Alix APU with mSATA - Installation from USB stick (memstick-serial image) not working - Boot Menu F12 not working

[Nachtfalke]

Hi,

a few weeks ago I did an upgrade of my pfsense and it went bad. For whatever reason I got a similar problem like described here in this thread:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/143228/php-startup-unable-to-load-dynamic-library-help-please

In general no problem, because I have a backup and doing a fresh install is not a bad idea.

My main problem is that I used rufus to copy the image (.img) to a 4 GB USB 2.0 stick.
I used this image:
https://nyifiles.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.4.4-RELEASE-p1-amd64.img.gz

I connect via putty and a serial connection with 115200 baud to the Alix APU. On boot when I press F12 i cannot boot from USB stick. I used both USB slots on the Alix board.

I tried several tutorials, pfsense documentations but without luck. Several years ago I installed the Alix APU with an USB stick, too but I cannot remember what I did different than today.

I would appreciate any help. My goal is to do a fresh install. No need to save any data.

Kind regards
Nachtfalke

[Nachtfalke]

Hi again,

after trying several times, differen USB sticks and so on I had to chose another terminal than the default.

Welcome to pfSense!

Please choose the appropriate terminal type for your system.
Common console types are:
   ansi     Standard ANSI terminal
   vt100    VT100 or compatible terminal
   xterm    xterm terminal emulator (or compatible)
   cons25w  cons25w terminal

Console type [vt100]: cons25w

No I could run through the installer process