> 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.
