From nobody Thu May 12 19:43:49 2022 X-Original-To: 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 4A4041ADAA20 for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 19:43:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hw@adminart.net) Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de (mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de [85.215.255.23]) (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-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.smtp.rzone.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Kzhzf1SyCz4Tgk for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 19:43:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hw@adminart.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1652384629; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=adminart.net; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Cc:Date:From: Subject:Sender; bh=mpnJhL9T9Bmu204jszYgpR2YlgavvTcyP+gPH6aKnKk=; b=CK75o+mWkyzaKRzJ0PestKGvSKgTDSVjq/k5+FvcMzjShLs+p5ESs7wLuSU4Xfill3 GIR9rBFOswzxM+EQQ9qpegIarsiQzbjh3n48WJiDqcEewM1H8USlzeRhi6a8xV10V4Kh jSLJhHhC36unp2wMP5OiSUXM8KMwIn94c2eycIiErFIjJnIsJVZywCtsojHERM7+s1ym 6mDKu7EPJcWdidSMg4iF0Ic12pw8yv8hcvMJAqy2stP7vfXW3j8rKfT2OapLUOBvUxyD Tj455gPcWC029//he2WM1cNJNpaU7gZKHUojIv95x8e5B/fq5jEFOuJi1STzfFBt+nki dj/g== X-RZG-AUTH: ":O2kGeEG7b/pS1Ey9Rna9iAZFrfz26y6zbtmqiE/f0+UVPWzfkhbRoUzSCTTNnjIupuXQshKqSmqnukM53Tih9E5g7CYvUCxP3FeZ" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from [IPv6:2a09:8e40:352b:d900:1:ff:ff:f1] by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 47.42.2 AUTH) with ESMTPSA id c06367y4CJhnUJX (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 21:43:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <2e8708d8c6829e56e3cc6290a8d4cc949b3eb26a.camel@adminart.net> Subject: Re: pfsense and the Trigkey Green G1 mini-computer From: hw To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 21:43:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <96660e4f-5d35-f391-37ee-78c228e66cf2@qeng-ho.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.1 (3.44.1-1.fc36) 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 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Kzhzf1SyCz4Tgk X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=adminart.net header.s=strato-dkim-0002 header.b=CK75o+mW; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of hw@adminart.net has no SPF policy when checking 85.215.255.23) smtp.mailfrom=hw@adminart.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.10 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[adminart.net:s=strato-dkim-0002]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[adminart.net]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[adminart.net:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[85.215.255.23:from]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.80)[-0.798]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6724, ipnet:85.215.255.0/24, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Thu, 2022-05-12 at 14:10 -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 08:22 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. > ... > > 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. > ... > > 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. >=20 > Can you or anyone else recommend a suitable micro-computer that I can > install FreeBSD on to run OPNsense? It's not like you install FreeBSD and then somehow add OPNsense to it. You just install OPNsense. Which hardware to use depends on your requirements and expectations.