FreeBSD (pfSense) -- Can't boot after install
My original thread is at http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,29849.0.html, but I am trying to see if I can "load-balance" and try to get help from multiple locations through a broader publicity.
Here is the problem:
Computer starts.
Boot menu with "F1 FreeBSD" and a prompt for a shortcut key shows up (you either wait a couple seconds or hit F1).
The next line after the boot prompt is a non-rotating "|" or "\" (it will start out as - and rotate clockwise to said position, then never move again); pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL results in instant reboot.
What's wrong? I have tried many things. Any suggestions? Also, I have tried to mount the partition, but Partition Magic from UBCD v5.0.2 (not sure how outdated Partition Magic on that is) ends up giving me an error about unknown filesystem and stuff; pfSense uses a UFS2 filesystem.
Comments
You can probably have some luck reading the filesystem from a BSD based livecd, I found a project that is working on one at http://livecd.sourceforge.net/download.php
In other news, I noticed the other day (when paying more attention) that there is a gibberish line during the reboot sequence immediately following the pfSense installation:
When I try to fsck using FreeBSD LiveCD v4.6:
pfSense and I.. I'm like.. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFU-
pfSense must be like..
Quickly read up at http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,29849.msg156495.html#msg156495 and the post that follows.
I think pfSense is FreeBSD-only.
If you wish to continue trying to use pfSense the BSD gues will be your best help, hopefully some can chime in on this thread.
Or if you wish to give up on that attempt there are plently of good Linux based firewall distros you can use or you can install a generic Linux based distro and we can help you configure the firewall through an iptables script.
Source: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1036454153&postcount=10