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I received an ALIX board or kit. How do I add and configure the operating system to get it working properly?

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I received an ALIX board or kit. How do I add and configure the operating system to get it working properly?

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When buying a ALIX board from Netgate, either separately or as part of a kit, be aware that you will have to perform several steps in order to reach a boot prompt on your system. When you buy a m1n1wall or wireless ready system from Netgate, we perform several of these steps for you. Read on to see what will work best for you. Regardless of the OS you use, you will have to create and/or copy a bootable image to your CF card. For example if you plan to use pfSense, you will need to perform the following steps (details of which are outlined by other posts on the pfSense lists.