OPNsense 19.1 - boot loop, won't install

[nadmax]

Hi All,

So I've been wanting to move away from Untangle and thought I'd give OPNsense a shot, unfortunately the boot process gets stuck in an infernal loop at:

masks     0x00ff0000, 0x000ff00, etc

Full screenshot in the picture below:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/u8o7u73d4hqitLNk7

At that point it either reboots or hangs.

I have tried different USB sticks and also tried with Rufus and Etcher but to no avail. Reset BIOS values to default as well.

My build is and HP8200 Elite SFF unit with an intel G840 2.8GHz CPU.

The image I am using is the VGA installer.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

nadmax.

[donatom3]

There were bootloop issues that were fixed in 19.1.4

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=12013.0

According to that post they will be releasing a new installer that goes straight to 19.1.4 but 19.1.4 is the default from 18.7 now. So maybe you can run an 18.7 installer then upgrade it to 19.1.4.

[nadmax]

Thanks for the heads up on this, I'll wait for the installer to be updated. The Untangle runs in production so want to avoid unnecessary downtime via trial and error with OPNsense.

[Charles2019]

You could also try this:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11419.msg55219#msg55219

[nadmax]

I'll give that a shot this weekend, seems easy enough.

[nadmax]

Just posting back here, unfortunately that did not work for me  :(

[nadmax]

Just posting my feedback here - did a fresh install of 18.7 then upgraded via GUI to the latest firmware. All good.

[dreamerman]

You are lucky. I successfully installed v18.7 and used option 12 to update from console. I am still stuck at "rebooting...."

[nadmax]

Try doing it via webgui maybe? You may also want to reset all BIOS settings to default. I'm a noob and can't help much unfortunately :( Good luck! - I've just installed Sensei and I really am impressed. So far so good.

[dreamerman]

Still can't make it work so I am turning to Nethserver for now. I managed to successfully install Nethserver the first time like the last verison of Opnsesnse (v18.7).

[nadmax]

You could try Untangle - one of the things I appreciated was the ease of installation and hardware compatibility. If you're willing to fork out 50$ per year, you get all the enterprise bells and whistles. I recommend it as a second choice to OPNsense - but this is just my opinion.

[dreamerman]

but this is just my opinion.

Thanks I welcome all opinions. My preference is for a "all or nothing" community based product. All features in Opnsense and Nethserver to my knowledge are available to use without having to pay. Not many distros can claim that, but there again I do not know all that is out there. I like opnsense and will come back for it once this bug has been fixed.

[nadmax]

You could give Pfsense a shot, but it requires a lot of tuning compared to Opnsense, and there's also very little development in terms of evolution.

Alternatively there's Sophos XG Home Version which is free as well, but I've never tried it.

Have fun!

[dreamerman]

Am such an idiot  ::)
After weeks of pain I finally found out why my upgrade to v19 failed. What worked is I upgraded via GUI instead of console. I used to use pfsense and have always update/upgrade from console for stability. I am good now.