Creating FreeBSD/arm bootable SD card for Cubieboards from FreeBSD 11.0 image files for Wintel only users.

[Hal Murray]

John.Kitz at xs4all.nl said:
> 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. 

I haven't verified it on a Cubieboard, but most systems that use SD cards 
don't actually have an install step.  You copy the "install" image to a SD 
card on a system of your choice, then move the SD card over to the target 
system and boot from it.  That's the final system, already installed and 
running.  You get to start tuning it for your needs.

It's probably setup so you can ssh in and do everything without a console.  
(be sure to fix the default passwords before you expose the new system to the 
big bad internet)


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