[APU3] pfSense 2.6.0 installation does not work

[PrzemyslawBanasiak13]

PCEngines firmware version
4.17.0.2

APU variant
apu3c

OS and OS Version
pfSense 2.6.0

Affected component(s), peripheral(s) or functionality
OS installation

Brief summary
pfSense installation freezes

How reproducible
Try to install pfSense

How to reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Flash pfSense 2.6.0 on a USB stick
2. Selec the USB with OS from the boot menu
3. Try to install pfSense

Expected behavior
Installation suceeds

Actual behavior
Installation freezes

Screenshots

Output:

    _ __  / _|___  ___ _ __  ___  ___        
   | '_ \| |_/ __|/ _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \       
   | |_) |  _\__ \  __/ | | \__ \  __/       
   | .__/|_| |___/\___|_| |_|___/\___|       
   |_|                                       
                                             
                                                                               
 ╔══════════ Welcome to pfSense  ══════════       __________________________   
 ║                                         ║     /                       ___\  
 ║  1. Boot Multi user [Enter]             ║    |                      /`      
 ║  2. Boot Single user                    ║    |                     /    :-| 
 ║  3. Escape to loader prompt             ║    |      _________  ___/    /_ | 
 ║  4. Reboot                              ║    |    /` ____   / /__    ___/ | 
 ║  5. Cons: Serial                        ║    |   /  /   /  /    /   /     | 
 ║                                         ║    |  /  /___/  /    /   /      | 
 ║  Options:                               ║    | /   ______/    /   /       | 
 ║  6. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 1)     ║    |/   /          /   /        | 
 ║  7. Boot Options                        ║        /          /___/         | 
 ║                                         ║       /                         | 
 ║                                         ║      /_________________________/  
 ╚2;03H═════════════════════════════════════════                                

   Autoboot in 3 seconds. [Space] to pause 
   Autoboot in 2 seconds. [Space] to pause 
   Autoboot in 1 seconds. [Space] to pause 
   Autoboot in 0 seconds. [Space] to pause 
 
 oading kernel... 
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x1a5f37c data=0x140 data=0x1b63940 syms=[0x8+0x1c1370/
 0x8+0x1c7bb8] 
 oading configured modules... 
 an't find '/boot/entropy' 
 boot/kernel/zfs.ko size 0x39adb0 at 0x3cee000 
 oading required module 'opensolaris' 
 boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko size 0x9860 at 0x4089000 
 an't find '/etc/hostid' 
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[miczyg1]

If it is a vanilla pfSense, it may not have configured the serial console properly. Which image exactly are you using??

[miczyg1]

Links that may be useful:
https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/blob/master/docs/pfsense_installerconfig.md
https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/blob/master/docs/pfSense-install-guide.md
https://people.freebsd.org/~trhodes/doc/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html

[Pokisiekk]

On firmware version 4.17.0.3, the installation of pfsense version 2.6.0 was successful.