Error booting in RPI4 8GB

[peanutsguy]

Basic Information

Device	Raspberry PI 4B 8GB
OS Version	OPNsense 23.7.1 for aarch64
Image	OPNsense-23.7.1-arm-aarch64-RPI.img.xz

Reproduction Steps

Using the article

1. Downloaded the image OPNsense-23.7.1-arm-aarch64-RPI.img.xz
2. Extracted the image OPNsense-23.7.1-arm-aarch64-RPI.img.xz to OPNsense-23.7.1-arm-aarch64-RPI.img
3. Wrote the image to a microSD

   sudo dd status=progress if=OPNsense-23.7.1-arm-aarch64-RPI.img of=/dev/sdb bs=8M conv=fsync

4. Mounted the first partition
5. Copied the file config_rpi4.txt to config.txt
6. Unmounted the partition
7. Inserted the microSD into the RPI4 and powered on
8. Boot failed with the following message

   BootOrder not defined
   EFI boot manager: cannot load image
   Found EFI removable media binary efi/boot/bootaa64.efi
   ** Reading file would overwrite reserved memory **
   Failed to load 'efi/boot/bootaa64.efi'
   No UEFI binary known at 0x00080000
   EFI LOAD FAILED: continuing...

[mariusherta]

I have a similar issue, same device, same steps but a different error.

[yrzr]

@peanutsguy I only have a 4GB version of RPI4, this is the boot log on it with my build version 23.7.6. I wrote the image on an SSD and connected it to rpi4 through usb3 bridge.

U-Boot 2023.01 (Jul 03 2023 - 08:43:37 +0000)

DRAM:  947 MiB (effective 3.9 GiB)
RPI 4 Model B (0xc03111)
Core:  203 devices, 16 uclasses, devicetree: board
MMC:   mmc@7e300000: 3, emmc2@7e340000: 0
Loading Environment from FAT... ** Bad device specification mmc 1 **
In:    serial
Out:   vidconsole
Err:   vidconsole
Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
starting USB...
Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 1.00
scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 3 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
MMC Device 1 not found
no mmc device at slot 1
MMC Device 2 not found
no mmc device at slot 2

Device 0: Vendor: GLOWAY Y Rev: F30A Prod: CT120GS3-S7
            Type: Hard Disk
            Capacity: 114473.4 MB = 111.7 GB (234441648 x 512)
... is now current device
Scanning usb 0:1...
                                                                                                                                    ^Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
No EFI system partition
BootOrder not defined
EFI boot manager: Cannot load any image
Found EFI removable media binary efi/boot/bootaa64.efi
1174172 bytes read in 5 ms (224 MiB/s)
Booting /efi\boot\bootaa64.efi
console comconsole failed to initialize
Consoles: EFI console
    Reading loader env vars from /efi/freebsd/loader.env
Setting currdev to disk0p1:
FreeBSD/arm64 EFI loader, Revision 1.1

   Command line arguments: loader.efi
   Image base: 0x39aff000
   EFI version: 2.100
   EFI Firmware: Das U-Boot (rev 8227.256)
   Console: efi,comconsole (0)
   Load Path: /efi\boot\bootaa64.efi
   Load Device: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x2109,0x715,0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x800,0x19000)
Trying ESP: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x2109,0x715,0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x800,0x19000)
Setting currdev to disk0p1:
Trying: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x2109,0x715,0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(2,0x01,0,0x19800,0x5e6800)
Setting currdev to disk0p2:
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Loading /boot/device.hints
Loading /boot/loader.conf
Loading /boot/loader.conf.local
c\
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             ______  _____  _____
            /  __  |/ ___ |/ __  |
            | |  | | |__/ | |  | |___  ___ _ __  ___  ___
            | |  | |  ___/| |  | / __|/ _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \
            | |__| | |    | |  | \__ \  __/ | | \__ \  __/
            |_____/|_|    |_| /__|___/\___|_| |_|___/\___|

 +-----------------------------------------+     @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
 |                                         |   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
 |  1. Boot Multi user [Enter]             |   @@@@@                    @@@@@
 |  2. Boot Single user                    |       @@@@@            @@@@@
 |  3. Escape to loader prompt             |    @@@@@@@@@@@       @@@@@@@@@@@
 |  4. Reboot                              |         \\\\\         /////
 |  5. Cons: Serial                        |   ))))))))))))       (((((((((((
 |                                         |         /////         \\\\\
 |  Options:                               |    @@@@@@@@@@@       @@@@@@@@@@@
 |  6. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 1)     |       @@@@@            @@@@@
 |  7. Boot Options                        |   @@@@@                    @@@@@
 |                                         |   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
 |                                         |   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
 +-----------------------------------------+
   Autoboot in 0 seconds. [Space] to pause     23.7  ``Restless Roadrunner'' -

Loading kernel...

My guess is that the EFI partition on the sd-card is corrupted. Please try to write the image again, and remember to umount it carefully after modifying the config.txt.

If it still cannot boot, you may also want to try whether FreeBSD 13.2 works.

[yrzr]

I have a similar issue, same device, same steps but a different error.

@mariusherta

Have you changed the boot order of RPI4 through EEPROM? You need to change it accordingly.

Please try to boot FreeBSD 13.2 on the same device first.

[jusicgn]

Had the same issue today and solved it by replacing all files in MSDOSBOOT partition with the ones from the FreeBSD image above :)