Re: Unable to boot Pi 3b+

On Aug 15, 2023, at 19:17, Peter G <list-freebsd-arm@box559.com> wrote:

> I am unable to get FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64 to boot on either of two brand new Raspberry Pi 3B+ boards. (Just as a diagnostic, I checked that both work perfectly well with Raspberry Pi OS.)  I have tried several different brands and sizes of SD card (which all boot fine with Raspberry Pi OS). I have redone the image downloads multiple times and verified the checksums. I burn images to the SD card on another machine using dd with bs=1M. If I mount the prepared SD cards on that other machine, I can confirm the files are readable.
> 
> I have tried both
> /ftp/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/13.2/FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img

It may not be likely to be the issue, but you did not mention
it explicitly, so . . .

I instead see:

http://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.2/FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz

Note the *.xz naming. I do not see a: FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img
to download

After downloading FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz ,
using:

# unxz FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz

would produce a:

FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img

That, in turn, would be dd'd to the microsd card.

> and
> /ftp/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/13.2/FreeBSD-13.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso.

Definitely the wrong media: no RPi* firmware, no U-Boot for the
aarch64 RPi* , and so on.

> Neither boots.
> The first image gives green LED blinks: slow four and then fast seven. The second never blinks.
> 
> Any advice on what I'm missing would be appreciated.



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Mark Millard
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