Re: Armbian

[Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>]

	Hi.

On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 09:46:09PM +0100, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> I wrote the guide for OdroidHC1, happy to answer any questions.

Thank you for your work. I used that page as a template for two
successful HC2 Debian installations.

> Also the blobs required to boot the device are not part of debian, not even
> available in non-free.

I'm aware of that. Non-free blobs remain non-free regardless of their
origin though.

> I reached out to hardkernel and asked them formally
> to add a license for the signed files, as that would be a requirement for
> distributions like debian to be able to ship them (in non-free at least).
> But that didn't end up nowhere.

And that's the support quality of ODROID I wrote about earlier.

> The debian installer sounds great in theory, but in practice you install
> from one medium to a second medium.

Why? All you need is d-i kernel, initrd and dtb put into the same sdcard
that you've used to install u-boot and aforementioned blobs.
Next you just use u-boot to load the kernel, initrd and dtb and enjoy
the sight of d-i running on a real hardware, installing real Debian on
the very same sdcard.
With the only possible culprit being the installation of u-boot itself
(by d-i) itself, in the case that Debian-provided u-boot is unable to
function on that particular board. Which is not the case for HC2, but I
lack HC1 to check it.

Reco