Re: How to boot FreeBSD installed on the sd card on the Khadas Edge-V instead of Android

According with this tutorial :

https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/InstallOsIntoEmmc.html

if Windows is used the Edge goes in Upgrade mode by itself. Please read
point 3 :

3) Let Edge enter into Upgrade Mode
<https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/HowtoBootIntoUpgradeMode.html> to
complete the upgrading.

So I think that using the same tool but for Linux,it will do the same. No
need to put it in Upgrade mode by myself.

And if it were needed,I don't yet understand how.


On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM Klaus Küchemann <maciphone2@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> indeed seems that Khadas provides some equivalents to
> rkdeveloptool ( standard tool for Rockchip)
> ..so,yes, in short :
>
> -connect the board to your other machine where you have rkdeveloptool(or
> whatever tool) installed
> -put the board into MaskRom mode
> - erase/flash spi/emmc as you wish & as described by your chosen
> tool/vendor
>
> that`s it…
>
> —example: —
> assuming the current unwanted u-boot currently sits  on the spi & you want
> to erase the spi …:
> the Command is : 'rkdeveloptool ef‘
> .. and so on and so forth
> — ---
>
> Regards
> K.
>
> > Am 07.07.2025 um 01:15 schrieb Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>:
> >
> > I have no idea what "rkdeveloptool" should do.
> >
> > Let's say that I want to install FreeBSD into the eMMC. This seems to be
> the tutorial to follow :
> >
> > https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/InstallOsIntoEmmc.html
> >
> > So. First of all,I read "Upgrade Using a USB-C Cable". So,I presume that
> I should attach the usb-c cable to my Linux workstation. And what should be
> the usb-c port that should be used on the khadas board ? the usb-c port
> that I use to power on the board or the other one ?
> >
> > Later,it says that "there are two commands that can be used to burn
> linux/images: burn-tool and rk-burn-tool"
> >
> > ok. I will use rk-burn-tool to install FreeBSD,using this command :
> >
> > $ rk-burn-tool -i
> /mnt/KHADAS/FreeBSD/edge-freebsd-aarch64-13.0-release-20210613.img
> >
> > Is this the correct procedure,in your opinion ?
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM Klaus Küchemann <
> maciphone2@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > $ rkdeveloptool -h
> >
> > ---------------------Tool Usage ---------------------
> > Help: -h or --help
> > Version: -v or --version
> > ListDevice: ld
> > DownloadBoot: db <Loader>
> > UpgradeLoader: ul <Loader>
> > ReadLBA: rl  <BeginSec> <SectorLen> <File>
> > WriteLBA: wl  <BeginSec> <File>
> > WriteLBA: wlx  <PartitionName> <File>
> > WriteGPT: gpt <gpt partition table>
> > WriteParameter: prm <parameter>
> > PrintPartition: ppt
> > EraseFlash: ef
> > TestDevice: td
> > ResetDevice: rd [subcode]
> > ReadFlashID: rid
> > ReadFlashInfo: rfi
> > ReadChipInfo: rci
> > ReadCapability: rcb
> > PackBootLoader: pack
> > UnpackBootLoader: unpack <boot loader>
> > TagSPL: tagspl <tag> <U-Boot SPL>
> >
> > > Am 07.07.2025 um 00:38 schrieb Klaus Küchemann <
> maciphone2@googlemail.com>:
> > >
> > > you’ll need rkdeveloptool
> > > ( or whatever Khadas equivalent tool if they offer one) …
> > > But as it seems no one here owns an Khadas Edge-V you have to try
> yourself
> > >
> > > Good luck ,
> > > Regards
> > > K.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Am 07.07.2025 um 00:12 schrieb Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com
> >:
> > >> ... nothing happened anymore....
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mario.
>
>

-- 
Mario.