From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Wed Dec 30 23:38:15 2015 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 AD35FA5693A for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:38:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: from monday.kientzle.com (kientzle.com [142.254.26.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43C661F17 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by monday.kientzle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) id tBUNc0iI007583; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:38:00 GMT (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: from [192.168.2.112] (192.168.1.101 [192.168.1.101]) by kientzle.com with SMTP id 8wvhw39hz46xzcr8drpgtwea76; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:37:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) Subject: Re: Booting a RPI 1 B+ From: Tim Kientzle In-Reply-To: <56840940.20709@aon.at> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:36:41 -0800 Cc: freebsd-arm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <56840940.20709@aon.at> To: Martin Birgmeier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3112) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:38:15 -0000 > On Dec 30, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Martin Birgmeier 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