Re: How to boot FreeBSD installed on the sd card on the Khadas Edge-V instead of Android

....What should be the USB-C port that should be used on the khadas board
to install FreeBSD on the eMMc ? the USB-C port I use to power on the board
or the other one ?

On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM Mario Marietto <[email protected]>
wrote:

> According with this tutorial :
>
> https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/InstallOsIntoEmmc.html
>
> if Windows is used the Edge goes in Upgrade mode by itself. Please read
> point 3 :
>
> 3) Let Edge enter into Upgrade Mode
> <https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/HowtoBootIntoUpgradeMode.html> to
> complete the upgrading.
>
> So I think that using the same tool but for Linux,it will do the same. No
> need to put it in Upgrade mode by myself.
>
> And if it were needed,I don't yet understand how.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM Klaus Küchemann <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> indeed seems that Khadas provides some equivalents to
>> rkdeveloptool ( standard tool for Rockchip)
>> ..so,yes, in short :
>>
>> -connect the board to your other machine where you have rkdeveloptool(or
>> whatever tool) installed
>> -put the board into MaskRom mode
>> - erase/flash spi/emmc as you wish & as described by your chosen
>> tool/vendor
>>
>> that`s it…
>>
>> —example: —
>> assuming the current unwanted u-boot currently sits  on the spi & you
>> want to erase the spi …:
>> the Command is : 'rkdeveloptool ef‘
>> .. and so on and so forth
>> — ---
>>
>> Regards
>> K.
>>
>> > Am 07.07.2025 um 01:15 schrieb Mario Marietto <[email protected]>:
>> >
>> > I have no idea what "rkdeveloptool" should do.
>> >
>> > Let's say that I want to install FreeBSD into the eMMC. This seems to
>> be the tutorial to follow :
>> >
>> > https://khadas.github.io/linux/edge/InstallOsIntoEmmc.html
>> >
>> > So. First of all,I read "Upgrade Using a USB-C Cable". So,I presume
>> that I should attach the usb-c cable to my Linux workstation. And what
>> should be the usb-c port that should be used on the khadas board ? the
>> usb-c port that I use to power on the board or the other one ?
>> >
>> > Later,it says that "there are two commands that can be used to burn
>> linux/images: burn-tool and rk-burn-tool"
>> >
>> > ok. I will use rk-burn-tool to install FreeBSD,using this command :
>> >
>> > $ rk-burn-tool -i
>> /mnt/KHADAS/FreeBSD/edge-freebsd-aarch64-13.0-release-20210613.img
>> >
>> > Is this the correct procedure,in your opinion ?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM Klaus Küchemann <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> > $ rkdeveloptool -h
>> >
>> > ---------------------Tool Usage ---------------------
>> > Help: -h or --help
>> > Version: -v or --version
>> > ListDevice: ld
>> > DownloadBoot: db <Loader>
>> > UpgradeLoader: ul <Loader>
>> > ReadLBA: rl  <BeginSec> <SectorLen> <File>
>> > WriteLBA: wl  <BeginSec> <File>
>> > WriteLBA: wlx  <PartitionName> <File>
>> > WriteGPT: gpt <gpt partition table>
>> > WriteParameter: prm <parameter>
>> > PrintPartition: ppt
>> > EraseFlash: ef
>> > TestDevice: td
>> > ResetDevice: rd [subcode]
>> > ReadFlashID: rid
>> > ReadFlashInfo: rfi
>> > ReadChipInfo: rci
>> > ReadCapability: rcb
>> > PackBootLoader: pack
>> > UnpackBootLoader: unpack <boot loader>
>> > TagSPL: tagspl <tag> <U-Boot SPL>
>> >
>> > > Am 07.07.2025 um 00:38 schrieb Klaus Küchemann <
>> [email protected]>:
>> > >
>> > > you’ll need rkdeveloptool
>> > > ( or whatever Khadas equivalent tool if they offer one) …
>> > > But as it seems no one here owns an Khadas Edge-V you have to try
>> yourself
>> > >
>> > > Good luck ,
>> > > Regards
>> > > K.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> Am 07.07.2025 um 00:12 schrieb Mario Marietto <
>> [email protected]>:
>> > >> ... nothing happened anymore....
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mario.
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mario.
>


-- 
Mario.