On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> I have managed (thanks to help on this list) to get my ALIX board running a
> full install of pfSense on 8GB CF card, so that I could enable Snort service
> (default install with embedded kernel).
>
>
>
> I ran into the problem of it downloading the snort rules and it would fail.
> After adjusting the time timeouts, it managed to finally update.
>
>
>
> Doing this remotely, I adjusting the time periods forced me to reboot, via
> the terminal pfsense menu option. After waiting 5 minutes, I couldn't
> reconnect. Argh, I had to into the datacenter.
>
>
>
> When I looked at the terminal, the following was on screen (I couldn't
> capture everything).
>
> +
>
> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/inc/util.inc on
> line 32
>
> 6
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>
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> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/inc/util.inc on
> line 32
>
> 6Enter the LAN interface name or 'a' for auto-detection:
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>
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> Network interface mismatch -- Running interface assignment option.
>
>
>
> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/inc/util.inc on
> line 32
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> 6
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>
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> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/inc/util.inc on
> line 32
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> 6
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>
>
> Valid interfaces are:
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>
>
> vr0 00:0d:b9:16:1c:f4
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> vr1 00:0d:b9:16:1c:f5
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>
>
> Do you want to set up VLANs first?
>
> If you are not going to use VLANs, or only for optional interfaces, you
> should
>
> say no here and use the webConfigurator to configure VLANs later, if
> required.
>
>
>
> Do you want to set up VLANs now [y|n]
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>
>
>
> Looked like it lost all my settings. I unplugged the pfSense box at this
> point, and then plugged it back in. It seemed to have found the lost
> settings this time. Below is the bootup sequence.
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> ehci0: [ITHREAD]
>
> usb1: EHCI version 1.0
>
> usb1: companion controller, 4 ports each: usb0
>
> usb1: on ehci0
>
> usb1: USB revision 2.0
>
> uhub1: on usb1
>
> uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
>
> orm0: at iomem 0xe-0xea7ff pnpid ORM on isa0
>
> ppc0: parallel port not found.
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> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
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> sio0: type 16550A, console
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> sio0: [FILTER]
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> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>
> sio1: port may not be enabled
>
> RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80
>
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 498053972 Hz quality 800
>
> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
>
> Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
>
> ad0: 7815MB at ata0-master WDMA2
>
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
>
> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
>
>
>
> ___
>
> ___/ f \
>
> / p \___/ Sense
>
> \___/ \
>
> \___/
>
>
>
> Welcome to pfSense 1.2.2 on thWe 'pfSense' platAform...
>
>
>
> RMounting filesysNtems...ING: R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not
> clean -
>
> run fsck
>
> mount: W/dev/ad0s1a A: RNING: R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not
> clean -
>
> run fsck
>
> Operation not permitted
>
> mount: : Operation not permitted
>
> ** /dev/ad0s1a
>
> ** Last Mounted on /
>
> ** Root file system
>
> ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
>
> ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
>
> ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
>
> ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
>
> UNREF FILE I=23595 OWNER=root MODE=100644
>
> SIZE=0 MTIME=Jan 31 00:49 2009
>
> CLEAR? yes
>
>
>
> UNREF FILE I=23596 OWNER=root MODE=100644
>
> SIZE=0 MTIME=Jan 31 00:49 2009
>
> CLEAR? yes
>
>
>
> UNREF FILE I=23597 OWNER=root MODE=100644
>
> SIZE=0 MTIME=Jan 31 00:49 2009
>
> CLEAR? yes
>
>
>
> UNREF FILE I=23598 OWNER=root MODE=100644
>
> SIZE=0 MTIME=Jan 31 00:49 2009
>
> CLEAR? yes
>
>
>
> UNREF FILE I=23600 OWNER=root MODE=100644
>
> SIZE=0 MTIME=Jan 31 00:49 2009
>
> CLEAR? yes
>
>
>
> ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
>
> FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK
>
> SALVAGE? yes
>
>
>
> SUMMARY INFORMATION BAD
>
> SALVAGE? yes
>
>
>
> BLK(S) MISSING IN BIT MAPS
>
> SALVAGE? yes
>
>
>
> 4058 files, 50393 used, 962618 free (210 frags, 120301 blocks, 0.0%
> fragmentatio
>
> n)
>
>
>
> * FILE SYSTEM MARKED CLEAN *
>
>
>
> * FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *
>
> done.
>
> Creating symlinks..done.
>
> Launching PHP init system... done.
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> Does anyone know why it would have lost all settings when it rebooted? Yet
> another reboot and it's working.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have the full first reboot screen capture (so I
> didn't see any errors about the flash). So unsure if the CF flash was the
> cause of the problems. The manual power on/off might explain the second
> screen capture of not being shut down properly.
>
>
>
> Are there any know issues that might cause this or suggestions on how to
> figure out what's going on? I'd really like to be able to reboot it remotely
> without having to go into the datacenter.
Not sure what happened but your