ArchlinuxARM - Testing image

Hi there,

Here is a testing ALARM image for the Radxa Zero:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wkzMIfo8T0wm_rNgwEKMDxut8gEZry3c/view?usp=sharing

You’ll need at least a 4Gb sdcard. I had to reserve some space after the second partition in order to have this image working and I don’t figure out why for now.

Don’t forget to expand the ext4 partition before using the OS !

To be honest, I cheated a lot to make this image :sweat_smile:

Steps to make this image:

Yeah I know it’s a bad move to merge manjaro and archilinux stuff :sweat_smile: but still, it seems to work for now.

  • What is working:
    • Since it’s the very first version, I did not made thorough tests and unfortunately I don’t have enough time
    • The wlan0 interface is showing up without running rmmod and modprobe, which is promising (I’ll test at least this, I think)
  • What is not working:
    • If someone does some tests, I’ll happy to edit this and help him/us to improve this image.
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Hello there !

I had similar objectives at the time (although I hadn’t found your post). I compiled my efforts to run a straight ArchlinuxARM on the radxa zero on this Gitlab project. My method installs from scratch on a new (single) partition on the eMMC. Feel free to clone/reproduce ! I think the hardest work was on the README explaining all the steps.

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Hi there,

Thanks for this post ! I wanted to see your method but I’ve got a 404. Is it possible to resend it here please ? :slight_smile:

Thanks again :wink:

I had forgotten to make it public ; now it’s done.

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I read it (but not tried it since my radxa is not available at the moment) but your work is far better than mine :wink:

Thanks for the community :slight_smile: