From nobody Fri Jul 08 18:05:29 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D80117D578C for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2022 18:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from warlock@phouka1.phouka.net) Received: from phouka1.phouka.net (phouka1.phouka.net [107.170.196.116]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "phouka.net", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Lfh7S0Vdtz3GgK for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2022 18:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from warlock@phouka1.phouka.net) Received: from phouka1.phouka.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phouka1.phouka.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 268I5T8s025438 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Jul 2022 11:05:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from warlock@phouka1.phouka.net) Received: (from warlock@localhost) by phouka1.phouka.net (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 268I5TJU025428; Fri, 8 Jul 2022 11:05:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from warlock) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 11:05:29 -0700 From: John Kennedy To: "Wall, Stephen" Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Installing 13.1 ARM on SSD Message-ID: References: List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Lfh7S0Vdtz3GgK X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of warlock@phouka1.phouka.net has no SPF policy when checking 107.170.196.116) smtp.mailfrom=warlock@phouka1.phouka.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.80 / 15.00]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[warlock@phouka.net,warlock@phouka1.phouka.net]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; BLOCKLISTDE_FAIL(0.00)[107.170.196.116:server fail]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14061, ipnet:107.170.192.0/18, country:US]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[phouka.net]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[warlock@phouka.net,warlock@phouka1.phouka.net] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 11:00:27AM -0700, John Kennedy wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 05:40:23PM +0000, Wall, Stephen wrote: > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD/ARM 13.1 on a RPi4 with a USB3 SSD attached. > > Steps I’ve taken: > > - Used Raspberry Pi Imager to set the board to boot from USB first, SD card second > > - downloaded and burned FreeBSD 13.1 arm65-aarch64-RPI image > > - booted and run bsdinstall > > - selected ZFS > > - selected the USB SSD > > > > Installation ran to completion, but when I reboot without the SD card, I get a “Firmware not found” error message. > > Searching the web gives lots of results for linux, but I can’t find anything for FreeBSD. > > Has anyone successfully done an install like this, and can point me toward some resources that will get me straightened out? ... I should also point out that there may be some issues with multiple USB disks attached, or if your disk is slow to discover, so way more context around the "firmware not found" would probably be key. My approach worked for me.