> Le 3 nov. 2022 à 11:24, Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> a écrit : > > >> >> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 01:33:03 +0100 >> From: Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> >> >> Hello, >> >>> Le 11/10/2022 à 01:48, Joel Carnat a écrit : >>> Le 10/10/2022 à 14:44, Mark Kettenis a écrit : >>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:14:49 +0200 >>>>> From: Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> >>>>> >>>>> Le 09/10/2022 à 18:50, Mark Kettenis a écrit : >>>>>>> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 17:54:51 +0200 >>>>>>> From: Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As it was referenced on the arm64 web page, I bought a Hardkernel >>>>>>> ODROID-HC4 to run OpenBSD. The thing is, I can't boot the OpenBSD >>>>>>> installer at all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have successfully ran an armbian instance from the microSD card so I >>>>>>> expect the hardware to be fully functional. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have tried using install71.img and install72.img on a microSD >>>>>>> card but >>>>>>> couldn't boot from it. The hardware comes with Petitboot, not with >>>>>>> U-boot. I'm not sure whether this matters or not. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can someone who uses it explain with a bit of details how to >>>>>>> install/run >>>>>>> OpenBSD on this particular hardware? >>>>>> >>>>>> You'll need u-boot for this machine: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://sibelius.home.xs4all.nl/firmware/odroid-hc4/u-boot.bin.sd.bin >>>>>> >>>>>> Write that to an (empty) uSD-card and insert it into the uSD-card slot >>>>>> on the board. Press the boot switch on the bottom of the board while >>>>>> powering it on and it should boot. If you want to avoid having to >>>>>> press the boot switch, you'll have to erase the SPI flash storage on >>>>>> the board. This can be done from u-boot, but I forgot the exact >>>>>> commands. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> After dd your image on the µSD card, I have tried booting it using the >>>>> bottom button but nothing happened and it went back to Petitboot prompt. >>>>> So I used the Petitboot commands to erase the SPI. Then tried to boot >>>>> again. But I just don't get any output. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using an HDMI screen if that matters. I didn't disassemble the >>>>> hardware to plug a serial console on it. Is U-boot limited to serial >>>>> console access? >>>> >>>> Possibly; I never tried to use the HDMI output on my machine. >>>> >>>>> Would it be possible to prepare an OpenBSD installation on the µSD card >>>>> using Qemu, for example, and boot the system this way? >>>> >>>> Yes that is possible. You first dd minirootXX.img (or installXX.img) >>>> to the uSD card. Then you add the firmware by doing: >>>> >>>> dd if=u-boot.bin.sd.bin of=/dev/sdNc bs=512 skip=1 seek=1 >>>> dd if=u-boot.bin.sd.bin of=/dev/sdNc bs=1 count=444 >>>> >>>> That should result in an uSD card that boots into the OpenBSD >>>> installer. You should be able to install onto that same uSD card, but >>>> you might need to repeat the dd commands above afterwards to make the >>>> uSD card bootable again. >>>> >>> >>> Yep, that boots ! And I can get access to the installer via HDMI. >>> >>> I still have issues installing on top of the µSD card while booting on >>> it. The installer stops when creating the filesystems. But I could >>> insert insert an USB key so I'll try to install and run from it. >>> >> >> So I could finally manage to install and run OpenBSD (7.2 now) from a >> SATA disk. Many thanks for your time & help Mark. >> >> I still can't manage to install OpenBSD on the µSD-card. Whether I boot >> the installer from the µSD-card itself or from the installed SATA drive, >> I keep getting errors when formatting the µSD-card. I have tried both a >> Philips 32GB and SanDisk 128GB. >> >> First error is when I select "whole" disk. I get: >> Creating a msdos partition and an OpenBSD partition for rest of sd0... >> newfs_msdos: /dev/r000000000000.i: No such file or directory >> done. >> >> Then when I select the Auto layout, I get: >> newfs: rdfs: read error on block 16: Input/output error. >> >> I don't get more success if I drop to the shell before install and issue >> "cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV sd0; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c count=128". Then >> proceed to the installation with "whole" and "auto layout". >> >> I can provide a video extract of the process if needed. >> >> Is there a way to solve this? > > It appears that access to SD cards is indeed not working properly. At > least I get Input/Output errors on the ODROID-C4, which uses the same > SoC. But the eMMC module I have on that board works fine.
Ok. There does not seem to be any exposed eMMC connector on the HC4. I’ll use the SATA disk for now. Thank you.
