[nycbug-talk] APU

[George Rosamond]

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