On 08/09/2018 07:34 AM, arm_ml at rirasoft.de wrote: > Am 2018-08-07 12:23, schrieb Pablo Sebastián Greco: >> <snip> >>> >>> Hello Pablo, >>> >>> I've bought this device 1 or 2 years ago, but didn't find any good >>> OS (Fedora, CentOS) for that. How to get this board with your kernel >>> running? Any tips or howto? >>> >>> I also have 2 Cubietruck 3 with CentOS. >>> >> Well, the easiest thing to do would be to just use Fedora Rawhide >> (current kernels have smp, ethernet, etc..., all but hdmi). >> WRT CentOS, I can think of two ways to do it, both require the kernels >> I mentioned earlier in the thread. >> 1) (Easier) >> - Prepare the image as if you where using your cubietruck 3 >> - boot that image and update (from the cubietruck 3) >> - activate the repo and install the kernel >> - change uboot to the cubietruck plus >> - shutdown and move the image/sd to the new device. >> >> 2) (Harder) >> - Prepare the image for the cubietruck plus >> - download the kernel rpms and copy them to the sd >> - boot the cubietruck plus with that image (it has no ethernet, no >> wifi, and most likely no hdmi, so you'll have to do it via a serial >> console) >> - login via console and manually install the kernel >> - reboot >> >> For both metods (and also for Fedora), there may be modules that are >> not loaded into initramfs, which makes it panic at boot. >> I usually add this to a .conf file in /etc/dracut.conf.d/ >> add_drivers+=" phy-sun4i-usb sunxi-rsb axp20x-rsb axp20x-regulator >> axp20x-pek axp20x_ac_power axp20x_battery axp20x_usb_power >> axp288_fuel_gauge ac100 rtc-ac100" >> Some may not be needed anymore, and some may not be needed at all, but >> hey, it works for me ;) >> >> One last thing that also applies to Fedora and CentOS, you may notice >> that you get a random MAC for the ethernet every time you boot, you >> can fix that by adding "MACADDR=<mac>" to >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 >> >> HTH. >> >> Pablo. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Arm-dev mailing list >> Arm-dev at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev > > > Hello Pablo, > > thank you very much for these tipps. I'm now running > Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-Rawhide-20180802.n.0-sda.raw.xz. I think, Fedora > would be better for my need (pi-hole, DNS, Print-server, Time-server, > ...) I beg to differ. Fedora roles versions every 6 months and EOLs a version in 2 years. This means you are constantly upgrading versions of important servers. Where as Centos has a 10yr EOL policy. I only use Fedora for my notebook and when I REALLY need the current version of something (like openSSL 1.1.1 for EDDSA testing). Get Fedora working. Work it out, then switch to Centos for production. Just my 5cent worth. > > As I can see, there is a EMMC-disc with 8 GB. Did you manage to boot > from this disc? At the moment, there is a older installation from linaro. > > [root at cubietruckplus ~]# lsblk > NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT > mmcblk0 179:0 0 7.3G 0 disk > |-mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 111.9M 0 part > `-mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 7.1G 0 part > mmcblk0boot0 179:8 0 4M 1 disk > mmcblk0boot1 179:16 0 4M 1 disk > mmcblk1 179:24 0 29G 0 disk > |-mmcblk1p1 179:25 0 29M 0 part > |-mmcblk1p2 179:26 0 488M 0 part /boot > |-mmcblk1p3 179:27 0 244M 0 part [SWAP] > `-mmcblk1p4 179:28 0 28.2G 0 part / > zram0 252:0 0 954.6M 0 disk [SWAP] > [root at cubietruckplus ~]# > > Thanks > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev