--- wikisrc/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi.mdwn 2013/04/20 16:09:24 1.15
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([Raspberry Pi image](http://www.flickr.com/photos/42325803@N07/8118758647/) by Christopher Lee used under CC-By-2.0 license)
# Installation
- - You may use the rpi.img file created by an arm build.
+ - Use the latest HEAD/-current which builds for install
+ - As the raspberry pi port is still not part the stable release, you will want to use the
+ HEAD branch to download installation sets.
+ - You may use the rpi.img file created by an arm build.
- An example can be found in the '/evbarm/binary/gzimg/' directory under releng.netbsd.org
+ - On nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/YYYYMMDDHHMMZ (it will look like pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201305220150Z)
- 'obj/releasedir/evbarm/binary/gzimg/' if you run (for example) './build.sh -m evbarm -u release'
- gunzip and dd this img to your sd card.
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- proceed with the 'dd'
- Growing the root file-system
+ - During the partitioning process, do not delete or format the
+ first MSDOS (FAT) partition, as the Raspberry pi firmware is
+ hard coded to boot on the SDCAD / 1st MSDOS partition / Firmware
+ updates and boot loader.
- Copy /boot/cmdline.txt to /boot/cmdline.txt.orig
- Edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the '-s' flag to the end of the first line of text to boot into single-user mode.
- Reboot, and at the prompt to enter the passname of shell, press
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- When the system comes back up, the root file-system will have been expanded to
fill the SD card.
+# Installation with sshramdisk image
+ - You may use the rpi_inst.img.gz file created by an evbarm build.
+ - Connect Ethernet Cable to RPI.
+ - After starting DHCP client,SSH login to RPI with user "sysinst",passwd "netbsd".
+ - Be careful to note the ip address given during DHCP so you don't lose your connection
+ - Also for after the sysinst is done and the system reboots
+ - sysinst started!
+
# Updating the firmware
- [rpi firmware files](https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot)
- Copy all files except 'kernel*img' into /boot and reboot