Hello,
we have substantial trouble installing more recent FreeBSD versions on PCEngines APU2D4 systems. It worked with 10.x, with 11.x it was a hit/miss game depending on the Memdstick we used, and on 12 its a total disaster.
The APU is a headless low power amd64 compatible sysytem. The problem is that boot stops at the point where it needs to mount root from the stick. Timeout. I tried with modified timing values, (both
vfs.mountroot.timeout and kern.cam.boot_delay), but did not find any combination of those that got the thing working.
For 11.3 we helped ourselves by creating an 11.3 installation stick that runs on a 10.3 kernel. (Once installed, BSD runs well enough on those boxes)
But I am still looking for an angle to get 12 working natively. Any ideas, experiences etc?
we have substantial trouble installing more recent FreeBSD versions on PCEngines APU2D4 systems. It worked with 10.x, with 11.x it was a hit/miss game depending on the Memdstick we used, and on 12 its a total disaster.
The APU is a headless low power amd64 compatible sysytem. The problem is that boot stops at the point where it needs to mount root from the stick. Timeout. I tried with modified timing values, (both
vfs.mountroot.timeout and kern.cam.boot_delay), but did not find any combination of those that got the thing working.
For 11.3 we helped ourselves by creating an 11.3 installation stick that runs on a 10.3 kernel. (Once installed, BSD runs well enough on those boxes)
But I am still looking for an angle to get 12 working natively. Any ideas, experiences etc?