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i get this when debug is true

External config loader 1.0 is now starting... da0s1
/sbin/mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /tmp/mnt/cf 2>/dev/null

and it doesnt continue untill i remove usb disk after which i get the below and then it continues

ugen1.2: <Kingston> at usbus1 (disconnected)
umass0: at uhub1, port 1, addr 2 (disconnected)
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device - 1 outstanding, 1 refs
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Invalidating pack
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry

/sbin/mount /dev/da0s1 /tmp/mnt/cf 2>/dev/null

mounted: 0 ad0s3
/sbin/mount -t msdosfs /dev/ad0s3 /tmp/mnt/cf 2>/dev/null

/sbin/mount /dev/ad0s3 /tmp/mnt/cf 2>/dev/null

mounted: 0

while ur at this i noticed one more bug not related to this which prevents a system reboot

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/inc/system.inc on line 1352
Stopping package Cron...done.
Stopping package Shellcmd...done.

What happens if, after boot is finished, you plug the flash drive and run:

# /sbin/mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /tmp/mnt/cf

It seems to be the point where it's freezing.

I couldn't reproduce this issue here, tried with different sizes of flash drive, with msdosfs and ufs.

after boot is finished, i plugged in the usb and went into shell and typed the command and this is what i get

[2.1-BETA1][root@firewall.xbipin]/root(1): /sbin/mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /tm
p/mnt/cf
mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: No such file or directory

bytheway i followed the guide on the below link, first removed all partitions on the usb disk, then created a primary partition and didnt format it and used the newfs -U /dev/da0s1 command on the alix itself to format
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,34116.0/prev_next,next.html

do u want access to mine right now?

can u tell me how did u format the drive?
is this command fine?
newfs -U /dev/da0s1

Yes, I put all of the commands I used in my ticket update when I closed it. And please, move this to a forum thread, don't reply on this ticket.

i get this when i run the first command

[2.1-BETA1][root@firewall.xbipin]/root(8): dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1M cou
nt=1
dd: /dev/da0: Operation not supported