Supposedly they are switching this board to UEFI. That was promised to me months ago. I will be following up (yet again) to remind them that a system cannot be advertised as SBSA and SBBR compliant if it is not so compliant when shipped. -- Computer Architect | Sent from my 64-bit #ARM Powered phone > On Feb 20, 2016, at 04:06, Phong Vo <pvo at apm.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev