Install PfSense on APU Board with Serial Console

AaronvaB

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?

dotdash

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.

cmb

Use our serial memstick in that case.

hda

@AaronvaB:

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…

AaronvaB

I have a apu2c4

hda

@AaronvaB:

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*.*

AaronvaB

I'm sorry, but what do you mean with "you have to commission and judge the board"?

hda

@AaronvaB:

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 ;)

jahonix

@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.

AaronvaB

Yeah. I love USB-DB9 converters…..

/solved

thanks everyone

hda

@jahonix:

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 ?

jahonix

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.

lc01

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.