Reinstall DEC750 via serial COM issue (Solved)

[FredsterNL]

Hi all,

I am trying to reinstall my DEC750 ((Currently running 24.7_2) via serial console (Connected via the Mini USB, COM6 serial, 115200, 8N1) and a USB stick with the serial image.

Using Putty or MobaXterm I am able to go into the BIOS and set the UART 0 legacy option to DISABLED and select the USB image to boot, but then get stuck on a menu that simply does not accept any input from keyboard.

Any advice on how to solve this particular issue?

[newsense]

Try with 9600 instead of 115200

Otherwise undo the UART option, do the install, then set the UART again to Disabled.

[cookiemonster]

I suggest going by the official guides for official hardware https://docs.opnsense.org/vendor.html unless you have a problem with them of course.

[FredsterNL]

Hi,

Tried both suggestions, thank you, but nothing worked...

I reimaged the USB stick several times (Using DD from an Ubuntu PC), but still no difference.

Out of options I reimaged the USB stick from a Windows laptop with Rufus to write the image, which DID make a change: Now I got booted into the live image correctly and could start the installation process :)

Thanks again for your suggestions!