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Hardware and Performance / Re: [HOWTO] Installing 17.7 (and probably above) on APU2/APU3 boards & SD card
« on: January 21, 2018, 02:00:17 pm »
I'd like to add that the following works for the Alix series, which is incapable of booting off of USB:
1. Start a VM (I used VirtualBox) with the installer ISO (i386) and CF Card (via reader) attached
2. Do a normal install by logging in with user installer/opnsense
3. Ensure Alix LBA mode is activated in BIOS (press 's' during memory count)
4. It'll boot off the CF card.
- Note: The Output dies after the boot selector, but the machine is actually booting!
- Be very patient, it will eventually come up after 5-10 min at the latest
- Log in to the WebGUI and
a. Configure the console output to serial again System: Settings: Administration
b. Enable ramdisk fro /tmp and /var under System: Settings: Miscellaneous
I used this successfully with:
Alix 2D3, BIOS 0.99m
4GB Transcend CF
OPNsense 18.1 R1
1. Start a VM (I used VirtualBox) with the installer ISO (i386) and CF Card (via reader) attached
2. Do a normal install by logging in with user installer/opnsense
3. Ensure Alix LBA mode is activated in BIOS (press 's' during memory count)
4. It'll boot off the CF card.
- Note: The Output dies after the boot selector, but the machine is actually booting!
- Be very patient, it will eventually come up after 5-10 min at the latest
- Log in to the WebGUI and
a. Configure the console output to serial again System: Settings: Administration
b. Enable ramdisk fro /tmp and /var under System: Settings: Miscellaneous
I used this successfully with:
Alix 2D3, BIOS 0.99m
4GB Transcend CF
OPNsense 18.1 R1