Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:09:31 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: John.Kitz@xs4all.nl Cc: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu <ganbold@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Creating FreeBSD/arm bootable SD card for Cubieboards from FreeBSD 11.0 image files for Wintel only users. Message-ID: <CANCZdfpu8cVqBu5-B7wH0Aqf6OEKbsUCgX2W-XgbVDRponw9Bg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58309eb5.9942620a.e27b3.24f7SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <58306c9b.4e79630a.a07d9.cf58SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> <CAGtf9xNqs4awP8MZP1gLtWsycZBYVaAuyGFtC_P=wWnJv78Awg@mail.gmail.com> <58309eb5.9942620a.e27b3.24f7SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:48 AM, John W. Kitz <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:15 PM, John W. Kitz <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe I haven't seen an answer to my question yet. > > The reason for asking is that in the early to mid '90's I ran an early > version (I'm guessing something like 5.x or 6.x) of FreeBSD for a while on > an old PC, which, although it had a CD-ROM drive, could only boot from its > floppy drive. At the time that wasn't a problem because the FreeBSD project > provided a utility named fdimage, which allowed users to create a bootable > floppy from an image file, boot from that floppy and continue the > installation process from CD-ROM. > > To rephrase my question; am I correct in assuming that the FreeBSD release > 11.0 SD-card image file contains everything one needs to do a first time > installation of FreeBSD on a cubieboard or cubieboard2? I.e. I do not or do > no longer need to install the SPL loader and U-boot programs on the SD-card, > since they are either an integral part of or not needed when using the image > file. Yes. If you can image the file onto an SD card verbatim, and the image is exactly right for your board, that's all you need to do. If you are trying to use the image not on a Cubieboard2, but on something newer, then you'll need to install the right u-boot package and follow the directions in the readme file to put the combined SPL+uboot.img file onto your card. You may also need to copy a .DTB file for your board and possibly a newer kernel depending on how different things are. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/windows.md might be helpful for you, since images are images, even though that site is for the Raspberry Pi. Warner
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