[talk] [nycbug-talk] APU

[Jared Davenport]

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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.

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