[Arm-dev] Building CentOS7 userland for ARM64 server boards

[Jim Perrin]

I may have read your initial email incorrectly, so lets back up and look
at what your goals are so that I can help appropriately.

Are you wanting to install CentOS on a currently supported aarch64
server, or are you trying to get CentOS working on a new (unsupported) SoC?



On 06/28/2017 05:47 PM, Scott Branden wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> Thanks for the pointer (I know nothing about CentOS).
> 
> I assume the ReadMe.txt you are referring to is here:
> 
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/ReadMe.txt
> 
> 
> Is there a getting started page somewhere I am missing?
> 
> Where do I get the livemedia-creator tool from?
> 
> 
> Do I download CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso or what is it used for?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Scott
> 
> 
> 
> On 17-06-28 03:06 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
>> I generate the rootfs with the livemedia-creator tool, and the kickstart
>> included in the README. You could do something similar with a command
>> something like:
>>
>>
>> livemedia-creator --no-virt --make-disk --project "My Custom Build"
>> --releasever "7" --image-name "MyCustomRootFS" --ks MyKickstart.ks
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/28/2017 01:35 PM, Scott Branden wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm new to CentOS and looking for any useful instructions/documentation
>>> to read up on.
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to learn about how the rootfs has been generated for
>>> CentOS.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Alternative Architecture Centos SIG already prepared a tar archive
>>> containing a CentOS 7 userland for ARM64 server boards:
>>>
>>> curl -sSL -o CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz
>>> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64
>>>
>>>
>>> Could someone provide instructions on the steps take to build this exact
>>> image?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>   Scott
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