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Date:      Sun, 1 Jan 2017 23:23:25 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Koz Ross <koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD on a BananaPi
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfp7mA9dMqkkONUbvT94F7nibSEhJRYpu2SFXznHxCHy=A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161231231915.GC1094@Sebastian>
References:  <20161231231915.GC1094@Sebastian>

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On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Koz Ross <koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz> wrote:
> I'm trying to jump into FreeBSD by installing it on my BananaPi, which I
> plan to
> use as a micro-server. I downloaded the BananaPi .img.xz from the FreeBSD
> FTP
> server, dd'ed it onto an SD card, inserted it into the BananaPi, and powered
> it
> on. However, I have no Ethernet activity, and the light on top of the board
> is
> red, which I assume means that nothing is happening. Do I have to do
> something
> special for the boot process to begin?

Crazy question: Did you uncompress the image to get a .img file before
you dd'd it to the SD card?

Warner

> Also, do the provided images start an SSH server when you boot into them?
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>
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