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Date:      Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:12:37 -0400
From:      Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freesbd-arm@freebsd.org, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: some general questions regarding freebsd on rasp pi
Message-ID:  <22E09F55-EF8A-424C-9E74-8D1ADB67BCB7@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmom5Q%2Bh_LeoX0S=szhHF6gr8xRCvik4rdeC_D9oWxbO0Uw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20150901155024.GA46253@potato.growveg.org> <CAJ-Vmom5Q%2Bh_LeoX0S=szhHF6gr8xRCvik4rdeC_D9oWxbO0Uw@mail.gmail.com>

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> On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> I didn't think it was a 64 bit ARM - use the RPI2 image. :)

+1

The Raspberry Pi 2 isn't a 64-bit ARM device.  I can confirm for the =
original poster, though, that the RPI2 image works nicely as a way of =
doing the initial install.

Cheers,

Paul.

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> On 1 September 2015 at 08:50, John <freebsd-lists@potato.growveg.org> =
wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>=20
>> I'm in a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation with regard to installing =
freebsd
>> on a raspberry pi 2 b+. This pi as I understand it is 64-bit, has 1GB =
RAM.
>> I want to use it to run exim, sshd, mutt, slrn and a few other bits. =
I've been
>> looking for a repository of info for all things freebsd-arm but =
haven't come up
>> with much useful and *recent*. Would be grateful if some kind soul =
could answer
>> the following:
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>> 1. is it just a question of grabbing the iso, burning it to sd card =
and
>> rebooting the pi?
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>> 2. if [1] is true, for this 64-bit pi, do I use
>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-RPI2-20150826-r287169.img.xz
>>=20
>> OR
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>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-20150818-r286893-memstick.img.xz
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>> given that I want to run 64-bit?
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>> Is there a how-to or walk-through for arm/arm64 that is recent? If =
there
>> is, I can't find it.
>>=20
>> many thanks,
>> --
>> John
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