On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Sergei G <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought SheevaPlug in the hope of running a nice low power server for > personal needs, so it is my 1st exposure to ARM device. > > I use FreeBSD on Intel machine, but arm is Tier2 support, so I decided to > give NetBSD a try. Unfortunately I am completely confused by the > installation procedure. The instructions are focused on TFTP server, but I > am trying to use USB stick formatted with FAT 16. > > I am just trying to boot into NetBSD without installing it on SDHC card. > I don't know if it is the best way to go. > > I don't know which file I need to copy onto FAT16, so I copied 2 files: > > gzcat /Volumes/NETBSD_614/EVBARM/BINARY/KERNEL/NETBSD_IQ80321.BIN_GZ > > NETBSD_IQ80321.BIN > > gzcat /Volumes/NETBSD_614/EVBARM/BINARY/KERNEL/NETBSD_IQ80321.GZ > > NETBSD_IQ80321 > > I then tried loading both files and failed. > > On Boot: > > U-Boot 2011.12 (Mar 11 2012 - 18:59:46) > Marvell-Sheevaplug - eSATA - SD/MMC > > SoC: Kirkwood 88F6281_A1 > DRAM: 512 MiB > WARNING: Caches not enabled > NAND: 512 MiB > In: serial > Out: serial > Err: serial > Net: egiga0 > 88E1116 Initialized on egiga0 > Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 > No MMC card found > ** Bad partition 1 ** > ** Bad partition 1 ** > Wrong Image Format for bootm command > ERROR: can't get kernel image! > > The autoload errors are coming from missing SDHC card with Debian Linux on > it. > > I then try loading what I think kernel files are and the system hangs. I am > sure I just don't do it right. > > Marvell>> fatls usb 0 > 4096 ._.trashes > .trashes/ > .spotlight-v100/ > 4649600 netbsd_sheevaplug.bin > 5148787 netbsd_sheevaplug > > 3 file(s), 2 dir(s) > > Marvell>> fatload usb 0 0x900000 netbsd_sheevaplug > reading netbsd_sheevaplug > > 5148787 bytes read > Marvell>> go 0x900000 > ## Starting application at 0x00900000 ... > > And that's when it hangs. I see nothing, so I pull the plug and try again. > > The installation document references memory 0x60660000. If that's the case, > then I don't know which memory address to load into. I use 0x900000, because > it works with Linux kernel, which is probably not right. > > Several months ago I compiled custom FreeBSD image, and was able to boot it > (don't remember much about it). Unfortunately, I found that I could not boot > FreeBSD from SDHC and abandoned that route. I hope NetBSD is better in that > respect. > > > thank you
I don't have a Sheevaplug, I have a Dockstar which is similar. So I don't know exactly how to help you. However, if you search on netbsd sheevaplug boot, I think you'll find interesting info. If you build a Sheevaplug kernel, you should get something called netbsd.ub which is uboot friendly. I believe you can tftp boot it or boot it from a FAT partition. Your command to boot the kernel might work if you use 0x2000000, given that the kernel is uboot friendly. In my case I have to hardcode the root device into the kernel, not sure if you have to do that on Sheevaplug. Andy
