FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 getting stuck on a Raspberry Pi 2 model B during boot

[Mikaël Urankar]

2016-09-16 20:34 GMT+02:00 Ed Schouten <ed at nuxi.nl>:
> Hi all,
>
> Because I had mixed experiences using Qemu (some versions work, some
> don't, etc.) I decided to buy a Raspberry Pi 2 model B and a Raspberry
> Pi 3 to do my ARM hacking.
>
> First step: trying to get the Raspberry Pi 2 model B to boot. What I've done:
>
> 1. Downloaded the .img from freebsd.org
> 2. On Mac OS X, copied the 1 GB image to a 16 GB SD card:
>
> sudo dd if=FreeBSD-11.0-RC2-arm-armv6-RPI2.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1024k
>
> 3. Put the SD card in the Raspberry Pi 2 and boot it.
>
> The result: it gets stuck during boot. I also just discovered that I
> don't have a spare USB keyboard, so I can't 'boot -v' yet.
>
> Anyway, I've taken a photo I of the television. Is this a known
> issue that has a trivial workaround? If not, then I guess I'll have to
> start debugging...
>
> http://80386.nl/pub/rpi2-stuck.jpg

The first boot is always long because of growfs, how long did you wait?