On Sunday 08 September 2019 03:59:01 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > debian-10.0.0-armhf-netinst.iso > > debian-10.0.0-arm64-netinst.iso > > SD card seems to be the intended target for netboot images. > E.g. > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-arm64/current >/images/netboot/SD-card-images/ > > Maybe worth a try, if you can get advise about the appropriate image > for your ARM machine. > > Those are not ISO9660 but rather partitioned images with a FAT32 > filesystem: > > $ /sbin/fdisk -lu firmware.a64-olinuxino.img > ... > Disklabel type: dos > ... > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > firmware.a64-olinuxino.img1 * 2048 199999 197952 96.7M c W95 > FAT32 (LBA) > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas
What does this do that the iso doesn't, and note it takes a windows machine to follow those instructions. No such critter here, hasn't been been for 50+ years. I think what I will do next is send gparted to create a gpt table with a fat32 first partition of a gig or so, and do an ext4 on the rest of it. Then put the iso on sdf. By using an sd card that big, I have never worn one out unless it was a sandisk. Those seem be garbage from the gitgo. I've even had one go read-only on the first write with dd. Since these come as NTFS formatted cards these days, I would think that writing the iso to /dev/sdf would at least start the install, and the installers disk utils could take care of the rest. What the iso wrote should be all that counts. I had one of busters rc3's (arm64) installed and running but got sidetracked because while it ran nice, amanda killed it trying to do a backup. I think thats an amanda build problem as it seems to apply to any arm64 install as it would also kill an armbian install on a rock64. armhf's worked fine. arm64's give BUS err. Now, from my searches just now, I can't find a 10.1 version of these installers. I thought I read that the mirrors s/b updated by now, but the web pages apparently have not been, so the new release is still hidden from view. Or is my google-foo broken again? I have also been thru your installer docs, without finding specific procedures for initializing the u-sd cards its being installed from. Did I miss that link in my searches? Without that I feel like I'm playing pin the tale on the donkey, blindfolded. Thanks Thomas. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
