Reinstalling Pfsense Plus Software - Netgate SG-2100 Manual

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Please

open a support ticket

General Problem and then select Netgate SG-2100 for the platform. Make sure to include the serial number in

the ticket to expedite access.

Once the ticket is processed, the latest stable version of the ﬁrmware will be attached to the ticket, with a name

such as:

pfSense-plus-SG-2100-recovery-21.05.2-RELEASE-aarch64.img.gz

Note: pfSense

Plus is preinstalled on Netgate appliances, which is optimally tuned for our hardware and

contains some features that cannot be found elsewhere, such as the

2. Write the image to a USB memstick. Locating the image and writing it to a USB memstick is covered in detail

under

Writing Flash

Connect to the console port

4. Insert the memstick into the USB port and boot the system.

Tip: Best practice is to turn off the system, insert the USB memstick, ensure you have console access, and

reboot the system. You will need to interrupt the boot process very soon after initial boot.

5. When prompted, press any key to stop the autoboot process.

6. Type run usbrecovery at the Marvell>> prompt and press Enter.

7. Select the destination device.

Note: The onboard eMMC ﬂash memory is always mmcsd0. If a M.2 SATA drive is installed, it will be ada0.

8. Type y and Enter to conﬁrm your choice.

9. The Netgate SG-2100 will automatically reboot to complete the installation. Remove the USB key when the

console menu appears.

Note: For information on restoring from a previously saved conﬁguration, go to