How do you install OPNsense on a DEC840

[jpoet]

I let my DEC840 update to the latest OPNsense version yesterday. That was a mistake as it then would not boot:

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EFI Hard Drive (TS256GMTS952T2) boot failed.


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UEFI Interactive Shell v2.1
EDK II
UEFI v2.50 (INSYDE Corp., 0x52201000)
Mapping table
      FS0: Alias(s):HD0a0a1:;BLK1:
          PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,53E73A55-7B47-11EB-9313-000C29311482,0x28,0x64000)
     BLK0: Alias(s):
          PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)
     BLK2: Alias(s):
          PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(2,GPT,53F44424-7B47-11EB-9313-000C29311482,0x64028,0x400)
     BLK3: Alias(s):
          PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(3,GPT,53F996DE-7B47-11EB-9313-000C29311482,0x64428,0x1CC00
000)
     BLK4: Alias(s):
          PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(4,GPT,5B3B7159-D3A3-11E6-A9E3-F490EA0062BF,0x1CC64428,0x10
8EE60)
Press ESC in 5 seconds to skip startup.nsh or any other key to continue.


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>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
   Loader path: /boot/loader.efi

   Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
   Load Path: \efi\boot\BOOTx64.efi
   Load Device: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x2)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GP
T,53E73A55-7B47-11EB-9313-000C29311482,0x28,0x64000)
   BootCurrent: 0000
   BootOrder: 0002 0000[*] 2001 2002 2003
   Probing 5 block devices......*. done
    ZFS found no pools
    UFS found 1 partition
Failed to load '/boot/loader.efi'
panic: No bootable partitions found!
Shell>

I then downloaded the nano installer and wrote it to my thumbdrive, but the DEC840 doesn't see it as a valid boot option. I looked in the BIOS but was unable to find a MBR boot option.

I then tried the serial installer, but it also was not detected.

Then the dvd install, but still nothing.

I finally tried the vga installer even though the DEC840 does not have a video output, and it was detected and the DEC840 booted it. Since the DEC840 does not have a VGA output, it doesn't seem to help me though.

If someone can tell me how to fix the boot issue on the DEC840 itself, or tell me how to boot one of the UEFI install images, that would be very helpful.

TIA,

John

[jpoet]

Ah! I just found the section on how to ssh into the live image...