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   Theo  wrote:   
   > bp@www.zefox.net wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Does anybody know of a more recent version of the file? Recent   
   >> boot attempts have failed to find the USB disk, but the disk   
   >> and SATA-to_USB adapter are recognized without a problem on   
   >> both FreeBSD and RasPiOS Bookworm, suggesting both are ok.   
   >   
   > That's the official repo so I don't think you'll find a newer version.   
   >   
   Ok, thank you. I thought as much but don't follow the Pi forums well   
   and hoped I'd missed something.   
      
   > Do you have the other files on the USB disc, ie start*.elf, fixup*.dat, etc?   
   >   
      
   Maybe it's significant that both red and green LEDs stay on while   
   the Pi attempts netboot?   
      
   The microSD has bootcode.bin and timeout, with a directory named   
   "unused" containing other leftover files. The USB drive contains   
   a normal complement of FreeBSD boot files, starting with u-boot.   
   This setup worked until last night, when the FreeBSD system crashed   
   with nothing on the serial console and declined to reboot via plug-   
   pulling.   
      
   > Did you try another USB disc, in case there's something about this   
   > particular one the bootloader doesn't like?   
      
   I don't have one handy, but maybe that's a necessary step I'd hoped   
   to avoid. If I put a RasPiOS microSD in and apply power, the card   
   boots and can read the USB disk. If I plug the USB disk into   
   either FreeBSD or Bookworm the disk is recognized and smartctl   
   reports "passed" for the health check.   
      
   On PCs it's not unknown for   
   > them to refuse to boot certain USB devices.  Kernels have more flexibility   
   > to work around strange implementation quirks than firmware does.   
   >   
   Are they known to suddenly stop booting a formerly bootable device?   
      
   Repartitioning and re-copying bootcode.bin to the microSD worked   
   without errors but still won't boot.   
   Thanks for writing,   
      
   bob prohaska   
      
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