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Micro PC with no Legacy BIOS support

David Klein1

Hi, I'm not sure if I have just locked myself out of using XG home firewaill because of an unexpected BIOS compatibility issue.

My ancient PC (Pentium III) mobo died.  It was running XG 19.x.

Researching for microPC's  (ServeTheHome, Tom's Hardware, etc.) and found a Hunsn RJ03 on NewEgg.  Comes pre-installed with pFsense Plus, so should be compatible with just about any F/W, just d/l the replacement ISO and the hardware specs appeared perfect to run XG Home..

Specs:

  • Intel N5105
  • AES-NI
  • 4 x Intel 2.5GbE
  • I226-V LAN
  • Type-C, TF
  • M.2 WiFi 6 Slot
  • 8G RAM
  • 64G SSD

BUT!  Never noticed this in the product description, or at least, thought it was relevant at the time:

"Compatibility, firewalls tested with pfsense plus, opnsense and other popular open-source software solutions, supports UEFI only."

Sophos doesn't seem concerned, from the community discussions, with providing any UEFI support for this software.  So, have I locked myself out of XG home firewall permanently?

Thx.

DK



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    Hi,

    the issue is the kernel needs updating.

    The next issue you will have is the nics are not supported. You could use one of the various vm systems. I use VMware, but it is a little heavy for your little box. I think proxmox I think it is called might be suitable.

    ian

    XG115W - v20.0.2 MR-2 - Home

    XG on VM 8 - v20.0.2 MR-2

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    Hi,

    the issue is the kernel needs updating.

    The next issue you will have is the nics are not supported. You could use one of the various vm systems. I use VMware, but it is a little heavy for your little box. I think proxmox I think it is called might be suitable.

    ian

    XG115W - v20.0.2 MR-2 - Home

    XG on VM 8 - v20.0.2 MR-2

    If a post solves your question please use the 'Verify Answer' button.

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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Thank-you.  

    I suspected as much.  Quite disappointing that what seems (to a non-programmer like me, anyway) a relatively basic hardware support issue isn’t happening.  I didn’t feel like paying for pFsense+, but it looks like I’ll have to abandon a great firewall and see what else is available.

    Regards,

    DK

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