Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 20:53:01 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: freesbd-arm@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: some general questions regarding freebsd on rasp pi Message-ID: <ECCFFFB5-0EFC-4DFD-BD59-B2C777B9A545@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <20150901155024.GA46253@potato.growveg.org> References: <20150901155024.GA46253@potato.growveg.org>
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> On Sep 1, 2015, at 8:50 AM, John <freebsd-lists@potato.growveg.org> wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> 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:
>
> 1. is it just a question of grabbing the iso, burning it to sd card and
> rebooting the pi?
Yes.
>
> 2. if [1] is true, for this 64-bit pi, do I use
> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm-armv6-RPI2-20150826-r287169.img.xz
>
> OR
>
> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-20150818-r286893-memstick.img.xz
>
> given that I want to run 64-bit?
Use the RPI2 image. (arm64 is for 64-bit arm; RPI2 is a 32-bit processor).
>
> Is there a how-to or walk-through for arm/arm64 that is recent? If there
> is, I can't find it.
There is some information on the FreeBSD Wiki for particular boards:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Raspberry%20Pi
And, of course, this mailing list is a good place to ask other related questions.
Tim
>
> many thanks,
> --
> John
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