Re: Gigabyte MP30-AR1

[Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk>]

On 12/09/2016 19:41, Phil Endecott wrote:
> The Ubuntu mini.iso installer from here:
>
> http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/yakkety/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/
>
> also works, with a 4.4.0 kernel:
>
> [    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
> [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
> [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
> [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
> [    0.000000] Linux version 4.4.0-9136-generic 
> (buildd@bos01-arm64-004) (gcc version 5.4.1 20160803 (Ubuntu/Linaro 
> 5.4.1-1ubuntu2) ) #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 26 05:58:05 UTC 2016 (Ubuntu 
> 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16)
> [    0.000000] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [500f0001]
> [    0.000000] earlycon: Early serial console at MMIO32 0x1c020000 
> (options '')
> [    0.000000] bootconsole [uart0] enabled
> [    0.000000] efi: Getting EFI parameters from FDT:
> [    0.000000] EFI v2.40 by American Megatrends
> [    0.000000] efi:  ACPI 2.0=0x807ff43000  ESRT=0x807e161e18 SMBIOS 
> 3.0=0x807e161c18
>
> ACPI is disabled:
>
> [    0.083487] ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
>
> It must be using the device tree and surviving whatever bugs it has.
>
> If this seems to work I may keep this kernel and try to convert the base
> filesystem from Ubuntu to Debian; that should be easy, right??!

Why try to convert? Just use a debian rootfs with that ubuntu kernel (or 
a centos kernel, or a redhat kernel. or a fedora kernel) and friends. 
Then, you can build your own debian kernel. Much easier.

> Maybe one of you experts can guess how the Debian and Ubuntu installers
> and/or kernels differ that cause the Debian ones to fail for me, despite
> being newer.  I was wondering if GRUB might have some influence.

As mentioned in an earlier post, the debian installer didn't work with 
the AR0 board either. Debian are a bit behind the curve on these server 
boards.

Mike.

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Mike Howard