From nobody Thu May 12 13:22:38 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E97E1ADF755 for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from mailout.qeng-ho.org (mailout.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.244]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KzXWq0t0jz4cqS for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from [172.23.1.2] (arthur.home.qeng-ho.org [172.23.1.2]) by mailout.qeng-ho.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2027A91A60; Thu, 12 May 2022 14:22:39 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <96660e4f-5d35-f391-37ee-78c228e66cf2@qeng-ho.org> Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 14:22:38 +0100 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.0 Subject: Re: pfsense and the Trigkey Green G1 mini-computer Content-Language: en-GB To: Tom Browder , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Arthur Chance In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4KzXWq0t0jz4cqS X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@qeng-ho.org designates 217.155.128.244 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@qeng-ho.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.155.128.240/29]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[qeng-ho.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com,freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13037, ipnet:217.155.0.0/16, country:GB]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 12/05/2022 13:30, Tom Browder wrote: > I am not a FreeBSD user (yet), but I'm trying to install a pfsense > image onto the SSD of a Trigkey Green G1 mini-computer and haven't > been able to do so yet due to its apparently locked-down Windows OS. > > If anyone has been successful using that device as a pfsense router, I > would greatly appreciate any help. > > I haven't found much documentation from the manufacturer except a > statement that one can remove the existing SSD and replace > it--apparently it's designed not to be overwritten, so it's worthless > to me if that's true. I don't know the specific device, but things that start out as Windows boxes usually tend to have secure boot enabled these days. It's a while since I last fought Windows but I think you may have to boot into Windows and then tell it you want to do a maintenance boot and then catch it during boot to get into the BIOS to turn off secure booting. It's a rigmarole, and if you get the timing wrong you have to start again. >From my notes on a variety of machines over time the most common key to press during boot to get into the BIOS is F2, with DEL being the second most likely alternative. I read the bit on the web site about replacing the SSD as meaning if you wish to increase storage size, not that you can't write to the existing one (but I could be wrong). Final note: you might want to look at OPNsense as an alternative to pfSense. I'm in the process of switching as pfSense appears to be more commercially oriented these days. -- All network cabling aspires to the condition of macramé.