[talk] [nycbug-talk] APU

[George Rosamond]

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?

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

g