On 10/25/2018 05:30 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 10/25/2018 04:50 PM, Skorpeo Skorpeo wrote: >> Has anyone been able to install centos using iso on a Hikey 960? The >> wiki says "The Hikey from 96boards mostly works, but setup is complex. >> The installer currently cannot be used as one would traditionally expect." >> >> Any guides out there on how to get it to work? I am only able to get it >> to the initial installation menu but no further, I tried playing with >> various kernel parameters but to no avail. >> >> Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated! > > I have no idea .. if someone wants to donate a board, I'll try to figure > it out and put the info on the wiki. > > There could be several sticking points .. are all the drivers in the > mainline kernel. > > The main issue here is those machines are armv8 (aarch64) but they do > not have uefi support .. that means that the standard CentOS-7 aarch64 > installer will not work. > > What you would instead need to do is BASICALLY either use armhfp (32bit) > install .. OR create a 64bit image similar to or armhfp 32 bit images > and then use a 64bit uboot. > > I have no idea if our uboot has 64 bit compiled software for that board > .. and we would need to create a 64bit image (which we need to try to do > anyway). > > One thing to keep in mind is our armhfp distro is designed for the hobby > type boards .. BUT our aarch64 distro is designed to run on large 64bit > UEFI arm servers, but hobby boards that don't follow the UEFI standard > and have limited RAM (that board as 3GB), etc. I meant to say NOT on hobby boards with no UEFI for aarch64 ... :) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/attachments/20181025/ac84cfac/attachment-0006.sig>