, depending upon the options used to install - A menu is visible on the screen which after a few seconds attempts to boot, this is what I finish up with on the screen F1 pfSense Boot: F1 \ <----- non-moving spinner - the other outcome is that I get an error message like this: default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel no /boot/loader boot: I would change the setting in the bios for the hard drive to ATA or legacy mode if it has such a setting. It appears as though it doesn't like the hard drive for some reason. I have had that problem with some compact flash modules and 1 SATA drive that I fixed by setting my BIOS to what it called legacy mode. (Basically it presented the SATA drive as IDE I think.) -- Nick Upson (01799 533252)
