Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 14:22:38 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pfsense and the Trigkey Green G1 mini-computer Message-ID: <96660e4f-5d35-f391-37ee-78c228e66cf2@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <CAFMGiz-mwpB8Zpjrj%2BhAqF4v-Jo290OfG9xiO7BEyW8KZToGKA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFMGiz-mwpB8Zpjrj%2BhAqF4v-Jo290OfG9xiO7BEyW8KZToGKA@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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