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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> I`ve been booting a couple of old Pi2 v1.1 (armv7) hosts
> using the bootcode.bin method to run freebsd from usb
> mechanical hard disks.
>
> The hardware documentation page link for the "latest"
> bootcode.bin for this purpose appears to be at least a
> couple years old, placed on Github under the handle
> popcornmix. The URL is
>
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/bootcode.bin
>
>
> Does anybody know of a more recent version of the file? Recent
> boot attempts have failed to find the USB disk, but the disk
> and SATA-to_USB adapter are recognized without a problem on
> both FreeBSD and RasPiOS Bookworm, suggesting both are ok.
That`s the official repo so I don`t think you`ll find a newer version.
Do you have the other files on the USB disc, ie start*.elf, fixup*.dat, etc?
Did you try another USB disc, in case there`s something about this
particular one the bootloader doesn`t like? On PCs it`s not unknown for
them to refuse to boot certain USB devices. Kernels have more flexibility
to work around strange implementation quirks than firmware does.
Theo
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