On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 03:53:53PM +0000, tech-lists wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install openbsd 6.8 on a raspberry pi 4/8GB. The files I need > to add to the msdos partition are, in total, too > large to fit (the partition is only 4MB) > > Is there some method of increasing the msdos partition size > of the miniroot.fs image? I'd be doing this from either a freebsd > or linux desktop. On freebsd, I can virtualise the image with mdconfig. Or > is there some other way round this, like re-writing the image.
I've been testing openbsd on a raspberry pi 4 8GB, on the sd card. I use only openbsd, but you can virtualize it with qemu to format and copy the partitions. This is my experience: * Download the current miniroot.fs (I've used only current). * Create a vnode disk with vnconfig(8) of the miniroot image to mount its partitions. * Format the sd card with fdisk, using mbr partitions: +8M fat. rest for openbsd. * Disklabel the sd card and create the file systems. * Copy the content of the miniroot partitions to the sd card. * Copy the content of the uefi firmware to the fat partition of the sd card: https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases * Boot the rpi, press Esc to enter the uefi menu. Disable the RAM limit. Set acpi+dtb. * At the installer prompt, set the tty to the framebuffer: set tty fb0 * Install OpenBSD like any other arm board. I suggest to use a mfs disk for tmp, the performance of iridium is enormously improved. I've problems with some applications been killed randomly. At first I thought that the limits on login.conf were responsible, but it doesn't look like that. If I found the problem I'll post it. Regards, adr.
