[ARMedslack] Install Slackware on a new Raspberry Pi

Sun Feb 3 20:36:03 UTC 2013

On Feb 3, 2013 20:17 "Gregg Levine" <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:52 PM, stanley garvey
> <stanley at stanleygarvey.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Feb 3, 2013 19:33 "stanley garvey" <stanley at stanleygarvey.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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> 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.
> > P.S you will need to comment out the lines you uncommented above in
> > the
> > config.txt or you will reboot back into an install, I shouldn't need
> > to tell
> > you that, but just to be clear.
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Hello!
> Stanley you're saying to boot into a normal Slackware screen as
> opposed to the installer based ramdisk I need to uncomment those lines
> that're commented out? I had an inspired guess regarding that, but,
> ah, never had a chance to try it
> ________________________________
> Now you've got me confused, try it it's one way or the other, if you
> find yourself going round in a loop then you've got it wrong.
> Bless
> g'night
> Stanley
> 
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