Bug #533
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago
I recently decided to install pfSense on an old i386 machine. The setup used the installer disc to install on a 40GB hard drive. I began the installer by: # Boot from pfSense Live Install Disc # When prompted I pressed *I* to start the installer # When the installer menu came up I chose *Quick and Easy Setup* The problem I came across happened during the install process with the following error: > Execution of the command > /sbin/fdisk -v -f /tmp/new.fdisk ad0 > FAILED with a return code of 1. h3. Resizing the partition to 30GB I found that the current pfSense 2.1.5 installer fails to install on partitions larger than 30GB. To work around the error, I rebooted the pfSense installer disc and instead of booting the installer setup, I allowed the allowed it to boot until the prompt for configuring VLANs, I just chose *N* for this, because I just needed access to the shell. # When the numbered prompt appeared, I pressed <pre> 8 </pre> # When the shell appeared, I ran the following: <pre> gpart show ad0 </pre> # This will display the hard drive and partitions, next I resized the partition to 30GB: <pre> gpart -i 1 -s 30GB ad0 </pre> # I then exited the shell: <pre> exit </pre> # Then reran the installer: <pre> 99 </pre> # Next I chose a *Custom Install* # I *+skipped+* the *formatting step* # I also *+skipped+* the *partitioning step* # I chose *Accept and create bootblocks* # The same error came up while installing again, however I *+skipped+* the *error* # I then chose *Accept and create subpartitions* # And then selected the *Symmetric Multi Processing* kernel # And finally I *rebooted* This workaround managed to solve this problem for me.