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.
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.
