rpi4 headless experience
Dan Mack
mack at macktronics.com
Tue May 19 20:32:16 UTC 2020
Just tried the latest FreeBSD on RPI image on my rpi4-4GB system. Here's
what I experienced in case anyone else is interested:
- Install method - I just dd'd the unxz'd image from the download site
onto a new microSD card.
- used a serial port connected RPI to another RPI using a ttl to usb
cable.
- powered on, freebsd booted up just fine.
root at generic:~ # uname -a ; df -h ; sysctl hw | grep physmem
FreeBSD generic 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #0 r361019: Thu May 14
09:12:43 UTC 2020
root at releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/arm64.aarch64/sys/GENERIC arm64
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ufs/rootfs 29G 2.6G 24G 10% /
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
/dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT 50M 25M 25M 50% /boot/msdos
tmpfs 50M 4.0K 50M 0% /tmp
hw.physmem: 973434880
I pluged in a USB connected SSD and it was not recognized on either USB2
or USB3 ports.
And the memory size is not reporting the full 4GB as can be seen above.
Ethernet is working without any changes (dhcp kicked in by default) and
seems to work.
Not sure about the on-board WiFI.
That's it, if anyone knows the status of the USB support or how to get the
system to see all the memory, let me know :-)
Dan
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