FreeBSD on Raspberry PI

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:15:53 +0000
Mario Sangiorgio <mariosangiorgio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you all for your answers. As soon as I'll get a serial console
> usb cable I'll install FreeBSD on my Raspberry Pi.
> 
don't you have a network at home? A RJ-45 cable and off you go. I did
not connect keyboard or monitor to any of my Raspberries yet. SSH works
from the images, telnet has to be enabled.

> Regarding the update, is it just a matter of copying the new version
> of these files [1] in /boot?

Look at the archives for a conversation between YAMAMOTO Shigeru and
me. YAMAMOTO explains it very well. And it works without flaws.

Erich


> 
> [1] https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot
> 
> On Sun Nov 02 2014 at 4:56:16 PM Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > On Nov 2, 2014, at 5:39 AM, Mario Sangiorgio
> > > <mariosangiorgio at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > First, the wiki says:
> > > As of January 2013, FreeBSD-CURRENT fully supports either a video
> > > console (you'll need a USB keyboard and display connected) or it
> > > can be
> > configured
> > > to use a serial console (you'll need a serial adapter cable such
> > > as the
> > one
> > > sold by Adafruit.com).
> > >
> > > Does it mean that by default the access via the serial adapter is
> > > not enabled by default and it needs to be configured in a special
> > > way?
> >
> > The serial console is always enabled.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
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