[Arm-dev] ARM aarch64 rootfs questions

[drpixel at laposte.net]

Hello,

I've finally receive my test hardware and I can confirm that the provided
image is working.
So that would be great to have it upgraded regularly.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Christophe 


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De : Christophe Polyte <drpixel at laposte.net> 
Envoyé : mardi 4 juin 2019 07:56
À : 'Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware' <arm-dev at centos.org>
Objet : RE: [Arm-dev] ARM aarch64 rootfs questions

Hello,

Thank you for the answer.
I'll test the image and let you know (expect and update at the end of the
week)

Best Regards,

Christophe

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De : Arm-dev <arm-dev-bounces at centos.org> De la part de Johnny Hughes
Envoyé : lundi 3 juin 2019 19:29 À : arm-dev at centos.org Objet : Re:
[Arm-dev] ARM aarch64 rootfs questions

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