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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      ^ Maintainer                      ^  Testing cadence ^ 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    | Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_A20.TXT|Instructions]] |  +
-| Orange Pi | Orange Pi (A20) v1.2| Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_A20.TXT|Instructions]] |  +
-| Orange Pi | Orange Pi models    | Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_H3.TXT|Instructions]] |+
  
-==== Extra-Slackware Supported Hardware Models for Slackware ARM ====+^ Vendor    ^ SoC ^ Hardware Model      ^ Hardware Model Custodian   ^  Testing cadence ^ Installation Instructions ^ 
 +| Le Maker  | Allwinner A20 | Banana Pi (BPI-M1), Banana Pi Pro | Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_A20.TXT|Instructions]] |  
 +| Orange Pi | Allwinner A20 | Orange Pi v1.2| Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_A20.TXT|Instructions]] |  
 +| 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 <mozes@slackware> | Continuously     | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/installdocs/INSTALL_AllWinner_H3.TXT|Instructions]] |
  
-The following Hardware Models are supported externally to Slackware ARM, and may require a separate Kernel and other packages. 
-<note tip>For the 64bit Raspberry Pi you may prefer to use the AArch64 port of Slackware</note> 
  
-^ Vendor ^ Hardware Model ^ Installation Instructions ^ +==== Mini root filesystems for unsupported Hardware Models ==== 
-| Raspberry Pi Foundation | Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 | [[https://sarpi.penthux.net/|SARPi Project]] |+ 
 + 
 +<note important>These images are aimed at developers or those who are competent using Linux. There is zero documentation and support beyond any comments within the miniroot build script.</note> 
 + 
 +<note warning>Slackware is not designed to be installed from disc images - this is purely for developmental purposes</note> 
 + 
 +Whilst Slackware ARM officially supports a small number of Hardware Models, it is capable of running on many more. 
 + 
 +Most of the time all that is required is: 
 + 
 +  * A custom kernel (or patches) for the Hardware Model 
 +  * Knowledge of how to build and work with the Hardware Model's boot loader 
 + 
 +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. 
 + 
 +To help with this, Slackware ARM provides [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/minirootfs/|mini root filesystem images]] of a minimal/base installation. 
 + 
 + 
 +Please read the [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/minirootfs/README.txt|README]] file which has more details, and click [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/minirootfs/roots/|here to download]] the root filesystem images. 
 + 
 +These file systems were used to bootstrap the Slackware AArch64 port, with the miniroot (the Slackware OS) running from RAM. 
 + 
 +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. 

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