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Old 6th December 2017
bsd-keith bsd-keith is offline
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Looking to try out NBSD on my RPi3, which is set to boot from USB - NBSD failed to boot.

Loading it onto a microSD card does work though, but I would like it to run from USB, & to use the built in wifi.

(2017-11-10-netbsd-raspi-earmv6hf.img used)
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Old 23rd December 2017
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Looking to try out NBSD on my RPi3, which is set to boot from USB - NBSD failed to boot.
I saw your thread and it made me want to put my Rasberry Pi 3 to work as well . I remember reading -- somewhere -- that the RPIs have a limited boot code; I think it either stated or implied that it was hard coded to boot from a microSD card, but specifcally, the microSD card had to have an msdos partition containing ELF binaries (whatever those are -- I certainly don't know) and a kernel image. Then again, it has been quite some time since I last looked it up. Anway, I was wondering how you set it to boot from a USB port. I would like to give it a shot.

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...I would like it to run from USB, & to use the built in wifi.
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Regarding the built-in WiFi, it's not functional yet according to the Raspberry Pi NetBSD-Wiki, but apparently the built-in Bluetooth isn't working yet either, at least not in the release versions, but if you were thinking of some other way of getting it to work, I would love to know.
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Old 23rd December 2017
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Hi, the info about converting to booting from USB is on the RPi forum, here's a quick run through.
Code:
echo program_usb_boot_mode=1 | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt
reboot & check it was set up OK
Code:
vcgencmd otp_dump | grep 17
you should see
Quote:
17:3020000a
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Put the NBSD image onto your microSD card, & boot it up.
The NBSD image for RPi3 is in Japanese so, change the encoding in /etc/wscons.conf
Code:
encoding uk
then change these in your .xinitrc
Code:
setxkbmap gb
Code:
export LANG=en_GB.UTF8
(Change UK & GB to what you need.)

You should now be running NBSD from microSD card.

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TinyCore Linux is another O/S that I tried out booting from USB, it loads to ram, & if I remember, wifi worked OK on it.

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P.S. Once the OTP bit is set, you can boot from microSD cards or from USB.
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