Friday, May 30, 2014

Re: [fedora-arm] Getting Fedora on an SD boot for Cubieboard 2

On 05/30/2014 07:50 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 05/29/2014 09:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> Well I got my first Cubieboard. A C2. It is booting Android, but so far
>>>> I can't get ethernet working; it is reporting 'disconnected'.
>>>>
>>>> But I want to be able to boot either Android or Fedora. I am told that
>>>> the boot process checks for rootfs on an SD card and if it finds it, boots
>>>> that, if not it boots what is in NAND.
>>>>
>>>> So I am trying to find the tutorial for installing Fedora (and I
>>>> naturally want F20). I get it that to do an update I will need a '--exclude
>>>> kernel*' option.
>>>>
>>>> So I am looking for the tutorial. I have found:
>>>> http://rwmj.wordpress.com/page/10/ that points me to:
>>>>
>>>> scotland.proximity.on.ca/contrib-images/hansg/
>>>>
>>>> But no response to this page. So can someone point me in the right
>>>> direction.
>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F20/Remixes#Allwinner_A10_.2F_A13_.2F_A20
>>
>> Thanks I will let you know how the build goes. Can I run yum update with
>> this, or do I have to exclude kernel* ??
> If your using the mainline rawhide image you can update the kernel as
> per normal. You just have you use the uboot referenced at the link
> above.
>
>> I need to get Fedora up and running, as the builtin Android is claiming the
>> ethernet is disconnected and I don't know how to trouble shoot on Android,
>> but I sure now how to on Fedora (I started on Fedora with 8, but Centos,
>> well I switched to it when Whitehat folded). I was starting to build the
>> F19, as at least that would give me something Fedora to work with.
>>
>> Finally do you have a uboot for rawhide on the Cubieboard2?
> Use the uboot referenced above and then use mainline rawhide.

The uboot that Hans has in his f20 build? I can pull that off the
/uboot directory.

Just trying to make sure I got this and am noting down the steps! I
will report my progress here.

thanks


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