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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 07:41:14 -0000 The reasons I'm investing so much time and effort are:- it's an opportunity to learn a new technology ie FreeBSD/ARM discover something about building kernels finish a long term project of replacing the stock Linux on my GoFlex Home with FreeBSD It is not clear to me if anyone has ever managed to run FreeBSD on one of these units. I have reached the point where it runs OK but only when booting from USB. If I manage to get it to recognise the hard disk I'll be more than happy and am not really concerned about what may happen after freebsd 13. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 4:29 PM Ian Lepore wrote: > On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 15:24 +0100, Balanga Bar wrote: > > Thanks for the links. I notice that the HowTo page is nine years old and > > wonder if anything needs updating... > > > > I did notice that the SHEEVAPLUG kernel configuration file in the HowTo > > page is truncated. Any idea what's missing? > > > > As for the SD Card reader support, has that ever existed? In the Wiki > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug it says it had FreeBSD > support, so > > would assume a Card must have need available at one time.. > > > > I'm particularly interested in the GOFLEX HOME unit and would love to > find > > a config file which lets me use a hard disk. I have it booting from a USB > > stick but have hit a brick wall providing hard disk access. I guess I'll > > put the GFH on the back burner and concentrate on the SheevaPlug. > > > > > > It is astounding to me that you're investing so much effort into > hardware that doesn't really work properly with freebsd (as you're > discovering), isn't really supported by the project (as you're > discovering), and for those reasons, is unlikely to be included at all > after freebsd 13 (like, the code will probably be removed). > > -- Ian > > >