Am Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:52:17 +0000 schrieb "Nenhum_de_Nos" <[email protected]>:
> 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." I was not able to make an installation only onto nvme. If it is possible, I don't know how to do. Regards Berni
