Finally got it working...I was able to hack together a different cdrom drive connected to another machine's power supply and get it to boot and install to hard disk. For any one else who may try with this hardware, I ran into another problem in having a long boot delay which was solved by disabling "Remote Setup" in the BIOS. And I must say, from my little experience testing so far it definitely appears to be worth the trouble. You guys have put together an awesome system! Thanks! Adam
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:49:53 -0800Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Boot hangs during start_init Thanks for the quick reply, I have verified that it is indeed a problem with FreeSBIE and my machine. Now I have a new place to look for info at least. Adam > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:04:02 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Boot hangs during > start_init> > pfSense uses FreeSBIE whereas m0n0wall does not. This means we > are> mounting a gzipped iso and there appears to be some edge cases with> > certain cd-rom devices where it simply does not work. I know you wan> this > specific hardware to work but all I can recommend is trying> different cdrom > hardware.> > Also check out:> > http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=BootTroubleShooting> > http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=BootOptions> > Scott> > On 12/28/06, > Adam Van Ornum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > I got an old VA Linux 1000 > box and I'd like to use it as a firewall box> > running pfSense, however it > hangs when trying to boot off the cd. It is> > able to recognize the cdrom > drive and seems to mount the filesystem but the> > system hangs.> >> > The > last few lines of text from verbose mode:> >> > GEOM_LABEL: Label for > provider acd0 is iso9660/pfSense.> > Trying to mount root from > cd9660:/dev/iso9660/pfSense> > cd9660: RockRidge Extension> > start_init: > trying /sbin/init> >> > Anyone have any ideas? I have tried 1.0.1 and the > 12-23-2006 snapshot and> > neither of them work. However, I have tried > m0n0wall 1.22 and 1.3b2 and> > those both work fine. m0n0wall 1.3b2 is based > on FreeBSD 6.2 so I had hoped> > that the 12-23 snapshot would work but it > does not. Is there anyone else> > running on a VA Linux box or an IBM 4000R? > (Apparently they're the same> > hardware) I've looked through the > forums/mailing list archives but so far> > nothing has worked.> >> > > ________________________________> > View Athletes' Collections with Live > Search. See it!> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------> To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Get into the holiday spirit, chat with Santa on Messenger. Ho-Ho-Ho! _________________________________________________________________ Try amazing new 3D maps http://maps.live.com/?wip=51
