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    Installation of 2.2.6 on pcengines apu2b4

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      davorin
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      Is anyone running 2.26 ona pcengines apu2b4 quad-core AMD board?

      Installation goes fine either on mSATA or SSD, but on reboot can't find any bootable partition on it…

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        davorin
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        Seems they shipped the apu2b4 with the BIOS version only being able to boot from SD card…

        And ths information I only got after I asked support again as they just asked questions without answering until this morning...

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          -flo- 0
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          This is weird. Release notes on the pcengines website:

          BIOS is not feature complete yet, in particular -
          • No boot from SD card.
          […]

          :o

          (Source: http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2b4.htm)

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            mrpink
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            Flash the BIOS to boot from mSATA from this page: http://pcengines.ch/howto.php#bios

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              mrpink
              last edited by

              I just installed pfSense 2.3 on an APU2B4.  :D

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                ctirado
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                Very nice! Would you mind keeping us posted on performance etc or any other quirks you find with the APU2B4? The combination of 3 intel ports + AES + fanless + usually lower price of AMD processors will probably make this a popular platform.

                Carlos

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                  matrix200
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                  Would you recommend this model over their apu1d /apu4d?
                  The price appears to be the same and I need to make a decision now to put a new fw in place for an installation to serve ~10 servers with a 20/20 mbit line.
                  The main question I guess is the nic support in 2.2.x branch as I don't feel comfortable running a beta version in a production environment.

                  Current network "hardware" :
                  Running 2.2RC in Virtualbox 4.2.16.

                  Retired:
                  ALIX2C2 , 4 gigabyte disk cf card running 2.0 (official release).

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                    adeej
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                    Hi to all,
                    i have problems to install pfsense on my new apu2b4.
                    I followed this guide
                    http://www.get-virtual.net/2014/09/16/build-firewall-appliance/

                    installed TinyCore Linux on usb stick -> ok
                    from putty opened serial console 115200 81N -> ok
                    started apu2b4 -> ok
                    updated bios to the latest version (apu2_160120) -> ok
                    boot sequence is ok (usb1 - usb2 - m-sata)

                    downloaded pfsense 2.2.6(install) - amd64/live Cd installer on memory stick/serial -> ok
                    wrote image on usb stick with "win32 disk imager" -> ok
                    from putty opened serial console 9600 81N -> ok


                    started apu2b4 -> I saw strange chars on serial console and not pfsense install menù


                    I tried to change usb stick, format(fat32) with "HP disk storage format tool" and then write image with "win32 disk imager"
                    retried with same result

                    what's wrong?

                    memstick.jpg
                    memstick.jpg_thumb

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                      mrpink
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                      The default baud rate for alix boards is 38400,8n1 and for apu boards 115200,8n1.

                      Check also the howto: http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#serialconsole

                      And for pfsense also 115200,8n1, see here https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Connecting_to_the_Serial_Console#Terminal_Settings

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                        adeej
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                        @mrpink:

                        The default baud rate for alix boards is 38400,8n1 and for apu boards 115200,8n1.

                        Check also the howto: http://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#serialconsole

                        And for pfsense also 115200,8n1, see here https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Connecting_to_the_Serial_Console#Terminal_Settings

                        Thanks,
                        solved with serial console 115200 81N.

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                          alex84
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                          Hi im very interested in performance numbers / benchmark of the new apu2 unit. Specially ipsec aes-ni performance.
                          Could you do some testing and post it? =)

                          BR Alex

                          | pfSense @ SG-4860 | Unifi UAP-AC-PRO |

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