Hi Bart, Thanks for the note.
According to the forum, it should not be a problem. :-( Unfortunately, mounting RW without NOATIME will pounce on the compact flash everytime a READ is made. It will kill the CF sooner or later. When we first got the reports of corrupted CFs, we just overnighted new ones. Then, those died shortly, within a week or two. We replaced a complete system: systemboard, memory and CF. I am loosing my hair and sleeps, thinking one of our most reliable systems being shipped since 2006 is having compatibility issues with pfSense 2.0. I am hoping that this is the real cause. And I can stop a flood of support issues. Bao On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Bart Grefte <b...@ravenslair.nl> wrote: > Someone already made a bugreport http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1279 > ;) > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *Van:* Bao Ha [mailto:b...@hacom.net] > *Verzonden:* zondag 6 maart 2011 23:06 > *Aan:* customersupp...@pfsense.org > *CC:* support@pfsense.com > *Onderwerp:* [pfSense Support] pfSense 2.0 RC1 Nanobsd Problem > > > > Something happened in BETA5 and it was carried into RC1, up to today > snapshot: 20110306-0859. > > The file system in nanobsd version is now mounted fully RW, see the > following "mount" command: > > ... > > [2.0-RC1][admin@pfHacom.localdomain]/root(1): mount > > /dev/ufs/pfsense0 on / (ufs, local) > > > devfs on /dev (devfs, local) > > > /dev/md0 on /tmp (ufs, local) > > > /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local) > > > /dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local) > > > devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local) > > ... > > > > I believe they are supposed to be mounted read-only or at least RW with > NOATIME. > > > > We have had at least two systems running pfSense 2.0 BETA5 and RC1 RMAed > back with suspected hardware problems, causing corruption of compact flash > memory. We think the "root" cause of this problem is due to the filesystems > mounted fully RW in the compact flash. > > > > We plan to distribute the following temporary fix to our custmers who want > to run pfSense 2.0: > > ... > > [2.0-RC1][admin@pfHacom.localdomain]/root(1): cat > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hacom.sh > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > # hacom.sh - BCH 3/6/2011 > > > # Temprorary fix to mount the filesystem Read-Only to avoid destroying > flash memory > > > > > PLATFORM=`/bin/cat /etc/platform` > > > > > > if [ "$PLATFORM" = "nanobsd" ]; then > > > /sbin/mount -u -oro /; /sbin/mount -u -onoatime /cf > > > fi > > > ... > > > > Appreciate if someone look into this problem. > > > > I have also CCed this message to support@pfsense.com to notify others > currently using pfSense 2.0 RC1 nanobsd version of the danger to flash > memory. > > > > Thanks. > > Bao > > -- > Best Regards. > Bao C. Ha > Hacom - Embedded Systems and Appliances > http://www.hacom.net > voice: (714) 564-9932 > -- Best Regards. Bao C. Ha Hacom - Embedded Systems and Appliances http://www.hacom.net voice: (714) 564-9932
