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Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@kzimmermann Guix for desktop, despite the high learning curve and all the problems I had. My alpine got broken for power outages in my home, then I tried to install FreeBSD in my raspi but the Sdcard never booted so I went back to Alpine.

29 Dec 2023 at 16:14 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.linux.pizza
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Graham Perrin

@jrballesteros05 thanks, can you share any detail about the FreeBSD experience?

Hardware in particular, I guess.

Not to sway you (and I'm not a Raspberry user); the information might be useful to developers.

Cc @kzimmermann

#FreeBSD #raspberrypi

3 January at 22:14 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@grahamperrin @kzimmermann I just downloaded the image from official webpage:

download.freebsd.org/ftp/snaps

Then, I burned in a SD card and It didn't boot. I also tried to download the 13 version and then upgrade to the latest one but I faced the same issue, the sd card just didn't boot.

I have a Raspberry Pi 4. I thought FreeBSD was going to be good to give a try. I use my raspberry pi with Pihole and syncthing.

I didn't dig further to be honest.

@grahamperrin @kzimmermann I just downloaded the image from official webpage:

download.freebsd.org/ftp/snaps

Then, I burned in a SD card and It didn't boot. I also tried to download the 13 version and then upgrade to the latest one but I faced the same issue, the sd card just didn't boot.

3 January at 22:56 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Graham Perrin

@jrballesteros05 thanks.

Were you aware that RELEASE (not STABLE) is normally recommended for new installations?

<download.freebsd.org/ftp/relea>

#FreeBSD #download #release #stable

Cc @emaste @kzimmermann

Postscript, to avoid confusion: the uppercase above is not shouting. It is, somewhat strangely, the normal way of writing such things (CURRENT, STABLE, RELEASE, and so on) in FreeBSD contexts.

4 January at 2:16 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Chucho :gnu: :freedo: :guix:

@grahamperrin @emaste @kzimmermann Ohh I didn't know. I'm on holiday but I will try next time I get home. I have an extra SD card to burn the iso.

4 January at 22:39 | Open on social.linux.pizza
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