Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 22:49:37 +0100 From: "John W. Kitz" <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> To: <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Creating FreeBSD/arm bootable SD card for Cubieboards from FreeBSD 11.0 image files for Wintel only users. Message-ID: <000001d23df7$d9eed490$8dcc7db0$@Kitz@xs4all.nl>
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Hi, With the availability of FreeBSD 11.0 image files intended for the most popular ARM architectures in mind I'd appreciate it if someone on this list would provide a brief explanation (or link to one) for those that only have a Wintel PC at their disposal and would like to use FreeBSD on one of the ARM architectures; in particular both currently supported Cubieboards. I'm specifically interested in a brief explanation how to achieve what is explained here https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner under the heading "The Allwinner boot process" and how to achieve the following: "To write the FreeBSD/arm image to an SD card, use the dd(1) utility, replacing KERNEL with the appropriate kernel configuration name for the system. # dd if=FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-KERNEL.img \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct." as explained here https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/announce.html without having an already working system running FreeBSD or another UNIX variant at one's disposal. Thanks in advance and regards, Jk.
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