Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:08:31 +0000 From: "Stephan, Corey" <corey.stephan@marquette.edu> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi 4 8GB: Boot Hang, (Simple) Workaround? Message-ID: <DM6PR01MB4747750E08921CD7F6D25AC9E3D80@DM6PR01MB4747.prod.exchangelabs.com> References: <DM6PR01MB4747888AA13CC6AE44D8D093E3D90@DM6PR01MB4747.prod.exchangelabs.com>
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Pardon me, folks. I am new to these mailing lists. The situation is resolved. In case someone else should wonder about the Pi 4 8GB and FreeBSD, as of December 28, 2020, here is what I did. First, I carefully read the following in the recent archives of #freebsd-arm: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arm/2020-December/022776.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arm/2020-November/022701.html Next, I ran the following steps to replace the incompatible boot files in the FreeBSD image: (1) Burn the most recent FreeBSD 13-CURRENT image for the RPI3 to my SD card with Etcher.io, making sure to uncheck the automatic unmount option (2) fdisk -l to find the relevant MSDOS partition, which in my case was /dev/sdd1 (3) mkdir /media/d1 (4) mount /dev/sdd1 /media/d1 (5) Copy and paste the outside files linked in the discussion above into /media/d1 To be explicit, these are the 3 files that need to be replaced: start4.elf fixup4.dat u_boot.bin (6) sync (7) umount /dev/sdd1 (8) Insert SD card into Pi and boot The Raspberry Pi 4 8GB now works wonderfully. Thank you for pre-configuring SSH, folks. Cheers, Corey On 12/27/20 8:07 PM, Stephan, Corey wrote: > Hello, fellow open source fans. I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a > new Raspberry Pi 4 8GB, but I simply cannot get the device to boot. The > latest Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian), NOOBS, etc. all work. The Pi's > firmware and BIOS are up-to-date. The SD card is new, stable, and passes > verification tests. > > Tried: 13.0-CURRENT from Dec-10, 13.0-CURRENT from Dec-03, 12.2-RELEASE, > 12.2-STABLE, and 12.1-RELEASE images for the Raspberry Pi 3 (RPI3 images > are recommended in the FreeBSD Wiki: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wiki.freebsd.org_arm_Raspberry-2520Pi&d=DwICAg&c=S1d2Gs1Y1NQV8Lx35_Qi5FnTH2uYWyh_OhOS94IqYCo&r=iNvzbjK5Ohtsok8SlKu57qxvToiGa0FLnH3ASaHDLEg&m=AYWabcHnGlOl2dinRxVvxBustQgQKcgNLf3Drq0z-KQ&s=ELaX5Y7uZrhgL3TDNjmiOqCcx24nsWz5fKMGTUocrOI&e= ) > > FreeBSD 12-series does not show a boot screen at all, but I more-or-less > expected as such, since the RPI4 8GB is known to be WIP in 13-CURRENT. > With 13.0-CURRENT, I reach the boot screen, but I am greeted with the > following 2 error messages: > > Error 00000044 > > This device requires newer software. > > I have read in the FreeBSD subreddit that this has to do with the > FreeBSD SD card image's bootloader being out of date. > > Does anyone have FreeBSD working on the RPI4 8GB? > > Other: The only advice about this that I have read involves rebuilding > the FreeBSD SD card image. That is above my knowledge. Moreover, of > course, I am sure that the aim of everyone here is to bring FreeBSD to > this popular testing and learning platform :) > > Thank you in advance, everyone. Cheers, > Corey > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.freebsd.org_mailman_listinfo_freebsd-2Dquestions&d=DwICAg&c=S1d2Gs1Y1NQV8Lx35_Qi5FnTH2uYWyh_OhOS94IqYCo&r=iNvzbjK5Ohtsok8SlKu57qxvToiGa0FLnH3ASaHDLEg&m=AYWabcHnGlOl2dinRxVvxBustQgQKcgNLf3Drq0z-KQ&s=F_LJ9jphDBKE5szcWV_UGykNZzkyX8-Bft8oBJtSg30&e= > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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