Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:26:44 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Subject: Re: Booting from USB on RPi3 Message-ID: <20200421172644.GA96994@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJuc1zMxzD-NmsJCtb1m=nXipr-K7%2B9X3nonHVmeYLCY%2BYVk5g@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200420172512.GA94315@www.zefox.net> <CAJuc1zPzseM4Ez5ixk6LHiVvnXXBZgbxH9Rh2TvJn-qxADJuvg@mail.gmail.com> <20200420220756.GC94315@www.zefox.net> <CAJuc1zMgHo_ioFK7CD5kVZ1dzWeJyiYczHLZNyPOUm282jw86g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJuc1zMxzD-NmsJCtb1m=nXipr-K7%2B9X3nonHVmeYLCY%2BYVk5g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:32:03AM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 10:30, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote: > [...] > > > Where is the kernel loading from? I gather it's been long-time > > > practice to load the kernel from microSD and then mount the USB > > > device as root; it that what you're doing? It appears that using > > > usbboot (correctly!) would eliminate that extra step. > > > > The kernel loads from the external USB drive. The only thing on the > > microSD card is the renamed loader.efi and the loader.env file. > > And the u-boot, of course. You're doing what I'd like to accomplish. However, I take it the chain of events is that the Pi's GPU starts u-boot on the microSD, that starts FreeBSD's loader on the microSD card then FreeBSD's loader acceses the USB drive. I gather there is no bootable FAT32 partition on the USB drive. Have I got that right? Thank you! bob prohaska
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