FreeBSD 12.1 on Raspberry Pi 3B+, completely headless?

[Ronald Klop]

Hi,

I connected my RPI3B+ with a USB-to-serial cable so I can look at boot messages and interact with the boot process.
Something like this, but maybe from a store in your country.
https://www.reichelt.nl/raspberry-pi-usb-naar-ttl-0-9-m-pl2303hx-pl2303hx-rpi-usb-ttl-p150567.html?PROVID=2788&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3OGn48e_6QIVFtZ3Ch3Crg9eEAQYASABEgLvxvD_BwE&&r=1

Regards,
Ronald.

 
Van: David Mehler <dave.mehler at gmail.com>
Datum: dinsdag, 19 mei 2020 00:10
Aan: bob prohaska <fbsd at www.zefox.net>
CC: freebsd-arm at freebsd.org
Onderwerp: Re: FreeBSD 12.1 on Raspberry Pi 3B+, completely headless?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for the confirmation that onboard ethernet works. I've booted
> the pi and I'm not seeing it on the network. I've tried mounting the
> freebsd partition under a linux virtual machine which it's fdisk shows
> it as /dev/sdd2 later in the display shows it up as 15. I can not get
> it to mount so am not sure what rc.conf is doing, I was hoping it
> would get a dhcp address since it's plugged directly in. I also did
> add a blank ssh file to the /dev/sdd1 partition.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 
> 
> On 5/18/20, bob prohaska <fbsd at www.zefox.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 05:25:40PM -0400, David Mehler wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Does the onboard ethernet on the pi 3b+ work or do I have to go USB
> >> wireless all the way?
> >>
> > Wired ethernet works fine on the 3B, I believe the + is the same.
> >
> > hth,
> >
> > bob prohaska
> >
> >> Thanks.
> >> Dave.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/18/20, bob prohaska <fbsd at www.zefox.net> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 01:02:32PM -0400, David Mehler wrote:
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> I've got a Raspberry Pi 3b+ that I'd like to put FreeBSD 12.1 on. It
> >> >> is completely headless the only thing it has is it's power connection.
> >> >> I have downloaded and wrote to sd the latest 12.1 amd64 rpi3 image.
> >> >                                                     ^^^
> >> >                                                    Typo?
> >> >
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