I have the same problem like this poster had 7 years ago.
https://forum.opnsense.org/Archive/17_1_Legacy_Series/17_1_images_will_not_boot
When I go into the boot options with 3, I can do
set kern.vty="vt"
boot
and it boots.
I've edited /boot/loader.conf
like described here: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/mdo0ma/following_a_tutorial/
the default with a new installation is sc.
When I change it to vt, will it survive upgrades? If not, I have to send back the new router and get another one.
Any suggestion on what else I can do? Yes, I could install with CSM and without UEFI, but that shouldn't be necessary.
Thanks
At https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/mdo0ma/following_a_tutorial/ they say that vt is standard since FreeBSD 12. This is 6 years ago.
perhaps https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=45568.0
Quote from: 0xDEADC0DE on February 19, 2025, 03:22:45 PM[...]
When I change it to vt, will it survive upgrades? [...]
I had this issue: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?msg=190822 (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?msg=190822). Using rc.conf.local does survive upgrades.
Use the UI for tunables and they will survive upgrades and you will have at least some inline documentation.
I will try a bit more.
When I boot the new installation with
set kern.vty="vt"
boot
and import the old config, the tunables are not set on next boot.
I have to try to boot it manually again set kern.vty="vt" and see if it boots up then.
Okay, after a second reboot, it works now with every reboot.
As I thought, when you import the config, tunables are set after the next full boot.
Then it works.