Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:46:19 -0600 From: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> To: leonardoe.lazcano@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing or booting FreeBSD 10.2 on BeagleBone Black Message-ID: <20151021014618.GA22074@chilled.skew.org> In-Reply-To: <CAEGAWcYjd1ByhZBA5dzTxhLuU6mRGPx0n3w-aF=9oL0-zRWf3A@mail.gmail.com>
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Leonardo, As someone mentioned, when starting out, it's best to watch the console at boot. On FreeBSD 10 on the BBB, you must use an FTDI cable and you will see the console via a terminal emulator on another computer. If you only have an HDMI cable connected to a monitor, you will need to use FreeBSD 11-CURRENT, because HDMI support is not in 10-STABLE yet (I think). If you're already set up with the FTDI cable and a terminal emulator, sorry; it wasn't clear from your message what you've tried. You should also be aware that if you're using an image from <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/>, the first boot will be rather slow as it grows the root partition and does additional one-time configuration of the disk. But eventually it should finish and emit a login prompt at the console. After it has done all that setup, bootups will go much faster. I am documenting my experiences with the BBB at https://offset.skew.org/wiki/User:Mjb/BeagleBone_Black and https://offset.skew.org/wiki/User:Mjb/FreeBSD_on_BeagleBone_Black The first document is just about the device in general. It has a section re: accessing the console via the FTDI cable and a Windows PC, if you're not sure how to do that. The second document is my notes on running FreeBSD on the BBB, and is updated frequently as I get further along. The document is actually 95% general info for getting started with FreeBSD 10. I hope you find it useful. Mike
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