BIOS menu on DEC697?

[passeri]

Given I am currently uncertain whether to continue with the new Business edition or switch back to Community, I thought I had better familiarise myself with possible serial installation on the DEC697, having done only VGA before. I am aware I can switch between current editions via the GUI, and have already tested that. This exploration is in case of need for a clean install.

When I booted into the BIOS I saw this:

Code Select Expand

Press ESC for boot menu.

Select boot device:

1. NVMe NS 1: 244198 MiB (500118192 512-byte blocks + 0-byte metadata)
2. USB MSC Drive Verbatim  1100
3. Payload [memtest]
4. Payload [coreinfo]

Booting from Hard Disk...
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS drive D: is disk1
|␈/␈-␈\␈

/boot/config: -S115200 -h


FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: zfs:yes/ROOT/default:/boot/zfsloader
boot: 1

Can't find 1
There is no Setup menu as described at the bottom here or under Installation Instructions here.

Further, selecting a number of an option results in "Can't find 1" (or whatever I try) as shown above, nor could I find any random-adjacent route out other than pulling the plug.

How would I find a Setup menu on this box, and how might one navigate even the limited options above, please?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

You need to press option 1-4 very quickly before the FreeBSD boot loader starts. The prompt you see is the latter, so the system already booted from option 1. The setup utility is option 4.

[passeri]

Thank you. I'll give it a whirl.