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Here[0] is an actual link discussing freebsd on the raspberry pi. Most people can skip to the section on prebuilt images and note that the default user account
by psychphysic 4y ago
Here[0] is an actual link discussing freebsd on the raspberry pi.
Most people can skip to the section on prebuilt images and note that the default user account is `freebsd` with the same as the password. And the `root` account has password `root`.
Finally `freebsd-update`* will not work and so you must flash a new image to update. Images are updated approximately weekly.
FreeBSD makes this much easier (rigid directory structure simplifies where what to backup) than if you had to do the same with Linux but it is still a chore backing up installed programs and config files.
[0] https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/Raspberry%20Pi
* apparently working as of fbsd 13 on arm64 (?rpi3+ but not on 0,1,2 this article is on the rpi1). See nreilly reply below.
- nreilly 4y agoFreeBSD update does work fine. This started with aarch64 being promoted to a Tier 1 architecture in FreeBSD-13.
- psychphysic 4y agoThat's a good point. From Rpi3 onwards then?
- nix23 4y agoYes aarm64 since RELEASE 13
- nix23 4y ago>Finally `freebsd-update`* will not work and so you must flash a new image to update. Images are updated approximately weekly. It works (arm64 >FBSD13), my DNS server is RPI3 and FB13.1, all Tier 1 platforms support binary updates: https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/
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