On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:48:21AM +0200, Unicorn wrote: > On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 13:34 +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:21:14PM +0200, Unicorn wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I own an Allwinner A20 based OLinuXino LIME2, a little OSHW board > > > by > > > Olimex. I saw that there is support for some A20 devices, > > > unfortunately > > > not the OLinuXino LIME2. Since I am new to both BSD and ARM, I do > > > not > > > know where to start with getting OpenBSD to run on my board. > > > > > > Does anyone here have experience with this board in particular or > > > advice on where to start with getting it to run? > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > System firmware unfortunately does not ship with such systems and has > > to > > share the storage device with the operating system. > > > > Assuming you have another OpenBSD install or something that can > > extract > > the package see > > > > "Install on systems without a supported miniroot" from > > https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/armv7/INSTALL.armv7 > > > > Install the u-boot-arm package and run > > > > dd if=miniroot-cubie-66.fs of=/dev/rsdXc > > dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/A20-OLinuXino-Lime2/u-boot-sunxi-with- > > spl.bin \ > > of=/dev/sdXc bs=1024 seek=8 > > > > where sdX is the device the sd card shows up as. > > > > alternatively there is also a 'A20-OLinuXino-Lime2-eMMC' target > > built. > > Thanks a lot for the pointer, I will try with these instructions later > with an OpenBSD VM when I have the time! > > > alternatively there is also a 'A20-OLinuXino-Lime2-eMMC' target > > built. > > What do you mean by this? Would this be for installation on the eMMC > chip on the LIME2?
It is for models where eMMC is present as it is optional. You should still be able to install to sd card when using it.
