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- | ====== Slackware ARM current Installation Documentation ====== | + | ====== Slackware ARM 32bit -current |
- | This document lists the Hardware Models | + | |
+ | ==== Directly Supported | ||
Please note that the documentation for Slackware ARM remains as plain text, due to the amount of configuration detail required during the initial setup. | Please note that the documentation for Slackware ARM remains as plain text, due to the amount of configuration detail required during the initial setup. | ||
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Specific Hardware Model numbers are identified at the head of each installation document. | Specific Hardware Model numbers are identified at the head of each installation document. | ||
- | ^ Vendor ^ Hardware Model ^ Installation Instructions ^ | + | These Hardware Models are installed using the regular Slackware Installer, which is the only method of properly installing Slackware. |
- | | Le Maker | Banana Pi models| [[http:// | + | |
- | | Orange Pi | Orange Pi (A20) v1.2| [[http:// | + | ^ Vendor |
- | | Orange Pi | Orange Pi models | + | | Le Maker | Allwinner A20 | Banana Pi (BPI-M1), |
+ | | Orange Pi | Allwinner A20 | Orange Pi v1.2| Stuart Winter < | ||
+ | | Orange Pi | Allwinner H3 | Orange Pi Plus (H3) v1.1, Orange Pi Plus 2E (H3) v1.1, Orange Pi PC (H3) v1.2 | Stuart Winter < | ||
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+ | ==== Mini root filesystems for unsupported Hardware Models ==== | ||
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+ | <note important> | ||
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+ | <note warning> | ||
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+ | Whilst Slackware ARM officially supports a small number of Hardware Models, it is capable of running on many more. | ||
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+ | Most of the time all that is required is: | ||
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+ | * A custom kernel (or patches) for the Hardware Model | ||
+ | * Knowledge of how to build and work with the Hardware Model' | ||
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+ | If the Hardware Model is popular, users of other distributions such as Debian, Gentoo and Ubuntu may have already succeeded in getting Linux running on one of these devices. | ||
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+ | To help with this, Slackware ARM provides [[http:// | ||
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+ | Please read the [[http:// | ||
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+ | These file systems were used to bootstrap the Slackware AArch64 port, with the miniroot (the Slackware OS) running from RAM. | ||
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+ | The Slackware Installer is also a featureful environment and can be used in conjunction with the miniroot to help develop support for a new Hardware Model. | ||