Hi, On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Lyle Giese <[email protected]> wrote:
> I booted the system with logging turned on from CD and the system seemed > to hang when trying enumerate UART3. > > Wait, there are only two com ports on the outside of the case! > > I rebooted to the BIOS and found BIOS setting for Com ports 1 through 4. i > disabled Com Ports 3 & 4 in the BIOS and all is now well and I have a > working pfSense box. > Ok, Serial ports could cause an issue -- The loader and early bits do have code to talk to the serial ports, in case you need serial console. I don't think incorrect BIOS settings should hang the boot process, but I could be wrong. I think this is a FreeBSD problem though, rather then something pfSense specific. If you have time, I'd definately recommend filing a PR on it. Glad to hear you solved the issue though! Gerald.
