Noob question that everyone knows the anser to but have to ask

[darkbot956]

Ya trying to install the newest version of OPnsense 17.1 and well it just dousen't want to install, seems it dousen't like my hdd, as well it dousen't seen to be able to format a hdd befor install, hdd in question im trying to install to is a 40gig P-ata fat32 drive 

So let me guess i need to brake out a linux live boot disk and format the drive befor hand ?

If so in what hdd format do i need to format to ?

Ps: this topic is not listed in the offical how to install docs as well im socked the thing can't format hdds befor install.

[empbilly]

Try to format in ext3.

[franco]

Screenshots of where you are stuck please, it would help tremendously to pinpoint the issue.

Docs shall be updated with the latest install guides soon. Preliminary notes are here:

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=4943.0

(Use the 17.1.4 images if you can.)


Cheers,
Franco

[darkbot956]

Try to format in ext3.

Np, ill try and format the hdd to ext2,ext3,ext4 with a Linux live boot distro with gparted and see what happens, didn't feel like dealing with it last night.

Just got up now/logged on to my computers/this forum.

Let me get some coffees in me and ill start messing with the old computer i have setup for OPNsense install.

Screenshots of where you are stuck please, it would help tremendously to pinpoint the issue.

Docs shall be updated with the latest install guides soon. Preliminary notes are here:

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=4943.0

Will do and i read everything from the link you posted, sadly i have to charge up a old cell phone that can take pics if you relly want one, bit of a pain for me to take screen shots of were it stopped, all i remember from what i could see is that it wanted me to pick a spot to install to and listed everything it detected at that point, one of em was the old 40gig hdd but when i picked that one it went on about unknown file format or something, guessing it dousen't like fat32 drives, not that i blame it.

Fat32 is after all a Microsoft hdd format so you know ^^

Off topic, as well i really don't understand why all the opensorce software like OPNsence try and go hardcore when it comes to the installers, why can you guys make a CGA keyboard only installer GUI that looks like this or something, it be so much nicer 

I know Microsoft more or less killed dos and i hate em for it and at one point i would say i was pro at dos and Qbasic & i use to code for apple ][ computer but do we really have to stay dark age when it comes to freeBSD/Linux and the like at times ?



Ps: ty all for taking some time out to help a new comer to OPNsence.

[darkbot956]

K i'm back, just wanted to say im a moron 

Was messing with opnsense the other night, late last night i might add and i was about ready for bed in any case when i started messing with opnsense  for the first time in my life and i just wasn't watching the options i was given all the way around and it douse seem like when you log in "installer" that your given a full old school CGA stile GUI to mess with and interactive too for new people !

Good job bros, anyways tnx for trying to help out a twit and i think im good at this point, ill post back with twit questions if and when they show up down the road.

One thing though, my self i still use floppy's and optical media and well man imho install or live boot should be the first things asked, thing wants to go in to live boot mode first and off a cd it takes like 20 min to load, be nice to skip that part and just go right to install as the first things asked when booting the opnsense ISO.

[fabian]

We want it to fully boot to support using the installer via SSH. So you can attach a client and use a ssh client instead of a serial console to support devices which does not even have a RS232 interface.