Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 14:10:50 -0500 From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pfsense and the Trigkey Green G1 mini-computer Message-ID: <CAFMGiz_MTAh2SLGU=91mHHLy_cJ4Ap=6xqs-Jv7s9tSjAmiENQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <96660e4f-5d35-f391-37ee-78c228e66cf2@qeng-ho.org> References: <CAFMGiz-mwpB8Zpjrj%2BhAqF4v-Jo290OfG9xiO7BEyW8KZToGKA@mail.gmail.com> <96660e4f-5d35-f391-37ee-78c228e66cf2@qeng-ho.org>
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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 08:22 Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> 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. Can you or anyone else recommend a suitable micro-computer that I can install FreeBSD on to run OPNsense? Thanks, -Tom
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