Re: Booting HoneyComb dual Sled from 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD. Looking for method for ASRock Rack AltraB8UD-1L2T
Rebecca Cran <[email protected]>
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I've installed and run FreeBSD on the ALTRAD8UD-1L2T without problems, and it "Just Works". What problems are you having? -- Rebecca Cran On 7/16/25 2:06 AM, Fred Finster wrote: > > */From:/* Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com> > */Date:/* Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:00:38 UTC > > On Jun 30, 2025, at 04:14, Fred Finster<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, I have the dual sled HoneyComb LX2K server hardware with 64GB dram and a FAST600 NVME. > > > > I am trying to boot up from a 14.3-STABLE Arm64 FreeBSD DVD1 image. . . . > > > > . . . > My previous post, searching for boot method. use memstick image file <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2025-June/004955.html> > > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ has: > > FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-dvd1.iso.xz > FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-dvd1.iso > > and also (also with a "1.iso"): > > FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso.xz > FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso > > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ has just (with a "1.iso"): > > FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250626-fad4064226b2-271785-disc1.iso.xz > FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250626-fad4064226b2-271785-disc1.iso > > FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250619-ca5be69fb96d-271724-disc1.iso.xz > FreeBSD-14.3-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-20250619-ca5be69fb96d-271724-disc1.iso > > So I do not see an arm64/aarch64 14.3-STABLE *-dvd1.iso* at all. > > Did you mean 14.3-RELEASE ? Vs.: Did you mean *-disk1.iso* ? > Or, better: What was the specific file name involved? > > === > Mark Millard > marklmi at yahoo.com > > > I did use 15.0-CURRENT memstick.img file and was able to boot that version for my needs for the Honeycomb machines.. > > I know am looking for method or procedure to boot a 15.0 memstick image file on the Ampere Altra B8UD-1L2T machines. > > I did try the 15.0 memstick file, and that did not work to boot > FreeBSD. So how do you do this task of test booting small servers.? > Glad to hear your chat in the evening. Do you have a written method > or procedure to install FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT to an ASROCK Ampere > Altra D8UD-1L2T mini ITX server board? Maybe FreeBSD foundation has > some PDF files or procedures for install FreeBSD 15.0 into this Ampere > Altra board. Your suggestions. I did try to pull myself up by my > boot straps, using Google and X.com/i/grok AI. > > Grok-3 answer > <https://ghostbsd-arm64.blogspot.com/2025/07/learning-to-boot-asrock-ampere-altra.html> > > Fred L. Finster > > -- > GhostBSD-ARM64.blogspot.com > Arm Open-Source Telegram group chat. > https://t.me/+ST6N61pnu3Di8zgk