Re: [CentOS] ARM64 CentOS AltArch release 7.5
Hi Johnny, On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 6:41 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 05/25/2018 07:33 AM, Frederik Lotter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have two questions: > > > > (1) In 7.3 CentOS released a rootfs tar for ARM64. I can no longer find > > this under the 7.5 release. Furthermore, I could also not find anything > on > > the ISO that seems rootfs-like in any near complete state. The closest > was > > the LiveOS/rootfs.img, but it seems this is not a complete fs as yum is > > missing components, for example. > > > > I have created an image file that we can test. If it does what we need, > then we'll get it on the server in the iso dir. > > Can you take a look at: > https://people.centos.org/hughesjr/CentOS-7-aarch64-Minimal-1805-01.img.xz > > See if that does what you want .. if not let's figure out what we need > to do to get what you want. > Thanks a million for your time replying to my query. I honestly appreciate it a lot. I will try this thank you. > > > > So my question is: Is there any way to still use CentOS releases on new > > ARM64 development environments (without EFI boot support)? > > > > (2) In terms of UEFI firmware support in the ARM64 world (e.g. EDKII vs > > Uboot), is there any officially supported solution for CentOS, or do you > > simply support whatever supports the UEFI interface? > > > > I would not call any of this 'supported' .. but the UEFI image is what > we provide and really try to ensure is working .. for large data center > deployment, etc. (that is really what CentOS is, right) .. BUT .. we > would also like to provide images for install on the dev boards as well. > > I plan on mirroring what we are currently doing here for x86_64 (for > cloud) on aarch64 as well, maybe this cycle .. certainly by the next > monthly cycle. > > http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/ > > There are already a couple old images there: > > http://cloud.centos.org/altarch/7/images/aarch64/ > > But we should get some 1805 or 1806 images and starting to maintain > those as well (again .. maybe this cycle [end of May updates, released > this week, 1805], or certainly next cycle [end of June updates, released > first week of July, 1806]) > Just some feedback from my side, so we have a smart NIC that allows a customer to select a distro going on the NIC itself (providing various custom offload flavors). https://www.netronome.com/products/agilio-fx/ For the first wave, I generate custom images based on Ubuntu and CentOS, so I would love for these rootfs images to be released to some deterministic URL location so that I can generate images with a script. Something along the lines of what was done for 7.3 - the rootfs was available next to the ISO images, but no longer the case with 18.04 ( http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/). (We do eventually plan proper EFI boot support which will allow ISO support in some shape or form, but not right now). Thank you for all the effort in supporting the development community. > > > = > > The CentOS-Devel mailing list is likely a better place to do this > testing, are you subscribed? > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS Pulse Newsletter #1801, June 2018
We are pleased to announce the latest edition of the CentOS Newsletter. This release is packed with information from the CentOS Community, including events, reports from our SIGs (Special Interest Groups) and information about the release of CentOS 7.5.1804 This is the first edition in many years, and hopefully the first of many to come. We aim to resume a monthly schedule again, going forward. You can read the newsletter at https://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter/1801 More information about the newsletter, and how you can contribute to future editions, is available at http://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter We always welcome comments and suggestions Enjoy the read. The Newsletter Team -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@redhat.com @CentOSProject // @rbowen 859 351 9166 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Dual booting Windows 10 and CentOS 7
Hi - I have an Engineering lab that was set up to dual boot with windows 7 and CentOS 6. This has worked just fine. I would like to get advice on doing the same with Windows 10. Steps I have tried - 1. Free up space for CentOS 7/C7 (50 gb). 2. Reboot to C7 installer. 3. Go to "SYSTEM -> INSTALLATION DESTINATION" Here I see my single Local Disk with 48.83 GiB free. I selected "I will configure partitioning" and hit "Done". This brought up - "New CentOS installation" and at the bottom 48.83 Gib free. I would like to put my C7 in there. I set the "New mount points will use the following partitioning scheme" to "Standard Partition" and hit "+". I get a popup titled "ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT" or where I have to select a "Mount Point" of /, /boot, /home, /var, swap, or biosboot. Do I have to select and define all the above all or is there a subset that will allow me to install C7? What would be reasonable sizes for the partition? After the install - how do I configure grub to Dual boot? Finally, is there a way to automate the process? I think with the W7 and C6 I was able to create on script that would execute and setup a PC automatically. Thanks - I hope this is do-able. __ Denis Becker ITS - Engineering College of Science, Engineering, and Technology Minnesota State University, Mankato Ph: 507-389-5617 Fx: 507-389-5002 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Dual booting Windows 10 and CentOS 7
Yes, it's doable. I've been using Windows 10/C7 for two years on my laptop. Windows 10 uses UEFI boot on most recent systems. Basically the BIOS is like a bootloader and can load EFI binaries from different OSes from the same UEFI partition. The idea is that you need to boot CentOS installation disc in UEFI mode, and remember to mount and install CentOS UEFI bootloader into Windows's UEFI boot partition. You can create other C7 partitions as usual. This is a record of what I did to my system. Hope it can help: https://elliotli.blogspot.com/2016/11/dell-precision-15-7510-running-centos-72.html On 06/05/2018 11:00 AM, Becker, Denis wrote: Hi - I have an Engineering lab that was set up to dual boot with windows 7 and CentOS 6. This has worked just fine. I would like to get advice on doing the same with Windows 10. Steps I have tried - 1. Free up space for CentOS 7/C7 (50 gb). 2. Reboot to C7 installer. 3. Go to "SYSTEM -> INSTALLATION DESTINATION" Here I see my single Local Disk with 48.83 GiB free. I selected "I will configure partitioning" and hit "Done". This brought up - "New CentOS installation" and at the bottom 48.83 Gib free. I would like to put my C7 in there. I set the "New mount points will use the following partitioning scheme" to "Standard Partition" and hit "+". I get a popup titled "ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT" or where I have to select a "Mount Point" of /, /boot, /home, /var, swap, or biosboot. Do I have to select and define all the above all or is there a subset that will allow me to install C7? What would be reasonable sizes for the partition? After the install - how do I configure grub to Dual boot? Finally, is there a way to automate the process? I think with the W7 and C6 I was able to create on script that would execute and setup a PC automatically. Thanks - I hope this is do-able. __ Denis Becker ITS - Engineering College of Science, Engineering, and Technology Minnesota State University, Mankato Ph: 507-389-5617 Fx: 507-389-5002 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Yan Li ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ARM64 CentOS AltArch release 7.5
On 06/05/2018 02:50 AM, Frederik Lotter wrote: > Just some feedback from my side, so we have a smart NIC that allows a > customer to select a distro going on the NIC itself (providing various > custom offload flavors). > > https://www.netronome.com/products/agilio-fx/ > > For the first wave, I generate custom images based on Ubuntu and CentOS, so > I would love for these rootfs images to be released to some deterministic > URL location so that I can generate images with a script. Something along > the lines of what was done for 7.3 - the rootfs was available next to the > ISO images, but no longer the case with 18.04 ( > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/). > I will indeed put it back in the isos directory once we verify that it works. If it does what you need, then let me know and I'll move it over to http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/ > (We do eventually plan proper EFI boot support which will allow ISO support > in some shape or form, but not right now). > > Thank you for all the effort in supporting the development community. > You're very welcome. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
