<div dir="ltr"><div>Ok makes sense, just thought maybe someone has some secret sauce... Just for the sake of posterity here is what I was able to achieve so far:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am able to get to the install screen using the iso after after installing UEFI on the board but then it blanks out</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am also able to make it work using .dtb following the debian instructions here: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/96Boards/HiKey960">https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/96Boards/HiKey960</a> (using the reference kernel in the bottom in order to make stuff work - so I guess not mainline...) and then transplanting centos aarch64 rootfs to that, i.e. only userspace tools (I think that's the term used?). <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Finally, I can't donate a board :( but being creative, I may be able to set up remote access to mine if that would be helpful. I could have you ssh into a system that is connected to its serial console (via usb).<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Cheers<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 3:30 PM Johnny Hughes <<a href="mailto:johnny@centos.org">johnny@centos.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 10/25/2018 04:50 PM, Skorpeo Skorpeo wrote:<br>
> Has anyone been able to install centos using iso on a Hikey 960? The<br>
> wiki says "The Hikey from 96boards mostly works, but setup is complex.<br>
> The installer currently cannot be used as one would traditionally expect."<br>
> <br>
> Any guides out there on how to get it to work? I am only able to get it<br>
> to the initial installation menu but no further, I tried playing with<br>
> various kernel parameters but to no avail.<br>
> <br>
> Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated!<br>
<br>
I have no idea .. if someone wants to donate a board, I'll try to figure<br>
it out and put the info on the wiki.<br>
<br>
There could be several sticking points .. are all the drivers in the<br>
mainline kernel.<br>
<br>
The main issue here is those machines are armv8 (aarch64) but they do<br>
not have uefi support .. that means that the standard CentOS-7 aarch64<br>
installer will not work.<br>
<br>
What you would instead need to do is BASICALLY either use armhfp (32bit)<br>
install .. OR create a 64bit image similar to or armhfp 32 bit images<br>
and then use a 64bit uboot.<br>
<br>
I have no idea if our uboot has 64 bit compiled software for that board<br>
.. and we would need to create a 64bit image (which we need to try to do<br>
anyway).<br>
<br>
One thing to keep in mind is our armhfp distro is designed for the hobby<br>
type boards .. BUT our aarch64 distro is designed to run on large 64bit<br>
UEFI arm servers, but hobby boards that don't follow the UEFI standard<br>
and have limited RAM (that board as 3GB), etc.<br>
<br>
<br>
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