[talk] [nycbug-talk] APU

[Jared Davenport]

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On 04/06/2014 02:21 PM, George Rosamond wrote:
> Jared Davenport:
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/09/2014 10:13 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>> Jared Davenport:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/19/2013 10:45 AM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>>>> Jared Davenport:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 12/18/2013 11:45 PM, Jim B. wrote:
>>>>>>> * Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> [2013-12-18
>>>>>>>  22:57]:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 12/18/2013 09:11 PM, Jim B. wrote:
>>>>>>>>> * Jared Davenport <jared at thegridsource.com> 
>>>>>>>>> [2013-12-18 12:20]:
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>> Thanks Jim,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I went ahead and added those lines.  Here is the 
>>>>>>>> verbose output:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/DUhrt8uP
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ok, I didn't see anything odd.  I would note however 
>>>>>>> that FreeBSD 10-RCx is still undergoing fixes prior to 
>>>>>>> release.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> pfsense 2.1 (latest stable version) is actually based
>>>>>>> on FreeBSD 8.3 according to the release notes.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If all you want to do is get your board to run
>>>>>>> FreeBSD, try installing a slightly older version - 9.1,
>>>>>>> 9.2, or even 8.3 directly.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Releases for amd64 are at:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Good call on that.  I tried the same configuration, with
>>>>>>  FreeBSD 8.4, and it worked!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> FreeBSD 8.4 dmesgd: 
>>>>>> http://www.nycbug.org/?action=dmesgd&dmesgid=2505
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for posting JD!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> FreeBSD 9.2 and FreeBSD 10 were a no-go.  I'm still not 
>>>>>> sure why.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, the obvious to me would be using mbr v gpt.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What does the BIOS look like?  That could very much
>>>>> matter.
>>>> 
>>>> That very well could be it.  The BIOS says it's coreboot 
>>>> 2.08.00, specifically, 
>>>> coreboot-EDK_2.08.00_20130410_221-1434-g871c820-dirty
>>>> 
>>>> I've added the BIOS message here:
>>>> http://pastebin.com/111eTfZm
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> also, for troubleshooting, I believe that these two should 
>>>>> help in the /etc/rc.conf:
>>>>> 
>>>>> rc_debug="YES" rc_info="YES"
>>>>> 
>>>>> I need to get my hands on one or more of these too...
>> 
>>> Reraising the thread...
>> 
>>> Did you order through a reseller in the US or through PC
>>> Engines directly?  Pricing?
>> 
>>> I have a bunch of place I could start using these in the very 
>>> near-term.. replacing a lot of older Soekrii and Alixen.
>> 
>>> g
>> 
>> If you're still interested, the APU1C is now in production and 
>> available for pre-order.
>> 
>> http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=4 or 
>> http://store.netgate.com/PC-Engines-C69.aspx
>> 
>> Specs: from http://www.pcengines.ch/apu1c.htm
>> 
>> I'm not sure if the FreeBSD ?9 boot problem was ever sorted out
>> on the production model.
>> 
> 
> Yes... I'm just waiting on delivery at this point.
> 
> How are people doing installs?  Off install media directly?
> Netboot? Building an image and dd'g to the microsd card?

The APU I have came with a 16gb mSATA SSD (msata16a).  I installed
both FreeBSD & pfSense using a USB stick with the memstick install
image, which I modified to boot into the serial console.

It would be nice if we have APU-specific images that we can just dd to
a SD/mSATA/USB device.

> 
> also pfsense... all fine?  It's 8.x, so any later problems
> shouldn't matter.

When I tested pfSense on the APU, it worked fine.  FreeBSD 8.x also
booted ok.

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