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#1
@SK

System boots and and I have run the installer and configured a base system using the 32bit installer media, so it does seem to be some issue / incompatibility with CPU & FreeBSD 11.x x64.

For me it's not the end of the world running it in 32bit mode with 4GB of RAM.  I grabbed it on ebay as a cheap  alternative to replacing my ageing alix2d3 (1x500Mhz CPU256MB Ram) with a PC Engines APU2c4 (4x1Ghz CPU 4GB)

The old Alix2D3 with OpnSense 18.1 works fine as a basic FW/Router for a 80/20 VDSL Connection, but is very slow when navigating around the UI, so this will be more than enough for my needs without the expense of getting a new APU2 board.

It looks to be pulling about 22W of power when in use with an additional PCI-E single port nic and a 16GB SSD. Compared to the APU2 which uses about 6w the 16w of extra electricity usage means it's cheaper buy a T610 2nd hand and run it for 5-7 years before the APU2 would break even TCO.

#2
So using the 32bit installer I've managed to get it to install 18.1.6 on the T610
#3
Oh also found this today :

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/help-installing-freebsd-11-1-on-t610-plus.64203/

Going to give the 32 bit installer a shot.
#4
I have the exact same issue with the HP T610,

It may be some issue with Free BSD11.x, I've seen some posts around the web about issues with the T610 and BSD 11.x

When I was troubleshooting I did manage to get PFSense 2.3x to load which is based on FreeBSD 10.x but for now I've gone back to running Opnsense 18.1 on my ALIX board.

If anyone needs any debugging or testing on this let me know as the T610 is just acting as a book end at the moment.

Would be good to get this running on the T610 as it could be a great little device for SOHO as they can be picked up quite cheaply on ebay.