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    Boot impossible on my Alix 2

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    • G Offline
      GeorgeOnLine
      last edited by

      Hello,
      I have upgraded my Alix 2 BIOS to version 0.99h as suggested here, then trying a fresh install of Pfsense 2.01 but I still to receive this on the RS232 port:

      PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h
      640 KB Base Memory
      261120 KB Extended Memory
      
      01F0 Master 044A TRANSCEND
      Phys C/H/S 7769/16/63 Log C/H/S 971/128/63
      
      1  pfSense
      2  pfSense
      
      F6 PXE
      Boot:  2
      /boot.config: -h
      Consoles: serial port
      BIOS drive C: is disk0
      BIOS 640kB/261120kB available memory
      
      FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
      (root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org, Mon Dec 12 19:02:10 EST 2
      011)
      Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
      /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8663f0 data=0x3ff8c8+0xbe798 syms=[0x8+0xda178+0x8+0x
      c796a]
      \
      Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
      Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
      CPU doesn't support long mode
      
      Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
      

      :'(
      What can I do in order to perform a correct boot?

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      • G Offline
        gderf
        last edited by

        Looks like you are trying to boot a 64 bit version of pfsense on a 32 bit platform.

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        • G Offline
          GeorgeOnLine
          last edited by

          @gderf:

          Looks like you are trying to boot a 64 bit version of pfsense on a 32 bit platform.

          :o  :o  :o

          Oh my god… you are right!
          Just confused by the file names  :-[

          Sorry and thank you anyway for your time.

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