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• When you see the main boot menu:

  

• Press "esc" or the arrow buttons to go to the boot option shell 

• Set the console redirection (copy to the terminal): 

  • set hw.uart.console="mm:0xfedc9000,rs:2" 

    • NOTE: the line you paste might look a little weird especially if you type it manually 
      example for copy: /K |et hw.uart.console="mm:0xfedc9000,rs:2" 
      example for manual typetyping: \e|/-\|/r-\co|sol/-\|m:/x-ed\9|0/-\|:/" 
      THIS IS FINE AS LONG AS THE ACTUAL INPUT TEXT IS CORRECT 

  • Type boot  boot 

• After the system has booted you are prompted with a login 

  • To use it as a live system you can login as: 

    • Username: root 

    • Password: opnsense 

  • To install OPNsense login as: 

    • Username: installer 

    • Password: opnsense 

    • From here on, I will reffer to the installer option: 

• Choose keymap

  

• Choose what to do next

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  Choose: UFS Partition scheme to be installed
  Select UFS GPT/UEFI Hybrid Hybrid

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• Choose disk

  

• Decide about swap partition 

  

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• Wait untill installation is complete 

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After installation

• You will be prompted to change the root users password, change it

• Log in to the root user login and go into a shell

• Create the a /boot/loader.conf.local file which will contain our pernmanent console enable, and add: 

  • hw.uart.console="mm:0xfedc9000,rs:2" 

  • console="efi" 

  • Note: /boot/loader.conf recreates itself each boot or update, so this will override the changes.