Install PfSense on APU Board with Serial Console
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That's really a TinyCore Linux question.
If you're installing to SD card, it's much easier to just write out the nano image to the SD card in another machine.
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Hi cmb
I try to install it on a SSD. But if i install it on a USB an then start it from there i have the same problem.
Anybody an idea?
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That howto is a generic PCEngines one. Either write the nano image to an SD card and stick that in the APU, or get a serial USB installer and install to the SSD.
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Use our serial memstick in that case.
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SeaBIOS (version rel-1.8.0-190-gc029eab-dirty-20160211_162852
So you have an Apu2 (b2||b4||c4) ?
Before anything goes with pfSense, you must be able to boot an Apu2 with TinyCore to be able to update to latest firmware/BIOS. This is board testing…
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I have a apu2c4
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I have a apu2c4
Then you have to commission and judge the board with TinyCore from PC-Engines first.
Console: 115200,8,n,1. Software: Apu2-TinyCore6.4*.* -
I'm sorry, but what do you mean with "you have to commission and judge the board"?
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I'm sorry, but what do you mean with "you have to commission and judge the board"?
Evaluate/test the hardware before going with pfSense…
And be sure to trust your DB9-USB converter ;)
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@hda:
Evaluate/test the hardware before going with pfSense…
Pardon me, I can't follow you.
Why should we evaluate/test an APU2 board before installing pfSense onto it? Configure would be something completely different, but evaluate? No. -
Yeah. I love USB-DB9 converters…..
/solved
thanks everyone
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Pardon me, I can't follow you. Why should we evaluate/test an APU2 board
No, the germane precision kicks in, ofcourse you don't have to follow me ;) And how did you rate the APU2 ?
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Sorry, this is a technical forum and there's a big difference between evaluation and configuration.
Imagine my wife wants to make an apple cake, sends me out to buy ingredients and I come home with pears instead of apples. I would sleep elsewhere that night… ;-)@hda:
And how did you rate the APU2 ?
Not at all, I don't have one.
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My laptop is a M SATA laptop with a spare slot. All i did was install the FULL version of PFSENSE to my M SATA drive, then took it out of the laptop then stright into the APU board.
