OpenBSD 6.9 install

[mfashby]

Had anyone tried OpenBSD 7.0 yet? Going to try it later today hopefully.

[bigtreeman]

Hi,
fixed in the new release 7.0, but can be fixed for other rk3399 boards by changing the name of the firmware .txt file to suit your board.



Hello,

I attempted to install OpenBSD 6.9 on the PineBookPro. I essentially followed those steps https://github.com/ndhwyd/roc-rk3399-pc_openbsd and changed rk3399-roc-pc.dtb with rk3399-pinebook-pro.dtb. 

When starting the machine, the booting process halts with the following message:

Code:

bwfm0: failed loadfirmware of file brcmfmac43456-sdio.rockchip,rk3399-evb.bin

(I have the same issue when using rk3399-roc-pc.dtb)

Has anyone experienced something similar or would know how to solve this ?

---

You do need a serial console interface to usb adaptor, just get one
cu -l /dev/ttyUSB0 -s 1500000 (or -s 115200)
Also still having issues with the hdmi/fb and blank monitor, I see some text on screen as booting, but then blank ???
before you turn off the serial console make sure you can operate over ssh
I think there's an issue with fb0 device, /dev/fb0 doesn't exist, I tried to mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0    but no luck, ownership ?

I'm also trying this. I'm starting from manjaro linux. I'm struggling:

Starting with the reasonably simple (but not obvious) instructions https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.9/...TALL.arm64
- Download install69.img from that same folder https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.9/...tall69.img
- Write it to an SD card with dd as per instructions
- find the u-boot package https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.9/...1.01p1.tgz
- extract it, find the two files idbloader.img and u-boot.itb and use dd to write those to the SD card at the offsets in the instructions.
- reboot, leaving the SD card in so the pinebook tries to boot from it.

No joy, nothing appears. A few lights flash.

Reading a little more of the instructions, it seems like the installer runs over the serial interface. I don't have a headphone serial cable for the PBP, so that's a non starter. Further on in the instructions, it seems that editing /etc/boot.conf will let me output to the video device rather than serial, so  next task is to try that on my installer SD card.

I try to open up the SD card to edit that file, and it fails to open. More reading, I find the file browser seems to be mounting it wrong, I need to have a linux kernel with UFS write support enabled (otherwise the SD card appears read-only) and also specify some additional mount options. Having done that, I added the following to line /etc/boot.conf
```
set tty fb0
```
and the following to /etc/ttys
```
console none vt100 off
```
But still had nothing on the display trying to boot from the card afterwards. Will try adding the /etc/ files to the BOOT partition instead, but I'm just stabbing in the dark.

I might also just buy a headphone serial cable, see if that gets me any further

If I'm successful, I'll post a full instruction here.

[bigtreeman]

Hello,

I attempted to install OpenBSD 6.9 on the PineBookPro. I essentially followed those steps https://github.com/ndhwyd/roc-rk3399-pc_openbsd and changed rk3399-roc-pc.dtb with rk3399-pinebook-pro.dtb. 

When starting the machine, the booting process halts with the following message:

Code:

bwfm0: failed loadfirmware of file brcmfmac43456-sdio.rockchip,rk3399-evb.bin

(I have the same issue when using rk3399-roc-pc.dtb)

Has anyone experienced something similar or would know how to solve this ?

[mfashby]

I tried openbsd7.0 with the same result as before, hanging at the same point during installer boot.

[wdt]

You don't mention the rather large and complex config file,, 98 lines
For me,,,,,, brcmfmac43456-sdio.pine64,pinebook-pro.txt
Your name may be different
This is from early 2020, I avoided the update because performance was satisfactory
(and others had troubles after updating)

[mfashby]

I figured out my problem. U-boot that comes with manjaro arm doesnt boot openbsd.

So:
- boot linux off an SD card and wipe the eMMC card with gparted.
- now the open BSD SD card boots because it uses u-boot off the SD card!

I'll write up at some point everything i did, once I've managed to get it installed and wifi working etc...

[mfashby]

Short-ish write up of where I got to.

https://mfashby.net/posts/2021-10-30-openbsd/

[koroglu]

Short-ish write up of where I got to.

https://mfashby.net/posts/2021-10-30-openbsd/

Thanks for the neat write up! It's the most easy to follow guide I've found yet. I've hit a bit of a snag though and I haven't a clue how to proceed.

I've got it booting the OpenBSD install medium and I've got the serial connection working but I'm getting the following:
cannot open sd0a:/etc/random.seed: No such file or directory
booting sd0a:/bsd: read header
failed(0). will try /bsd
boot>
boot>
boot>
boot> ls
drwxr-xr-x 0,0  512    .
drwxr-xr-x 0,0  512    ..
---------- 0,0  0      7.0
---------- 0,0  0      bsd.rd
---------- 0,0  0      bsd

I'm not exactly an OpenBSD expert. Is there any easy way to fix this or should I just start over? Does this indicate that I did something wrong?

What I understand from the guides is that I should be booting into the installer if everything is going well. I wonder if there is any way to trigger it.

[mfashby]

Short-ish write up of where I got to.

https://mfashby.net/posts/2021-10-30-openbsd/

Thanks for the neat write up! It's the most easy to follow guide I've found yet. I've hit a bit of a snag though and I haven't a clue how to proceed.

I've got it booting the OpenBSD install medium and I've got the serial connection working but I'm getting the following:
cannot open sd0a:/etc/random.seed: No such file or directory
booting sd0a:/bsd: read header
failed(0). will try /bsd
boot>
boot>
boot>
boot> ls
drwxr-xr-x 0,0  512    .
drwxr-xr-x 0,0  512    ..
---------- 0,0  0      7.0
---------- 0,0  0      bsd.rd
---------- 0,0  0      bsd

I'm not exactly an OpenBSD expert. Is there any easy way to fix this or should I just start over? Does this indicate that I did something wrong?

What I understand from the guides is that I should be booting into the installer if everything is going well. I wonder if there is any way to trigger it.

thanks, I'm very new to OpenBSD myself, so there's a good chance I'm wrong about some stuff. 

It looks like perhaps an earlier step went wrong & there's a file missing? When I wrote these instructions, it booted into the installer without seeing the message you've got there.