On 2 August 2011 17:09, Mehma Sarja <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/2/11 8:22 AM, Nick Upson wrote: > >> ok, I'm close to giving up with installing pfsense 1.2.3 or 2.0rc3 onto >> the FX5624 harddrive, >> >> Does anyone have suggestions for similiar hardware (6 lan ports, >> preferably rack mount) that is available in the UK >> >> -- >> Nick Upson (01799 533252) >> >> We really need more info than provided. What is a FX5624? Is it a drive > or a system? Who makes it? Googling it, "Fanless Celeron M CPU and 1GB DDR2 > RAM. 2x RTL8111C Chipset Gigabit LAN and 4x Realtek 8100C Chipset 10/100 > LAN" > > Now we know something. How are you booting it? Spinning drive, SSD, CF > card? I ran into a problem installing onto a SSD drive, which turned out to > be a minor issue. I don't understand when you say it "hangs at the spinner > after boot prompt." So, a better description is warranted.
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: -- Nick Upson (01799 533252)
