ada0 doesn't show up with 18.1

[erickengelke]

Hi,

I have a Z Box that I wanted to run opnsense on.  It works ok from the USB stick - stayed live for 36 hour test, but I want to transfer to the hard disk so I can get updates, The boot stick has troubles trying to read the non-existent sdhc card which times out every 20 seconds, so I'd like to comment it out.  And I don't like having to boot up in safe mode every time.

The problem is, after booting from the stick (da1) , ada0 does not show up, nor any /dev/ada* drives, so I can't transfer it.

When I install normal freebsd latest binary, it works perfectly, recognizing and auto installing to ada0 and not needing safe mode.  I wonder if safe mode is needed due to the sdhc driver loading.

PFSense never laster 24 hours because the Realtek driver would fail and halt.  Of course, the dual gig ethernet cards are internal and there is no expandability for other brands.

Erick

[erickengelke]

I'm using the VGA usb image.  The device doesn't have a CD-ROM player.

[franco]

Hi Eric,

DVD would likely see the same issue.

A bit lost on the need for safe mode in the first place... forgive me for asking something that is probably obvious... but why is safe mode necessary?


Cheers,
Franco