November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM, "Bernhard Ernst" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Bernhard%20Ernst%22%20%3Cbernhard.ernst%40gmx.de%3E > wrote:
> > Am Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:06:52 +0000 > schrieb "Nenhum_de_Nos" <[email protected]>: > > > > > October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM, "Thomas" <[email protected] > > > > mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Thomas%22%20%3Cexnihilo%40fastmail.org%3E > > wrote: > > > > > > Thank you all, install successful on the UART headers indeed. > > > > For what it's worth, the bwfm driver seem to cause some odd issues > > such as the boot hanging or not getting the right driver for the > > tethering phone (I'm setting it up to replace another one in place) > > besides spamming the console with "bwfm_sdio_buf_write: error 60". > > > > Well either that or it was a combination with booting the Pi with > > the phone and/or the wifi interface or USB acting up or... > > > > Anyway, I got a "clean" boot doing the following: > > - Unplugging phone > > - Dropping to a shell after the install, renaming hostname.urndis0 > > - echo 'disable bwfm' > /mnt/etc/bsd.re-config (effective the boot > > after next if I understood well) > > - shutdown, disconnect power > > > > At first boot, booting with boot -c to enter UKC, disable bwfm, > > quit. Then it's taken care of with bsd.re-config > > > > No hang, all working. Renaming back hostname.if and reconnecting > > the phone worked in tethering mode, as well as fw_update, syspatch, > > etc > > > > Hope that helps & thanks so much for all the work to support the Pi > > 5. > > > > Greetings, > > > > Thomas > > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > what firmware are you using? I still use the old EDK2 on external > > USB drive. That way I cannot boot OpenBSD, HDMI works but it won't > > pass the root device: step. > > > > if the attached image worked, the boot is there. > > > > I tried intall media on usb and sdcard, and treid booting an already > > installed system (over nvme and usb) all the same result. > > > > If you have any hints :) > > > > Thanks, > > > > matheus > > > > ------------ > > "We will call you Cygnus, > > The God of balance you shall be." > > > I got OBSD 7.8 BETA to run onto the Pi5 only using the following way: > - wrote the miniroot78.img to the sd card > - put a nvme ssd via HAT into the Pi (or an external usb ssd instead) > - established a serial connection to another machine using the debug > uart, GPIO uart did not work for. Connection with cu -l cuaU0 -s > 115200 worked fine. > - Started the Pi und run into the installation mini menu on the screen > of the other machine. > - Made an installation with / on the sd card and the other > partitions on the nvme. > - When the installation was done I did not reboot but opnened a shell. > Changend to /mnt/etc and wrote a boot.conf with: echo "set tty fb0" > > boot.conf. > - Rebooted the system, output now is into HDMI and I had a nice and > stable OBSD system. > > I did this with the miniroot78.img BETA (because stable was not > published). Meanwhile I upgraded the system to 7.8 stable without > running into problems. > > Regards > Berni > Few moments after hitting send I remembered to ask this: does it need to have / on the sdcard? Can OpenBSD run straight from nvme or usb storage? Thanks again, matheus ------------ "We will call you Cygnus, The God of balance you shall be."
