NetBSD on a ROCK64 Board

This is the sequel to the previous post FreeBSD on a ROCK64 Board. Long story short, I had the chance to resurrect 4 single-board computers that were collecting dust in my office. I decided to install FreeBSD on one of them and it was a success. This time I will show you how and why I installed NetBSD on a second ROCK64 board. Let’s add connectivity to the FreeBSD board The process I described in the previous post was fun and I learned a lot....

November 9, 2024 · 5 min · Simone Vellei

FreeBSD on a ROCK64 Board

This is a story about an embedded board and a BSD system. The title could have been “How to resurrect a forgotten board and fall in love with BSD operating systems, again”. It all started 6 years ago when I bought 4 Pine Rock64 boards, with a well planned project in my mind. Each board was equipped with a Rockchip RK3328 quad-core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of eMMC storage, and a Gigabit Ethernet port....

November 1, 2024 · 8 min · Simone Vellei