Hello, Please try: http://linux-sunxi.org/index.php?title=Mainline_Debian_HowTo&oldid=13144#Using_a_ready-made_installation_SD_card_image_instead_of_bootstrapping
It is just a Debian installer initrd, added to the bootable SD card image from http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-January/202306.html Almost a month has passed, but I did not get any feedback with test results from the users, let alone the existing maintainers of the SD card images for sunxi devices (cubian, bananian, etc.). The broadcast announcements in the mailing list don't seem to be particularly efficient :-) Still the feedback is very much needed. I wonder if there are any problematic devices, which can't actually boot it at all? Or if there are real devices with no usable means of handling input (no FEL button and no USB host ports) in it, other than the UART serial console? I guess, support for the LRADC buttons might be needed on some HDMI equipped tablets (to handle the installation without any help from the desktop PC). If anyone wonders how this all may possibly look on a HDMI monitor, here is a picture: http://linux-sunxi.org/File:20141215-sunxi-bootsetup-prototype-hdmi-menu.jpg Regarding the Debian installer. It is just the official Debian installer, with the old 3.16 kernel (no simplefb support) and only installable with the help of an UART serial console. While the u-boot installation step can be done either with the user interface on a HDMI monitor or via the UART serial console, the Debian installer is currently only accessible on the UART serial console alone (no HDMI). This bootable SD card image just provides a bit more convenient deployment method instead of the TFTP or USB stick tricks from the https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner wiki page. This is not really much of an update. Because it is exactly the same old SD card image, only with the Debian installer hooked there. A bigger update is underway, based on u-boot v2015.04-rc2 and with more features. Hopefully it will be ready sometime next week :-) -- Best regards, Siarhei Siamashka -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
