Gerald A wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Lyle Giese <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I downloaded the 8/7/10 snapshot of pfSense Beta4 cdrom LiveCD(i386). > Can only boot using SafeMode. Normal and no ACPI (options 1&2) > lockup > the machine during the boot process. > > I tried installing pfSense from safe mode cd rom boot and it fails to > load from the HD. Get the following on the screen: > > F1 pfSense > > F6 PXE > boot: F1 > (spinner starts and immediately locks) > > Unit is locked at this point. > Any suggestions would be most welcome. > > > You never get past the spinner? > > If I remember correctly, the spinner is simply loading the Forth(sp?) > loader, which will then actually load the OS. My first suspicion > would be that you have corrupt media of some sort -- perhaps try > another CD (and double check the MD5's on your downloaded > files to make sure there was no in-transit corruption). The loader is > pretty generic since it doesn't know anything about your > machine yet. After the loader comes the boot probes, but those will > print out what is detected, so you would know where it > is hanging. > > Hope this helps, > Gerald >From the HD, yes, never get past the spinner. It appears to hit only one or two changes and locks up.
Booting from the ISO in a USB CDRom, only safe mode boots(options 1 & 2 lockup). Lyle
