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@dmberry

Yes, it does make sense, and I too am trying to replace an alix (the home broadband has become too much for the old board :D), and am using a quad port intel card to create different networks for my pi-farm, wi-fi guests, wi-fi home users and my other bits and bobs. Also, I have good news :D (I think) -- please read on.

@Everyone

Since the system was booting in "Safe mode" (and all the fun comments I have come across regarding the allusion to the same term used in a well known OS  :P ), I decided to venture that path a bit more. After much googling, a site pointed me to https://github.com/lattera/freebsd/blob/master/sys/boot/forth/menu-commands.4th where I found the relevant section for "safe mode"

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: safemode_enable ( -- )
s" set kern.smp.disabled=1" evaluate
s" set hw.ata.ata_dma=0" evaluate
s" set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0" evaluate
s" set hw.ata.wc=0" evaluate
s" set hw.eisa_slots=0" evaluate
s" set kern.eventtimer.periodic=1" evaluate
        s" set kern.geom.part.check_integrity=0" evaluate


So I created a /boot/loader.conf.local file, containing

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kern.smp.disabled="1"
hw.ata.ata_dma="0"
hw.ata.atapi_dma="0"
hw.ata.wc="0"
hw.eisa_slots="0"
kern.eventtimer.periodic="1"
kern.geom.part.check_integrity="0"


and the system seem to be working quite happy so far. Rebooted 3 times (once was pulling the plug, the other two were from console and shell) -- it is still booting OK and I have not observed any problem with its functioning so far. If something is wrong, maybe it is waiting for the opportuned moment to surface, but for now I consider this to be a step forward. Time to configure and put it into test bed to see how things go.

If anyone could please shed any light if I am doing something wrong in terms of firewall / OPNSense functionality by using the above method, would appreciate if you could please point me to the correct direction.

Thanks to everyone once again for your input and suggestions.

Best regards

thanks to everyone for responses.

@dmberry
Could you please confirm that the system boots using the 32bit installer and gives you the fully functional firewall without having to modify anything? Did you manage to identify what was causing the deadlock at that point of booting?

Personally, I will not be pleased if I have to use 32bit OS when the system is capable of 64 bit and I intend to run it with 8GB RAM anyway. But if that is the *only* way forward, maybe I will either have to wait or keep on requesting for a possible solution.

Thanks and regards
SK

Hello all

I am trying to get OPNSense 18.1.7_1-amd64 running on a HP Thin Client T610 with 4GB RAM. I have added another intel ethernet on the PCIe slot, and a HDD (80GB SATA) on the system.

Details of the system
OPNsense 18.1.7_1-amd64
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p9
OpenSSL 1.0.2o 27 Mar 2018
CPU Type    AMD G-T56N Processor (1 cores)

The problem is, if I let the system boot on its own, it gets stuck at a very early stage. But if I select Safe mode, it boots without any issue. In fact, with Safe mode it boots to the firewall completely and gives the music-notes indicating it is up and running. I tried single user, but it seems to be getting stuck at the same place as regular startup.

The last two lines when it gets stuck is

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cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <HPQOEM SLIC-BPC> on motherboard
(screenshot available at https://paste.pics/32S7Q)

when it goes through, the next few lines are

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cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <HPQOEM SLIC-BPC> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0

(complete dmesg available at https://pastebin.com/rXb3CrmN)

I am very much confused as to what might be the cause for this -- given that I cannot seem to notice anything unusual that should stop the booting from carrying on (I left it for several hours, just to make sure it is truly stuck).

Any support / suggestion / pointer to help the booting and functioning this system is greatly appreciated.

Thanks and regards
SK