[Arm-dev] ARM aarch64 rootfs questions

[Johnny Hughes]

On 6/3/19 8:12 AM, Christophe Polyte wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I’ve some small arm (rock64) boards for which I want to deploy CentOS.
> 
> They are based on uboot.
> 
> I’ve a custom kernel, then I deploy the (old) provided rootfs
> (CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.4.1708.tar.xz).
> 
> Everything is working properly, but now I want to have an up to date
> image (ideally with less components to remove after deployment) to flash
> my other devices.
> 
>  
> 
>                 I’ve two questions:
> 
>   * Why an up to date image 1810 is not provided ?
>   * What would be the proper and cleaner way to do it myself (for
>     example with deploying a clean true minimal system on a qemu aarc64
>     VM), maybe a simple tar, but what arguments should I care to be as
>     clean a possible regarding permissions and SELinux context ?
> 
>  
> 

We no longer officially do uboot images as part of the real aarch64
release .. so it is not in the main isos/ directory for that arch.

All the Red Hat supported AltArches (ppc64, ppc64le, arch64) are done
the same way and contain the same types of install isos.  Armhfp is
different as there is no el7 version of that and it gives use more leeway.

However, I have created an image that you can test here:

https://buildlogs.centos.org/rolling/7/isos/aarch64/

If this works, I will continue posting updated images there on a
frequent basis .. usually monthly.  So it is not officially supported,
but we can maintain it for testing.

Give CentOS-7-aarch64-1905.img.xz a try and let me know if it works for
you.  It should have all the latest updates.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes




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