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

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      Nachtfalke
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      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

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        Nachtfalke
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        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

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