{"id":828,"date":"2025-01-19T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T06:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/?p=828"},"modified":"2025-09-28T23:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:01:50","slug":"setting-up-freebsd-on-beaglebone-black-an-easy-installation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/setting-up-freebsd-on-beaglebone-black-an-easy-installation-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up FreeBSD on BeagleBone Black: An Easy Installation Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Setting Up FreeBSD on BeagleBone Black  Step by Step Installation Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3K_PkEKmw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting up FreeBSD on BeagleBone Black can be straightforward. However, you need to follow the correct steps. In addition, the process requires some basic knowledge of FreeBSD and BeagleBone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites for Installing FreeBSD on Beaglebone Black<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Beaglebone black.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>5v power supply or Mini-USB cable.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Micro-SDHC card 16GB or larger.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>USB to Serial (TTL) Converter.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BalenaEtcher installed on windows Or Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS or Latest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download FreeBSD-13.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flashing the FreeBSD Image to SD Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Extract the downloaded image and Open balena Etcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3.png 940w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3-600x370.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select target as SD Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-4.png 940w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-4-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-4-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-4-600x370.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-5.png 940w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-5-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-5-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-5-600x380.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Flash the Image<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-6.png 940w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-6-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-6-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-6-600x343.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You should see Flash completed if there is no error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-7.png 940w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-7-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-7-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-7-600x289.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now SD card is ready with FreeBSD image<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively this command can be used to flash image on sd card using ubuntu. Change SD card device and image name as per your device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>sudo dd if=FreeBSD-13.4-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img of=\/dev\/sdb bs=4M status=progress<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Booting FreeBSD on Beaglebone Black<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect USB to TTL as shown below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-9.png 784w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-9-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-9-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-9-600x352.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Insert SD Card to BeagleBoneBlack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open minicom on ubuntu or teraterm on windows. For windows you might have to search for usb to ttl drivers, we are using minicom on ubuntu to avoid that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-10.png 685w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-10-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-10-600x256.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press and hold boot button on Beaglebone Black and plugin the power source<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-11.png 763w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-11-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-11-600x321.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FreeBSD should boot from SD Card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Login with username\/password as root\/root<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12.png 867w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12-768x81.png 768w, https:\/\/vihaaniotgateway.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12-600x63.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up FreeBSD on BeagleBone Black can be straightforward. However, you need to follow the correct steps. In addition, the process requires some basic knowledge of FreeBSD and BeagleBone. 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