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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 4:23 PM Arthur Chance wrote: > 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. > Great suggestion there! And actually, with OPNsense, he doesn't need to fiddle with the BIOS since UEFI mode is supported. --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-) --0000000000004f507e05ded0956e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 4:23 PM Arthu= r Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org= > wrote:
On 1= 2/05/2022 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<= br> > statement that one can remove the existing SSD and replace
> it--apparently it's designed not to be overwritten, so it's wo= rthless
> to me if that's true.

I don't know the specific device, but things that start out as Windows<= br> 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 aga= in.

>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<= br> commercially oriented these days.

Great= suggestion there!=C2=A0

And actually, with OPNsen= se, he doesn't need to fiddle with the BIOS since UEFI mode is supporte= d.



--=
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7= 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, t= he cruft.",=C2=A0egrep -v '^$|^.*#'=C2=A0=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF=C2=A0:-)
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