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RPi 4B boot

Hi.

I bought a RPi 4 - 4GB and also 64 Gib microsd for storage and system.

I used https://info.armtixlinux.org/raspberrypi4.html for guide and I did everything (I chose u-boot path).

This is my partition table (in MBR/dos):
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sdc      8:32   1  59.5G  0 disk
├─sdc1   8:33   1   512M  0 part /mnt/Removable_2
└─sdc2   8:34   1    59G  0 part /mnt/Removable

cfdisk result:
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                                                            Disk: /dev/sdc
                                        Size: 59.52 GiB, 63908610048 bytes, 124821504 sectors
                                                  Label: dos, identifier: 0x00000000

    Device             Boot                   Start               End           Sectors          Size         Id Type
>>  /dev/sdc1          *                       2048           1050623           1048576          512M          b W95 FAT32
    /dev/sdc2                               1050624         124821503         123770880           59G         83 Linux










 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ Partition type: W95 FAT32 (b)                                                                                                    │
 │     Attributes: 80                                                                                                               │
 │Filesystem UUID: 3B33-9621                                                                                                        │
 │     Filesystem: vfat                                                                                                             │
 │     Mountpoint: /mnt/Removable_2 (mounted)                                                                                       │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    [Bootable]  [ Delete ]  [ Resize ]  [  Quit  ]  [  Type  ]  [  Help  ]  [  Write ]  [  Dump  ]


                                                 Quit program without writing changes

and This is my /boot (sdc1):

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total 277M
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4.0K ژانویه   1  1970 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   95 ژوئن    19 17:29 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  334 ژوئن    19 17:44 boot.cmd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  52K ژوئن    19 18:44 bootcode.bin
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  406 ژوئن    19 17:44 boot.scr
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4.0K ژوئن    19 17:43 dtbs
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4.0K ژوئن    19 17:43 dtbs-lts
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup4cd.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup4.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup4db.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup4x.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup_cd.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup_db.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 fixup_x.dat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  42M ژوئن    19 17:43 Image
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14M ژوئن    19 17:43 Image.gz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  84M ژوئن    19 17:43 initramfs-linux-fallback.img
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14M ژوئن    19 17:43 initramfs-linux.img
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  45M ژوئن    19 17:43 initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  13M ژوئن    19 17:43 initramfs-linux-lts.img
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14M ژوئن    19 17:45 initramfs-linux.uimg
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 LICENCE.broadcom
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  41M ژوئن    19 17:43 ltsImage
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14M ژوئن    19 17:43 ltsImage.gz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start4cd.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start4db.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start4.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start4x.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start_cd.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start_db.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start.elf
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    0 ژوئن    19 18:32 start_x.elf

I also installed https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/releases/tag/1.20240529 for firmware.

But my RPi doesn't boot and log is in attachment. It says "Firmware not found". I can't understand because I copied all firmware files into /boot.

I'm a little noob with ARM devices.

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #1 –
I don't see any config.txt in your /boot. RPi requires it to choose whisch kernel (or uboot) to run
ARMtix

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #2 –
Quote from: phoenix_king_rus – on
I don't see any config.txt in your /boot. RPi requires it to choose whisch kernel (or uboot) to run

I still need a config.txt for u-boot? That guide doesn't mention it for u-boot. What will be my config.txt for u-boot way?
Something like this?
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enable_uart=1
arm_64bit=1
kernel=/Image
initramfs /initramfs-linux.uimg followkernel
device-tree=/dtbs/broadcom/bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #3 –
Looks like my firmware aren't present there (0 bytes size), I copied them again. Also I set config.txt file and cmdline.txt file and Now I see one of the most weird things in my life :/ A picture of color range? See attachment.

 

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #4 –
Quote from: mobin2008 – on
Quote from: phoenix_king_rus – on
I don't see any config.txt in your /boot. RPi requires it to choose whisch kernel (or uboot) to run

I still need a config.txt for u-boot? That guide doesn't mention it for u-boot. What will be my config.txt for u-boot way?
Something like this?
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enable_uart=1
arm_64bit=1
kernel=/Image
initramfs /initramfs-linux.uimg followkernel
device-tree=/dtbs/broadcom/bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb
The u-boot instruction suggests you install u-boot package from ALARM repos. IIRC it should contain the appropriate config.txt (the one you have corresponds to the one which directly boots kernel) and u-boot binray as kernel8.img.
In general, it is good to have a UART cable for debug purposes since usually early boot errors are only shown there.
ARMtix

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #5 –
Looks like the armtix guide is for someone who is actually familiar with ARM systems concept. I got http://ca.us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/alarm/uboot-raspberrypi-2024.04-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz package and copied all of it contents into my /boot and then I did run ./mkscr to make sure everything is ok. Now I have a u-boot showing on screen but stuck at "Starting Kernel..." part. I missed something again?
I'm going to read https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/broadcom/raspberry-pi-4 for some instructions.

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #6 –
I fixed boot.cmd with Armtix Linux guide instead of Arch linux stock boot.cmd (It was replaced by u-boot package from ALARM) and now I have a working RPi 4B :)

I also updated system by pacman -Syu and I forgot to generate u-boot initramfs, I connected it to my computer once again and fixed it. Is there any package to automate this process?

@phoenix_king_rus Thanks for your advices.

Re: RPi 4B boot

Reply #8 –
Quote from: phoenix_king_rus – on
Quote from: mobin2008 – on
I also updated system by pacman -Syu and I forgot to generate u-boot initramfs, I connected it to my computer once again and fixed it. Is there any package to automate this process?
WDYM by u-boot initramfs?

I mean "mkimage -A arm -T ramdisk -d initramfs-linux.img initramfs-linux.uimg"