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? > -- > Koz Ross <koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz> > www.retro-freedom.nz > > If you aren't using GPG, you should be! https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en. > > Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html for why. > > Proud member of the Open Wireless Movement. > Find out more at https://openwireless.org/ > > Proud member of Peers, at http://peers.community/ . We grow freedom.
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