-----Original Message----- From: Jim Pingle [mailto:li...@pingle.org] Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2009 9:07 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Re: NanoBSD on WRAP
On 12/15/2009 6:31 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Ugo Bellavance schrieb: >> I like this answer, and there are really 2 facts that are highlighted >> here: >> >> - Users will always complain >> - The better your product and product history, the less users will >> read the warnings. PfSense has always had a good record to me, so I >> don't read the upgrade document at each upgrade. >> >> I'll wait for the image, Chris, and I don't mind the few weeks of >> wait, but I think that maybe uploading a (or a set of) README files on >> the mirror would help... I would personnally be very tempted to read a >> README file while it is downloading, especially if it has "WRAP" in >> its name. >> >That might help, but it is mentioned in the Upgrade Guide, and a couple >places on the Doc Wiki. I thought it was mentioned in the release >announcement, but I may have been thinking about one of the -RC version >announcements. > I upgraded my ALIX yesterday to 1.2.3-RELEASE and found out I need the > BIOS-update (I switched from 128M embedded to 4GB version, too). Turns > out that the image for the BIOS-update provided on the pfSense.org page > doesn't work (maybe it's for a different ALIX, I have an ALIX2-series > board). > Of course, I only found out about this after I had wiped my working > pfSense installation with the BIOS-update image (and no old image > available, and no internet-access anymore). > > Luckily, I was able to tether my iMac with my on-call iPhone (the > personal iPhone doesn't have 3G reception at home....) and download the > required files from the pcengines website and finally run 1.2.3 - after > a couple of wasted hours. > > So much for "a ready-made image makes it easier for everybody".... >>Which model ALIX do you have? It says on the page that there are some >>excluded models, usually it's the ones with VGA that require a different >>BIOS. Did the image not boot at all? Or what did it do? >>Jim I have run into this issue also, although I am still in the planning stage of an upgrade. We are running pfsense 1.2.2 on an Alix2c3 board. I know I need to upgrade the bios prior to installing pfsense 1.2.3-RELEASE but everywhere I look for an updated bios this model is expressly excluded. Regards, Simon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
