Re: Booting HoneyComb dual Sled from 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD. Looking for method for ASRock Rack AltraB8UD-1L2T

I've installed and run FreeBSD on the ALTRAD8UD-1L2T without problems, 
and it "Just Works".

What problems are you having?


-- 
Rebecca Cran


On 7/16/25 2:06 AM, Fred Finster wrote:
>
> */From:/* Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
> */Date:/* Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:00:38 UTC
>
> On Jun 30, 2025, at 04:14, Fred Finster<fred@thegalacticzoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,  I have the dual sled HoneyComb LX2K server hardware with 64GB dram and a FAST600 NVME.
> > 
> > I am trying to boot up from a 14.3-STABLE Arm64 FreeBSD DVD1 image.  . . .
> > 
> > . . .
> My previous post, searching for boot method. use memstick image file <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2025-June/004955.html>
>
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ has:
>
> FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-dvd1.iso.xz
> FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-dvd1.iso
>
> and also (also with a "1.iso"):
>
> FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso.xz
> FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso
>
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ has just (with a "1.iso"):
>
> FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250626-fad4064226b2-271785-disc1.iso.xz
> FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250626-fad4064226b2-271785-disc1.iso
>
> FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250619-ca5be69fb96d-271724-disc1.iso.xz
> FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250619-ca5be69fb96d-271724-disc1.iso
>
> So I do not see an arm64/aarch64 14.3-STABLE *-dvd1.iso* at all.
>
> Did you mean 14.3-RELEASE ? Vs.: Did you mean *-disk1.iso* ?
> Or, better: What was the specific file name involved?
>
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
>
>
> I did use 15.0-CURRENT  memstick.img file and was able to boot that version for my needs for the Honeycomb machines..
>
> I know am looking for method or procedure to boot a 15.0 memstick image file on the  Ampere Altra B8UD-1L2T machines.
>
> I did try the 15.0 memstick file, and that did not work to boot 
> FreeBSD.  So how do you do this task of test booting small servers.?  
>  Glad to hear your chat in the evening.  Do you have a written method 
> or procedure to install FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT to an ASROCK Ampere 
> Altra  D8UD-1L2T mini ITX server board?  Maybe FreeBSD foundation has 
> some PDF files or procedures for install FreeBSD 15.0 into this Ampere 
> Altra board.  Your suggestions.  I did try to pull myself up by my 
> boot straps, using Google and  X.com/i/grok AI.
>
> Grok-3 answer 
> <https://ghostbsd-arm64.blogspot.com/2025/07/learning-to-boot-asrock-ampere-altra.html>
>
> Fred L. Finster
>
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