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Date:      Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:36:41 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        Martin Birgmeier <la5lbtyi@aon.at>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Booting a RPI 1 B+
Message-ID:  <C848956A-978D-4F93-AA0B-971908402A69@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <56840940.20709@aon.at>
References:  <56840940.20709@aon.at>

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> On Dec 30, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Martin Birgmeier <la5lbtyi@aon.at> wrote:
>=20
> I have prepared a (16 GB) micro SDHC card from
> =
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/10.2/Free=
BSD-10.2-STABLE-arm-armv6-RPI-B-20151229-r292855.img.xz
> (i.e., dd'd the 480 MB to the card).
>=20
> I have a barebones RPI 1 B+ into which I insert the card. The only
> available connection is via Ethernet, i.e., no monitor, no keyboard, =
no
> serial.
>=20
> After applying power something seems to happen in that after a while,
> the Ethernet LEDs on the RPI blink in a way typical for Ethernet.
> However, that's it, specifically my DHCP server never receives a
> request, nor does the RPI in any way become accessible via Ethernet. =
In
> fact, not a single Ethernet frame reaches the DHCP server (checked via
> tcpdump).
>=20
> After shutting down and doing a binary comparison of the card's =
contents
> with the image, there are very few changes; mounting the image and the
> card and then doing a diff -r shows no differences at all. The
> filesystem on the card also has not been resized.
>=20
> The RPI runs its original Linux fine.
>=20
> Any pointers as to what is going on?

You should consider getting a USB serial adapter cable such as:

   http://adafru.it/954

This will let you see the earliest boot messages and any errors that may =
be appearing.

As others have mentioned, it's worth trying different SDHC cards, since =
the SD drivers do not seem to be compatible with all cards.

Tim




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