install seems to not complete totally

[adrianpp918]

i have downloaded 17.1 3 separate time, and used rufus three seperate time on three separate usb drive, and it complete just fine, i install opnsens and this is the end result does not seem to finish loading

does not seem to finish the loading process and this has done this 3 different times,

system is a
Dell  desktop with 4 gb ram
x64 proc

[bartjsmit]

What does http://192.168.1.1 give you?

Bart...

[adrianpp918]

nothing at all, and after it gets to that point i hear some beeps go off on the machine and seems like he whole thing is locked up

[franco]

Ironically, the beeps indicate the system is up and running.

The console not showing a login prompt hints to a twist in the tty settings that don't quite work.

What image type is this? Have you tried the images for 17.1.4? Is this a directly connected VGA monitor?


Cheers,
Franco

[adrianpp918]

yes this is directly connected to a monitor

i have used the iso for the following with the same results

vga
serial
cdrom

all have the same effect, i did manage to get logged in from a laptop i connected to the switch and it is running in live which made me look more

and i see a error when the comnands are scrolling

says consol com console errors or something like that it was scrolling way to fast to see,

i also looked in the install direction on here and i am never promted to have any install on any hard drive which would indicate i am runninng live

[adrianpp918]

and yes i am running 17.1.4  i have down loaded them several times and same results on all

could it be that i am using a video card also ?? this tower does not have a vga port so i had to install a video card becuase it is a dell XPS system and they all have video cards installed

[adrianpp918]

so here is an update

went ahead and installed 16.7 and went off with out a hitch,

the lgin screen was there and all was well then i updated some packages and low and behold while on 16.7 it is having the same effect as 17.1.4 is i no longer have a login at the console of the machine,  it was working just fine

but now the console reads

16.7.14_2

so i am lost

[franco]

Hi Adrian,

The VGA image is the one you are looking for, CD-ROM should work too in general. The comconsole error is normal, you don't have a serial port.

The test with 16.7 is interesting, however, as it shows the issue surfaced somewhere in 16.7.x, not 17.1 at all.

GUI should still work, we could try to play with /etc/ttys over SSH after upgrading to 17.1.4?


Cheers,
Franco

[adrianpp918]

i can try that but when i try to upgrade it says perform it from console by using option #12 but  i cant get tot he console because there is no login from the console..

i can get in through the web GUI but when i try to updates says no updates but clearly shows 17.1.4 there as being a update available but not letting me get it

[franco]

SSH root shell console option 12 still works fine, even remotely.

[adrianpp918]

ok i logged in via ssh, used option 12 and it did not update says system is still 16.7

[franco]

Type "17.1", not "y"

[adrianpp918]

performing this right now ,

will keep you updated

[adrianpp918]

ok updated it and i was able to log into it from the actual console, but now this error is present that was not present

[byte]

potential pfsense convert here.  I was unable to install to hdd via the latest release.  I'm downloading 16.7 and then attempting to upgrade once it's on the hard disk.

edit: 

Installing in vmware esxi.  The current image loads me into live mode without giving the option to install to disk. Reading above, i'm going to attempt the same thing with the 16.7 iso, and then upgrade once it's installed.