FreeBSD for Edge / Edge-V

Hello @Mario_Marietto

So you can boot from SD card now ?

No. Can u restore this video tutorial ?

Hello @Mario_Marietto ,

Sorry, this is deleted, but it doesnt matter, you can follow my steps above to boot FreeBSD from the SD card, I just check on my side and it works.

No,it does matter to see how to press the button (how much slow or fast,maybe),because it does not work here. I press the function key 3 times in 2 seconds but Android boots instead of FreeBSD.

What if I try to install FreeBSD on the internal eMMc ? Can u point me to the right section of the tutorial where is explained the procedure ? thanks.

→ Sorry, this is deleted, but it doesnt matter, you can follow my steps above to boot FreeBSD from the SD card, I just check on my side and it works.

your screenshot is not taken from FreeBSD 13,but from another version. I can clearly see the date,that’s not 2021,the date where FreeBSD 13 has been realized,but it shows 2013. Which version of FreeBSD did u use ?

Please try other SD cards.

Or could you flash the Ubuntu system to eMMC and try again ?

Yes, you can also use oowow to install OpenBSD to the eMMC, but you also need to boot oowow from SD card first.

I use this version [1], the reson why the year is 2013 is that I dont attach the enthernet.

Here is the result of enthernet connected.

[1] - https://dl.khadas.com/products/oowow/images/edge/edge-freebsd-aarch64-13.0-release-20210613.img.xz

Please give a look at this post :

It seems that pressing the function key 3 times in 2 seconds is wrong. (anyway,both the methods don’t work for me and Android boot in any case)

It works on my side, please check with other SD cards.

And you can setup the serial debug console [1] to provide the full boot log to us when you quick press the FUNC key 3 times.

[1] - Edge1 Setup Serial Debug Console [Khadas Docs]

I tried everything,but none worked. Please give a look here :

Also tried “Linux Command line” :

  1. Refer to this guide to setup your serial tool for Edge.

  2. Once again, make sure you’ve done the correct connections and setup.

  3. Boot into Android or Linux command line.

  4. For Linux, execute sudo reboot loader. For Android, execute su and reboot loader. The system will reboot and enter Upgrade Mode. You will see the sys-led turn ON when you’ve entered Upgrade Mode (Loader Mode).

On Android I wrote “reboot loader”,the board rebooted,but it didn’t go in upgrade mode,the led became red and nothing happened.

root@Z390-AORUS-PRO-DEST:~/Scaricati/Scaricati/utils/rk-flash-tool# rk-burn-tool -i edge-ubuntu-18.04-lxde-linux-4.4-fenix-1.1.1-220725-emmc.img
ERROR: You should put your board enter upgrade mode!

Please setup your board enter upgrade mode.

—> Please setup your board enter upgrade mode.

It does not want to go in upgrade mode. I tried all the options you offered.

Which USB-C port you used? Have you checked other USB-C cable or USB host on your PC?

I tried both,the USB-C data port and the USB-C used to power the board on. On my PC I have only a native USB-C port,the one provided by the Geforce RTX 2080 ti. The majority of the USB ports on my PC are type A : 2.0 , 3.0 or 3.1.

Hello @Mario_Marietto

Could you take a video of all your operations? Including how you connect the board to your PC and the usb flash tool on your pc.

And also provide the output of lsusb after you quick press the FUNC key 3 times.

—> And also provide the output of lsusb after you quick press the FUNC key 3 times.

When I press the FUNC key 3 times nothing happens. Android boots as normal and I can’t give any lsusb command…anyway I can try to show you the behavior of the lights…

Could you take a video of all your operations? Including how you connect the board to your PC and the usb flash tool on your pc.

This is the first one. You will see that I connect the usb-c otg cable to the board and then I press 3 times on the FUNC button and what happens is the booting of Android. (inside the slot of the sd card there isn’t any sd card : I don’t know if it makes difference. If it does matter,tell me.

  1. Serial connection :

I’m running Android,I reboot it,at the Android logo I press spacebar to stop the autoboot,but it does not stop. This is how I have configured the serial connection :