how to install a XG home image on a modern hardware ?

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Hi community, 
 I bought a nice little hardware with Intel i5 11. generation and two NIC's. 
 My problem is that there is no way to install the XG home on it 
 I tried so much: 
 - booting from different sticks : Build by Rufus (also DD mode), Win32 Disk Imager, UNetbootin 
 - booting from CD/DVD 
 - with/without CSM-Support (also USB-Legacy Support) 
 After booting to 'SFOS INSTALLER' nothing happens 
 I also testet it on an other hardware (Lenovo with same CPU), the same result. 
 The installation of pfSense works fine on that hardware, why is it that problem with the Sophos Image? 
 
 This is my hardware: 
 ZOTAC ZBOX edge M1646 
 CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 
 RAM: 16 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 
 SSD: Kingston SSM M2. 128 GB (RBU-SNS8350DES3) 
 NIC: 2 x Gigabit 
 
 I hope anybody can help 
 /Andr&eacute;

rfcat_vk · Answer

Hi, 
 you need to select a motherboard that has the legacy option and build your own box. from memory, there is a nice asus server mb that has the legacy option. 
 ian

rfcat_vk · Answer

xG does not recognise nics that a classified as consumer eg i219 and I225 series. 
 uefi is coming slowly, the new sophos hardware supports uefi. 
 ian

JasP · Answer

I don't understand why you don't just get XGS hardware. As a business user, you have to buy a license and the SW licences are not cheap compared to XGS licensing. 
 I have plenty of criticisms of Sophos but as they produce their own hardware for their software, I think you are hoping for too much to expect Sophos to evaluate and certify third party hardware just so you can go and buy something else. I would rather they spent the time and money on improving the OS.

LuCar Toni · Answer

For such scenarios, customers get a HA (two appliances). You do not have to get an extra license to run this. Simply purchase two appliances and run the HA. 
 The portion of customers running software "bare metal" is small. Virtual is another part of the story.

rfcat_vk · Answer

Uname also works on the XG. 
 ian

how to install a XG home image on a modern hardware ?

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