Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
FWIW, this method of install does work with 1.2RC4 as I just did it in VMWare Server 1.0.4 on a 64bit Ubuntu host. Install was to a Sandisk Extreme III 2G card that I no longer have any use for (too small for my camera) via generic (slow) pile of crap USB - CF card reader (not sure where my good reader is right this second). This card is going in my primary firewall later this afternoon to replace the existing embedded install on it. --Bill On Jan 25, 2008 1:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sean, I need to do a full installation to a compact flash card. I do not want an embedded install due to the lack of flexibility - e.g. no packages. I also presume the full 2 GB of my CF card would be left largely unusable. Therefore, I am booting the live ISO in VMWare, then installing to the CF card. Because it is stuck, there is no error, no log, the system is totally responsive, just not moving past this command. -Galen On Jan 25, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: are you trying to use VMware to install straight to the CF card? if so, thats now how you install to them. http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HOWTO_Install_pfSense#Embedded_.28Compact_Flash.29_Installation -Sean From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:00:33 -0800 Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Paul M wrote: Scott Ullrich wrote: That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. I presume the CF card is mounted noatime,async (or whatever it is in freebsd, I am thinking linux here)? I found that async makes a huge difference in speed - I had a flash memory card I though was broken as it took so long to write, then I remembered to do async and it was so much faster! I did not do anything special. I booted the live CD under vmware and everything works great, until it gets stuck. I tried booting without ACPI and left it running for 11 hours so far, and it is STILL stuck. Any ideas? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail(R)-get your fix. Check it out. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
Scott Ullrich wrote: That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. I presume the CF card is mounted noatime,async (or whatever it is in freebsd, I am thinking linux here)? I found that async makes a huge difference in speed - I had a flash memory card I though was broken as it took so long to write, then I remembered to do async and it was so much faster! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
Sean, I need to do a full installation to a compact flash card. I do not want an embedded install due to the lack of flexibility - e.g. no packages. I also presume the full 2 GB of my CF card would be left largely unusable. Therefore, I am booting the live ISO in VMWare, then installing to the CF card. Because it is stuck, there is no error, no log, the system is totally responsive, just not moving past this command. -Galen On Jan 25, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: are you trying to use VMware to install straight to the CF card? if so, thats now how you install to them. http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HOWTO_Install_pfSense#Embedded_.28Compact_Flash.29_Installation -Sean From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:00:33 -0800 Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Paul M wrote: Scott Ullrich wrote: That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. I presume the CF card is mounted noatime,async (or whatever it is in freebsd, I am thinking linux here)? I found that async makes a huge difference in speed - I had a flash memory card I though was broken as it took so long to write, then I remembered to do async and it was so much faster! I did not do anything special. I booted the live CD under vmware and everything works great, until it gets stuck. I tried booting without ACPI and left it running for 11 hours so far, and it is STILL stuck. Any ideas? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®- get your fix. Check it out.
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Paul M wrote: Scott Ullrich wrote: That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. I presume the CF card is mounted noatime,async (or whatever it is in freebsd, I am thinking linux here)? I found that async makes a huge difference in speed - I had a flash memory card I though was broken as it took so long to write, then I remembered to do async and it was so much faster! I did not do anything special. I booted the live CD under vmware and everything works great, until it gets stuck. I tried booting without ACPI and left it running for 11 hours so far, and it is STILL stuck. Any ideas? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
are you trying to use VMware to install straight to the CF card? if so, thats now how you install to them. http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HOWTO_Install_pfSense#Embedded_.28Compact_Flash.29_Installation -Sean From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:00:33 -0800 Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Paul M wrote: Scott Ullrich wrote: That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer.I presume the CF card is mounted noatime,async (or whatever it is in freebsd, I am thinking linux here)? I found that async makes a huge difference in speed - I had a flash memory card I though was broken as it took so long to write, then I remembered to do async and it was so much faster! I did not do anything special. I booted the live CD under vmware and everything works great, until it gets stuck. I tried booting without ACPI and left it running for 11 hours so far, and it is STILL stuck. Any ideas? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your fix. http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx
[pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
Hello, I am attempting to install pfSense on a 2 GB CF card for use on a PC Engines motherboard without video (alix2c3.) I have used the live disc under VMWare and connected the card via USB reader. Everything works great and the install begins, but then hangs forever (overnight at least) at 35%, which is: /usr/local/bin/cpdup -vvv -I -o /usr /mnt/usr I have tested the card and reader extensively; everything works. I have re-attempted the above process several times. How do I work around this? Also, how do I put reasonable settings onto here, so that I can avoid setting up a console with my alix board? I'd prefer to have simple DHCP auto-configuration on at least one NIC and SSH/HTTP admin access working immediately after booting. Thank you! -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
On 1/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am attempting to install pfSense on a 2 GB CF card for use on a PC Engines motherboard without video (alix2c3.) I have used the live disc under VMWare and connected the card via USB reader. Everything works great and the install begins, but then hangs forever (overnight at least) at 35%, which is: /usr/local/bin/cpdup -vvv -I -o /usr /mnt/usr I have tested the card and reader extensively; everything works. I have re-attempted the above process several times. How do I work around this? Also, how do I put reasonable settings onto here, so that I can avoid setting up a console with my alix board? I'd prefer to have simple DHCP auto-configuration on at least one NIC and SSH/HTTP admin access working immediately after booting. That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Scott Ullrich wrote: On 1/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am attempting to install pfSense on a 2 GB CF card for use on a PC Engines motherboard without video (alix2c3.) I have used the live disc under VMWare and connected the card via USB reader. Everything works great and the install begins, but then hangs forever (overnight at least) at 35%, which is: /usr/local/bin/cpdup -vvv -I -o /usr /mnt/usr I have tested the card and reader extensively; everything works. I have re-attempted the above process several times. How do I work around this? Also, how do I put reasonable settings onto here, so that I can avoid setting up a console with my alix board? I'd prefer to have simple DHCP auto-configuration on at least one NIC and SSH/HTTP admin access working immediately after booting. That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. Scott How long should I give it? I already gave it roughly 4-6 hours... I can write the whole card full of data in about 15 minutes using the same reader. What in the world is it doing?? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
On 1/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can write the whole card full of data in about 15 minutes using the same reader. What in the world is it doing?? Well it should finish well before that. Can you cancel out during this time? If so, send over /tmp/installer.log Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck
I had a couple of machines fail to install like that, I had to disable ACPI for it to install. --Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:26 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Attempting to install pfSense; gets stuck On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Scott Ullrich wrote: On 1/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am attempting to install pfSense on a 2 GB CF card for use on a PC Engines motherboard without video (alix2c3.) I have used the live disc under VMWare and connected the card via USB reader. Everything works great and the install begins, but then hangs forever (overnight at least) at 35%, which is: /usr/local/bin/cpdup -vvv -I -o /usr /mnt/usr I have tested the card and reader extensively; everything works. I have re-attempted the above process several times. How do I work around this? Also, how do I put reasonable settings onto here, so that I can avoid setting up a console with my alix board? I'd prefer to have simple DHCP auto-configuration on at least one NIC and SSH/HTTP admin access working immediately after booting. That portion of the installer takes quite a while depending on speed of the CF card, etc. Give it a bit longer. Scott How long should I give it? I already gave it roughly 4-6 hours... I can write the whole card full of data in about 15 minutes using the same reader. What in the world is it doing?? -Galen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
