In theory, you just need to convert CentOS vmlinuz to uImage, then do U-boot boot using the dtb and CentOS initrd.img; but somehow it hangs on me. I'll need to dig into it further. I am not aware that it was shipped only with U-boot. If you want to try with UEFI, take it from my dropbox https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20403943/mp30ar0_tianocore_binaries.tar.xz mp30ar0_tianocore_media.img: burn to SPI NOR if you want to replace U-boot permanently But if you want to chain boot from the existing U-boot, # setenv num_cores 1 # reset # setenv load_tianocore 'tftp 0x4002000000 ${user_dir}/mp30ar0_tianocore_ubt.fd;tftp 0x1d000000 ${user_dir}/mp30ar0_tianocore_sec_ubt.fd' # setenv run_tianocore 'go 0x1d000000' # run load_tianocore run_tianocore To install CentOS 7.2, the fastest would be to take http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7.2.1511/isos/aarch64/CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso and image it on a USB drive ~8GB dd if=CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M Insert the USB drive to the board, + boot tianocore to prompt + select Shell (it should display a list of storage FS0, FS1, FS2, etc. and note the USB) + type FS0: (or FS1: if that does not work) + type EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.EFI and this should bring you to the CentOS installer prompt. -----Original Message----- From: arm-dev-bounces at centos.org [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Gordan Bobic Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 6:12 PM To: Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0 On 2016-02-19 10:57, Phong Vo wrote: > Gordan, > > There were some quirks with CentOS 7.1, but this should be working > perfectly > fine with > latest CentOS 7.2 aarch64 release. The board appears to ship with u-boot rather than UEFI firmware. Does the image work with u-boot? > -----Original Message----- > From: arm-dev-bounces at centos.org [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Gordan Bobic > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:00 PM > To: Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware > Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0 > > These appear to finally be available in UK now: > https://www.xcase.co.uk/gigabyte-server-boards/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-with-appliedmicror-x-gene1r-processor.html > > Unfortunately, things don't work right out of the box: > https://www.mail-archive.com/users@lists.redsleeve.org/msg01274.html > > Has anyone got CentOS installer working with this board? £600 is an > awful lot to spend on a paper weight. > > Gordan > > On 2015-09-22 00:18, Jim Perrin wrote: >> On 09/16/2015 07:16 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am toying with the idea of getting a Gigabyte MP30-AR0 board >>> (despite the insanely exorbitant price tag). Has anyone got the >>> aarch64 CentOS working on one of those? Any special instructions? >>> >>> Also, if I get the ISO, is it bootable on aarch64? Does the >>> installer work? Or does the image have to be used like on 32-bit >>> ARM? >> >> >> This board is based on the APM xgene, which we've used and tested >> fairly >> heavily. It *should* just work out of the box. > > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev _______________________________________________ Arm-dev mailing list Arm-dev at centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev