Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:42:07 +0100 Subject: Add guides for installing FreeBSD and NetBSD on a libon a libreboot systemm --- docs/bsd/freebsd.html | 290 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/bsd/netbsd.html | 301 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/bsd/openbsd.html | 16 +++ 3 files changed, 607 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/bsd/freebsd.html create mode 100644 docs/bsd/netbsd.html (limited to 'docs/bsd') diff --git a/docs/bsd/freebsd.html b/docs/bsd/freebsd.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87c7cbf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/bsd/freebsd.html @@ -0,0 +1,290 @@ + + + + + + + + + How to install FreeBSD on a libreboot system + + + +

How to install FreeBSD on a libreboot system

+ This section relates to preparing, booting and installing + OpenBSD on your libreboot system, using nothing more than a USB flash drive (and dd). They've only been tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad x200. +

+ It is expected that you use text mode in libreboot (txtmode images), + for the early boot process in FreeBSD. + Booting the installer results in a red flickering text display, + and doesn't boot. +

+ Thanks go to ioxcide in this Reddit post + for the initial instructions. +

+ TODO: test FreeBSD more extensively, and make sure it works (and fix it if it does not). + Instructions are provided here, to boot and install FreeBSD but we're + not sure whether it is currently fully compatible with libreboot. +

Prepare the USB drive (in OpenBSD)
Installing FreeBSD without full disk encryption
Installing FreeBSD with full disk encryption
Booting
Configuring Grub
Troubleshooting

+ Back to previous index +

+ +

+ This section is only for the GRUB payload. For depthcharge (used on CrOS devices in libreboot), instructions + have yet to be written in the libreboot documentation. +

+ +

+ freebsd.img is the installation image for FreeBSD. Adapt + the filename accordingly, for whatever FreeBSD version you use. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in FreeBSD)

+ This page + on the FreeBSD website shows how to create a bootable USB drive + for installing FreeBSD. Use the dd on that page. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in NetBSD)

+ This page + on the NetBSD website shows how to create a NetBSD bootable USB drive + from within NetBSD itself. You should use the dd method + documented there; you can use this with any ISO, including + FreeBSD. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in LibertyBSD or OpenBSD)

+ +

+ If you downloaded your ISO on a LibertyBSD or OpenBSD system, + here is how to create the bootable FreeBSD USB drive: +

+ +

+ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
+ $ dmesg | tail
+ + Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:
+ $ disklabel sd3 +

+ +

+ Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:
+ $ doas umount /dev/sd3i
+

+ +

+ dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing the FreeBSD installer to it with dd. For example:
+ $ doas dd if=freebsd.img of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1M; sync
+

+ +

+ You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for + information about how to do that. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in GNU/Linux)

+ +

+ If you downloaded your ISO on a GNU/Linux system, + here is how to create the bootable FreeBSD USB drive: +

+ +

+ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
+ $ dmesg
+ + Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:
+ $ lsblk +

+ +

+ Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:
+ $ sudo umount /dev/sdX*
+ # umount /dev/sdX* +

+ +

+ dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing your distro ISO to it with dd. For example:
+ $ sudo dd if=freebsd.img of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync
+ # dd if=freebsd.img of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync +

+ +

+ You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for + information about how to do that. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

+ + +

+ +

Installing OpenBSD without full disk encryption

+ +

+ Press C in GRUB to access the command line: +

+ grub> kfreebsd (usb0,gpt3)/boot/kernel/kernel
+ grub> set FreeBSD.vfs.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/da1p3
+ grub> boot +

+ It will start booting into the FreeBSD installer. Follow the normal process for installing FreeBSD. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Installing FreeBSD with full disk encryption

+ +

+ TODO +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Booting

+ +

+ TODO +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Configuring Grub

+ +

+ TODO +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Troubleshooting

+ +

+ Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot's 'text mode' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. + This mode is useful for booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for FreeBSD + it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer because it doesn't exist. +

+ +

+ In most cases, you should use the vesafb ROM images. Example filename: libreboot_ukdvorak_vesafb.rom. +

+ +

won't boot...something about file not found

+ Your device names (i.e. usb0, usb1, sd0, sd1, wd0, ahci0, hd0, etc) and numbers may differ. Use TAB completion. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

+ Copyright © 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+ Copyright © 2016 Scott Bonds <scott@ggr.com>
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+ + + diff --git a/docs/bsd/netbsd.html b/docs/bsd/netbsd.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f18b6824 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/bsd/netbsd.html @@ -0,0 +1,301 @@ + + + + + + + + + How to install NetBSD on a libreboot system + + + +

How to install NetBSD on a libreboot system

+ This section relates to preparing, booting and installing + NetBSD on your libreboot system, using nothing more than a USB flash drive (and dd). They've only been tested on a librebooted ThinkPad X60. +

+ It is expected that you use text mode in libreboot (txtmode images), + for the early boot process in NetBSD. + Suspend/hibernate is broken, according to at least 1 user. +

+ Thanks go to ioxcide in this Reddit post + for the initial instructions. +

Prepare the USB drive (in NetBSD)
Installing NetBSD without full disk encryption
Installing NetBSD with full disk encryption
Booting
Configuring Grub
Troubleshooting

+ Back to previous index +

+ +

+ This section is only for the GRUB payload. For depthcharge (used on CrOS devices in libreboot), instructions + have yet to be written in the libreboot documentation. +

+ +

+ netbsd.iso is the installation image for NetBSD. Adapt + the filename accordingly, for your version of NetBSD. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in NetBSD)

+ This page + on the NetBSD website shows how to create a NetBSD bootable USB drive + from within NetBSD itself. You should use the dd method + documented there. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in FreeBSD)

+ This page + on the FreeBSD website shows how to create a bootable USB drive + for installing FreeBSD. Use the dd on that page. You can + also use the same instructions with a NetBSD ISO image. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in LibertyBSD or NetBSD)

+ +

+ If you downloaded your ISO on a LibertyBSD or NetBSD system, + here is how to create the bootable NetBSD USB drive: +

+ +

+ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
+ $ dmesg | tail
+ + Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:
+ $ disklabel sd3 +

+ +

+ Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:
+ $ doas umount /dev/sd3i
+

+ +

+ dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing the NetBSD installer to it with dd. For example:
+ $ doas netbsd.iso of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1M; sync
+

+ +

+ You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for + information about how to do that. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in GNU/Linux)

+ +

+ If you downloaded your ISO on a GNU/Linux system, + here is how to create the bootable NetBSD USB drive: +

+ +

+ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
+ $ dmesg
+ + Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:
+ $ lsblk +

+ +

+ Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:
+ $ sudo umount /dev/sdX*
+ # umount /dev/sdX* +

+ +

+ dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing your distro ISO to it with dd. For example:
+ $ sudo dd if=install60.fs of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync
+ # dd if=netbsd.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync +

+ +

+ You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive. Continue reading, for + information about how to do that. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

+ + +

+ +

Installing NetBSD without full disk encryption

+ +

+ You might have to use an external USB keyboard during the installation. + Press C to access the GRUB terminal. +

+ grub> knetbsd -r sd0a (usb0,netbsd1)/netbsd
+ grub> boot +

+ It will start booting into the NetBSD installer. Follow the normal process for installing NetBSD. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Installing NetBSD with full disk encryption

+ +

+ TODO +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Booting

+ +

+ Press C in GRUB to access the command line: +

+ grub> knetbsd -r wd0a (ahci0,netbsd1)/netbsd
+ grub> boot +

+ i NetBSD will start booting. Yay! +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Configuring Grub

+ +

+ If you don't want to drop to the GRUB command line and type in a command to boot NetBSD every time, you can create a GRUB configuration that's aware of your NetBSD installation and that will automatically be used by libreboot. +

+ On your NetBSD root partition, create the /grub directory and add the file libreboot_grub.cfg to it. Inside the libreboot_grub.cfg add these lines: +

+ default=0 + timeout=3 + menuentry "NetBSD" {
+ knetbsd -r wd0a (ahci0,netbsd1)/netbsd
+ }
+

The next time you boot, you'll see the old Grub menu for a few seconds, then you'll see the a new menu with only NetBSD on the list. After 3 seconds NetBSD will boot, or you can hit enter to boot. +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

Troubleshooting

+ +

+ Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot's 'text mode' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. + This mode is useful for booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for NetBSD + it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer because it doesn't exist. +

+ +

+ In most cases, you should use the vesafb ROM images. Example filename: libreboot_ukdvorak_vesafb.rom. +

+ +

won't boot...something about file not found

+ Your device names (i.e. usb0, usb1, sd0, sd1, wd0, ahci0, hd0, etc) and numbers may differ. Use TAB completion. +

+ +

+ Back to top of page. +

+ +

+ Updated versions of the license (when available) can be found at + https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode +

+ +

+ + + diff --git a/docs/bsd/openbsd.html b/docs/bsd/openbsd.html index 80d776cf..52e34475 100644 --- a/docs/bsd/openbsd.html +++ b/docs/bsd/openbsd.html @@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ Back to top of page.

Prepare the USB drive (in NetBSD)

+ This page + on the NetBSD website shows how to create a NetBSD bootable USB drive + from within NetBSD itself. You should use the dd method + documented there. This will also work with the OpenBSD image. +

+ +

Prepare the USB drive (in FreeBSD)

+ This page + on the FreeBSD website shows how to create a bootable USB drive + for installing FreeBSD. Use the dd on that page. You can + also use the same instructions with a OpenBSD ISO image. +

Prepare the USB drive (in GNU/Linux)

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