Re: bsdinstall use on rpi4

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 08:24:13AM -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
>On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 03:26:19PM +0000, void wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use bsdinstall on
>> FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20240111-a61d2c7fbd3c-267507.img
>> to install to usb3-connected HD, using the 'expert mode' for UFS,
>> after having initially booted from mmcsd.
>>
>> The goal is to boot to usb3 with freebsd on UFS filesystem, and to have
>> that filesystem split into partitions, and the partitions having various
>> properties. IOW not to have it all on /. I'd like to use GPT instead of MBR.
>>
>> Is this (bsdinstall) method 'correct' or should I use some other method?
>>
>> I've tried this method but get errors after the fetching phase.
>>
>> 1. "manifest not found on local disk and will be fetched from an
>> unverified source..."     http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error1.png
>>
>> 2. "error while extracting base.txz: can't create
>> /usr/share/untrusted/Sonera_Class_2_Root_CA.pem"
>>    http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error2.png
>>
>> 3. "could not set root password. An installation step has been
>>    aborted. Would you like to restart the installation or exit    the
>> installer?"
>>    http://void.f-m.fm.user.fm/error3.png
>>
>
>I tried this using 14-release on a Pi3 with a usb mechanical
>hard disk. I don't recall seeing the errors reported above,
>but found that the msdos partition wasn't populated. I copied
>files manually.
>
>The resulting host is finicky about booting, sometimes requiring
>intervention at the serial console to prod u-boot to find the
>usb disk. This particular Pi is booting without a microSD, it's
>possible the usb-sata adapter contributes to the problem. It
>might be worth trying the "bootcode.bin-only" method to see
>if that helps. Perhaps others can say more.
>
>Once FreeBSD is up there have been no obvious problems.

I've used this method with 13-stable and 14-stable, but wondered if
maybe it was depreciated in 15-current. The showstopper is the error 
marked [2] which is within seconds followed by [3]. If it was just [1]
then I could work around it.
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