From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Sat Nov 19 20:09:33 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21711C4BC09 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22b.google.com (mail-it0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2535CEB for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id c20so62640632itb.0 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:09:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=CMr8Qm8vBzXnqWQtGlpP2Rjr1ixBmCIqeuRRESMZmBk=; b=ZncP8nSdjCHKZ5jszfituXCe5boIaL2rBJevvQg1zTiTfi6G63vExmFI8DkdP1WE7P qZQxZ/8MNl3EzA3JIlvJPslisTGKI6iTJyAnrahUsKvWx5G0td2vUWs77/+/iv8gmOQK BhQtovnddd+GxiRL20Gs3TQAI4abN3P4ch31upkuLZQBKJiPrn9/et8UJIMhvEZ21YPQ xJCuSTD0mvY1s8/HUKGj1+lkNwiMufeONjATVGeUyLH/l5kxahYxTdNobylxs4zUxQqe QbQd7lr6UYww+tgBVWTM/qam0b0/BG9GMDP8rbcTHXj+5CzQuHEGNXaeWNhcYFMwE37Q WJVQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CMr8Qm8vBzXnqWQtGlpP2Rjr1ixBmCIqeuRRESMZmBk=; b=E+IUYALPUtpTs2AJ5fmgv5eBr0gJz/svcRjoiSWpPC+Zt5Q9/dGj27ScqniWdYg65T 1isUU4S5HKj0uGmnYD8OpR/y/bTR90FtEoPpU3tmkf+wIzzqOEgKbrcI5ywyEAWEXV5z 47M4ccnSCtUeH6CYp+vO1qeTcOkJGxTzh10uIV7aTqM0TvHGh9uY9ao9O7hVZ/0hoJKl h3v0pH60hKplBnecSxlnjgmsmQZDzrbGeixgEIGiGMhscAIRUd1Oq8Q9xFtKrCYWAaOx y8mR5YV62/6MFWYZjSok7gUW0+4GbKBbeRohUrmXOHCTUc6udSjtqDCyvQsLJPsv3E6S m4Ng== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC00E/KZgwb5DVVTP8EHlPmx/m82SwVbijYwMHSbWP0EnF+pCBG5IkJO0V4Fd0PI5bBRxqyX9iG7tv01pHw== X-Received: by 10.36.84.138 with SMTP id t132mr2006068ita.103.1479586172166; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:09:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: wlosh@bsdimp.com Received: by 10.79.134.66 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:09:31 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [50.253.99.174] In-Reply-To: <58309eb5.9942620a.e27b3.24f7SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <58306c9b.4e79630a.a07d9.cf58SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> <58309eb5.9942620a.e27b3.24f7SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> From: Warner Losh Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:09:31 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ojpA7-CS0Rg8y-3elZ2esoE7Z98 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Creating FreeBSD/arm bootable SD card for Cubieboards from FreeBSD 11.0 image files for Wintel only users. To: John.Kitz@xs4all.nl Cc: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu , freebsd-arm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:09:33 -0000 On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:48 AM, John W. Kitz wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:15 PM, John W. Kitz wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe I haven't seen an answer to my question yet. > > The reason for asking is that in the early to mid '90's I ran an early > version (I'm guessing something like 5.x or 6.x) of FreeBSD for a while on > an old PC, which, although it had a CD-ROM drive, could only boot from its > floppy drive. At the time that wasn't a problem because the FreeBSD project > provided a utility named fdimage, which allowed users to create a bootable > floppy from an image file, boot from that floppy and continue the > installation process from CD-ROM. > > To rephrase my question; am I correct in assuming that the FreeBSD release > 11.0 SD-card image file contains everything one needs to do a first time > installation of FreeBSD on a cubieboard or cubieboard2? I.e. I do not or do > no longer need to install the SPL loader and U-boot programs on the SD-card, > since they are either an integral part of or not needed when using the image > file. Yes. If you can image the file onto an SD card verbatim, and the image is exactly right for your board, that's all you need to do. If you are trying to use the image not on a Cubieboard2, but on something newer, then you'll need to install the right u-boot package and follow the directions in the readme file to put the combined SPL+uboot.img file onto your card. You may also need to copy a .DTB file for your board and possibly a newer kernel depending on how different things are. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/windows.md might be helpful for you, since images are images, even though that site is for the Raspberry Pi. Warner