On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 08:24:13AM -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 03:26:19PM +0000, void wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to use bsdinstall on
FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20240111-a61d2c7fbd3c-267507.img
to install to usb3-connected HD, using the 'expert mode' for UFS,
after having initially booted from mmcsd.
The goal is to boot to usb3 with freebsd on UFS filesystem, and to have
that filesystem split into partitions, and the partitions having various
properties. IOW not to have it all on /. I'd like to use GPT instead of MBR.
Is this (bsdinstall) method 'correct' or should I use some other method?
I've tried this method but get errors after the fetching phase.
1. "manifest not found on local disk and will be fetched from an
unverified source..." http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error1.png
2. "error while extracting base.txz: can't create
/usr/share/untrusted/Sonera_Class_2_Root_CA.pem"
http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error2.png
3. "could not set root password. An installation step has been
aborted. Would you like to restart the installation or exit the
installer?"
http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error3.png
I tried this using 14-release on a Pi3 with a usb mechanical
hard disk. I don't recall seeing the errors reported above,
but found that the msdos partition wasn't populated. I copied
files manually.
The resulting host is finicky about booting, sometimes requiring
intervention at the serial console to prod u-boot to find the
usb disk. This particular Pi is booting without a microSD, it's
possible the usb-sata adapter contributes to the problem. It
might be worth trying the "bootcode.bin-only" method to see
if that helps. Perhaps others can say more.
Once FreeBSD is up there have been no obvious problems.
I've used this method with 13-stable and 14-stable, but wondered if
maybe it was depreciated in 15-current. The showstopper is the error
marked [2] which is within seconds followed by [3]. If it was just [1]
then I could work around it.
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