[ARMedslack] Install Slackware on a new Raspberry Pi

[stanley garvey]

On Feb 3, 2013 18:51 "Andrei B." <andrixnet at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My experience so far , as I also have the model B (512ram) is like
> this:
> 
> - raspbian or weezy works fine. Note that they were from october 2012,
> after the launch of the mode B.
> 
> Dave's image (so far) for slackware is dated august 2012.
> 
> Using Dave's image and start.elf from the raspbian image, I managed to
> start the installer (set for only 128MB ram) and do a complete
> installation, on my 16G image. However, I couldn't start the system
> after installation, with the installed kernel, following all of Dave's
> instructions.
> 
> I'm still researching with Stanley's site. I'll probably bring up my
> own site, to document these experiences.
> I think is super cool that Slackware exists as full distro, just like
> the x86 version, for ARM.
> 
> I still have to try (tomorrow, maybe) Stanley's already installed
> images.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/3/13, rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr <rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > From: rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr <rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr>
> > Subject: Re: [ARMedslack] Install Slackware on a new Raspberry Pi
> > To: "Philippe Tjon-A-Hen" <pnmtjonahen at gmail.com>
> > Cc: armedslack at lists.armedslack.org
> > Date: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 10:01 AM
> > 
> > 
> > Philippe Tjon-A-Hen wrote:
> > > Found this site yet ? <http://rpi.fatdog.eu/?p=home>
> > 
> > Yes I have already been there, thanks for the suggestion.
> > 
> > My problem is that I cannot start the installer (rainbow screen).
> > 
> > Is there anything particular at this site that I should be paying
> > more
> > attention to?
> > 
> > -Stathis
> > 
> > > Op 3 feb. 2013 03:12 schreef <rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr
> > > </mc/compose?to=rouvas at mm.di.uoa.gr>> het volgende:
> > >
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> first of all, thanks to everyone here for the wonderful work.
> > >> Keep it
> > >> up!
> > >>
> > >> Just got my Pi (model B, 512MB) and tried the raspian-wheezy
> > >> (2012-12-16)
> > >> first and it works fine.
> > >>
> > >> Followed instructions from Dave's Collective
> > >> (<http://www.daves-collective.co.uk/raspi/installing.shtml>) and
> > >> prepared
> > >> two SD cards, a 8GB and a 32GB.
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately, with either of the cards, all I get is the rainbow
> > >> screen.
> > >>
> > >> How does one proceed from that?
> > >>
> > >> -Stathis
> > >>
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> > >
> > 
> > Hi, please use the 16 GB image, it is cleaner and has an issue with
> > networking fixed. You can use the 8GB image but read issues and
> > workarounds on my site first!
> > The 16GB image has a prettier boot partition and include the full
> > config.txt file from elinux with every config parm you can think of.
> > Both images are based upon the work of David Spencer but contain no
> > tweeks or optimizations.
> > You can use the image as an installer by uncommenting these lines in
> > config.txt:
> > 
> > ## ramfsfile (string)
> > ## ramfs file to load
> > ##
> > #ramfsfile="intrd-versatile.img" <--uncomment (line 493)
> > 
> > ## ramfsaddr
> > ## Address to load ramfs file at
> > ##
> > #ramfsaddr=0xa00000 <--uncomment (line 498)
> > 
> > If you chose to reinstall this way be mindful that you will lose the
> > kernel modules and source, so move them some place safe first.
> > The installation steps are the same as Davids, however no extra
> > packages exist.
> > I would like to write an installer but my partner says I spend to
> > much time on this already, plus I've been working 7 days a week :(
> > You can also find a bunch of natively rebuilt packages at
> > ftp.stanleygarvey.co.uk
> > most of series a has been rebuilt all of series xfce and more, take
> > a look.
> > If you wish to use these packages you can do so by using the command
> > :
> > upgradepkg --reinstall somepackage-*arm*tgz
> > 
> > I hope that helps,
> > comments to slackberry(at)stanleygarvey.com
> > Best regards
> > Stanley.
> > 
> >
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