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

[Warner Losh]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>
> 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.

All the armv6 images we have, if used for the intended board, are just
dd to the SD card and go. There's no separate install step.

Warner