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*A [ | *A [[Serial Console Access on B3]] | ||
*The latest [https://github.com/Excito/community-b3-uboot community u-boot] (Tips for flashing can be found [http://forum. | *The latest [https://github.com/Excito/community-b3-uboot community u-boot] (Tips for flashing can be found [http://forum.mybubba.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4641&hilit=kernel&start=45#p25533 here] + [http://forum.mybubba.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4641&hilit=kernel&start=60#p25621 here]) | ||
*A USB device with the [ | *A USB device with the [[Rescue System]] | ||
= The Arch part = | = The Arch part = | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 10 October 2014
Introduction
This guide will help you to get your B3 up and running with the latest release of Arch Linux.
Prerequisites
- A Serial Console Access on B3
- The latest community u-boot (Tips for flashing can be found here + here)
- A USB device with the Rescue System
The Arch part
Setting up the root device
There are several ways of doing this, depending on whether you are using a USB device or HDD as root device.
I'm going to assume that you are using a HDD.
Now - Boot up your rescue system.
Once booted download the latest Arch tarball
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz
Write a partitiontable on the device you want to use as root device
cfdisk /dev/sd? # new -> primary
And format it as EXT4
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd?1
Now mount it and unpack the good stuff
mount /dev/sd?1 /mnt tar xvf ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt umount /mnt
If everything goes well you should have a bootable Arch system. (login root/root)
[root@alarm ~]# uname -a Linux alarm 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Fri Aug 15 20:35:00 MDT 2014 armv5tel GNU/Linux
Last but not least, ReedWood has made a repository with B3 specific things for Arch, that you might want to take a look at.