On 11/1/2011 6:23 PM, Jim Spaloss wrote: > I was finally able to get the mSATA SSDs to work. I had to put them in a > regular PC using an mSATA to SATTA adapter and installed PFSense > directly from the CD. > > I removed the swap partition during setup, and chose the embedded > kernel. Then I had to change the mount point in /etc/fstab. > > After that, I was able to boot off of each of them in the Soekris > Net6501 with no errors. > > I guess maybe the drive geometry from the nanoBSD image doesn't agree > with the Soekris???
I know this is a really old thread but it's coming up high in search results for the problem so I thought a follow-up was in order. Seems the errors on NanoBSD with the net6501 are due to it needing DMA and/or write caching enabled. I wrote up the solution here: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting#NanoBSD_on_Newer_Hardware Also, with a current BIOS, the net6501 can boot from a USB stick using one of the serial memstick installers and the install can be done directly on the unit without swapping the mSATA in/out or adjusting fstab. Jim _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
