Re: [pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Jim Spaloss wrote: > I missed the part about the memstick image. I will tell you that I had all > kinds of problems using the nanobsd images, and ended up hooking up the SSD > to a PC running the PFSense installer and choosing the embedded platform. No problem, Jim. The memstick image actually contains both the full kernel as well as the NanoBSD kernel - I chose the full kernel when installing. In the end, I think I'm just going to go back to installing on a CF card. Then I'll mount the SSD somewhere and use it as a cache space for squid. Thanks! -Erik ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > Appreciate this isn't really an answer to your original question, but is > there a reason why you don't use a compact flash card in the socket on the > board? We have quite a few clients with 5501s, all of which are using CF > cards, and I don't recall having a problem booting with any of them. Thanks Chris - My desire to use an SSD was borne out of the hope that I could have access to a bit more disk space, and to be able to use packages like squid without using up the available write cycles of a CF card. That said, I'm probably going to end up just going with a CF card in the end for ease of installation. I will still plan on keeping the SSD attached, and I'll hopefully be able to use it as cache space for squid. -Erik ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Jim Spaloss wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Erik Anderson wrote: > >> I'm at a loss here - >> >> My shiny new 5501 arrived today, along with the SATA mounting kit and >> a small SSD drive. Knowing that the 5501 doesn't support USB boot, I >> connected the SSD to another system, and installed 2.0.1 to it using >> the memstick image. I chose the embedded kernel. >> >> After connecting the SSD to the 5501, the bootloader started just >> fine, and it loaded the kernel, but failed when trying to mount the >> root partition. >> >> A full transcript of the boot process is here: >> >> http://pastebin.me/82c3fe0bb271a67bf86d5a0d0f0e89f9 >> >> You can see on line 161 that the SSD was detected as device ad1, and >> the system was trying to mount root from /dev/ad4s1a. Problem. >> >> So, at the mountroot> prompt, I assumed I could just type >> "ufs:/dev/ad1s1a". That didn't work, and gave the same error message. >> >> From the loader prompt, here's the device list: >> >> OK lsdev >> cd devices: >> disk devices: >>disk0: BIOS drive C: >>disk0s1a: FFS >>disk0s1b: swap >> pxe devices: >> zfs devices: >> >> Any pointers? >> >> Thank you! >> ___ >> List mailing list >> List@lists.pfsense.org >> http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> > > I had a similar issue with two 6501s and mSATA SSDs. I ended up hooking > the SSDs up to a PC, booting to the PFSense CD, dropping to a command line, > and modifying the fstab file on the SSD. The SSDs showed up as a different > devices on the PC they were installed on, and installation was quite the > ordeal. > > I also had an issue with the installer trying to add a swap partition, > which caused it to fail. > How did you go about installing PFSense on the SSD? Is it possible that > your boot volume ended up on another slice or partition? /dev/ad1s2a? > > I just pulled up the fstab from one of the 6501s and can see that I had > changed it to /dev/ad4s1a from /dev/ads1a. > > Thanks, > Jim > Sorry, I missed the part about the memstick image. I will tell you that I had all kinds of problems using the nanobsd images, and ended up hooking up the SSD to a PC running the PFSense installer and choosing the embedded platform. ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Erik Anderson wrote: > I'm at a loss here - > > My shiny new 5501 arrived today, along with the SATA mounting kit and > a small SSD drive. Knowing that the 5501 doesn't support USB boot, I > connected the SSD to another system, and installed 2.0.1 to it using > the memstick image. I chose the embedded kernel. > > After connecting the SSD to the 5501, the bootloader started just > fine, and it loaded the kernel, but failed when trying to mount the > root partition. > > A full transcript of the boot process is here: > > http://pastebin.me/82c3fe0bb271a67bf86d5a0d0f0e89f9 > > You can see on line 161 that the SSD was detected as device ad1, and > the system was trying to mount root from /dev/ad4s1a. Problem. > > So, at the mountroot> prompt, I assumed I could just type > "ufs:/dev/ad1s1a". That didn't work, and gave the same error message. > > From the loader prompt, here's the device list: > > OK lsdev > cd devices: > disk devices: >disk0: BIOS drive C: >disk0s1a: FFS >disk0s1b: swap > pxe devices: > zfs devices: > > Any pointers? > > Thank you! > ___ > List mailing list > List@lists.pfsense.org > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > I had a similar issue with two 6501s and mSATA SSDs. I ended up hooking the SSDs up to a PC, booting to the PFSense CD, dropping to a command line, and modifying the fstab file on the SSD. The SSDs showed up as a different devices on the PC they were installed on, and installation was quite the ordeal. I also had an issue with the installer trying to add a swap partition, which caused it to fail. How did you go about installing PFSense on the SSD? Is it possible that your boot volume ended up on another slice or partition? /dev/ad1s2a? I just pulled up the fstab from one of the 6501s and can see that I had changed it to /dev/ad4s1a from /dev/ads1a. Thanks, Jim ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
On 21/12/11 10:49 pm, Erik Anderson wrote: After connecting the SSD to the 5501, the bootloader started just fine, and it loaded the kernel, but failed when trying to mount the root partition. Appreciate this isn't really an answer to your original question, but is there a reason why you don't use a compact flash card in the socket on the board? We have quite a few clients with 5501s, all of which are using CF cards, and I don't recall having a problem booting with any of them. Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
[pfSense] Soekris 5501 + SATA drive issues
I'm at a loss here - My shiny new 5501 arrived today, along with the SATA mounting kit and a small SSD drive. Knowing that the 5501 doesn't support USB boot, I connected the SSD to another system, and installed 2.0.1 to it using the memstick image. I chose the embedded kernel. After connecting the SSD to the 5501, the bootloader started just fine, and it loaded the kernel, but failed when trying to mount the root partition. A full transcript of the boot process is here: http://pastebin.me/82c3fe0bb271a67bf86d5a0d0f0e89f9 You can see on line 161 that the SSD was detected as device ad1, and the system was trying to mount root from /dev/ad4s1a. Problem. So, at the mountroot> prompt, I assumed I could just type "ufs:/dev/ad1s1a". That didn't work, and gave the same error message. >From the loader prompt, here's the device list: OK lsdev cd devices: disk devices: disk0: BIOS drive C: disk0s1a: FFS disk0s1b: swap pxe devices: zfs devices: Any pointers? Thank you! ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
