Following this guide: https://linux-mmp.docs.kernel.org/dell-wyse-3020.html

I am using a Fedora VM (I have Windows on my PC) to try and create this bootable USB (16GB). However, I get "No U-Boot files found for olpc_xo175" when I perform this step:

And later when I run this step:

I get:

What can I do to fix this?

Maybe this will help.

https://linux-mmp.docs.kernel.org/_/...en/latest/pdf/

That's the same thing I linked to, but in PDF format. The problem is I'm running into a step that does not work as demonstrated in the guide.

Might try manually making a blank file in /mnt/efi/ and name it initramfs to see if you get lucky after running that command again.

Since it says it is not there. Or. Maybe someone forgot sudo in front of

Your guess is probably as good as mine. Took me a a lot of trial and error getting all hardware working
on Linux install on a chromebook. Been awhile since I seen a
https://linux-mmp.docs.kernel.org/olpc-xo.html
https://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-1.75

thread.

If I recall correctly, when I did one of the first steps where it actually writes the image to the USB, it gave some sort of error that sounded like U Image not available or something. Could that be the cause?

Also, are you saying you WERE finally able to install a linux distro on just this ARM model (Wyse 3020)?

Since this is arm dell 3020 by what you are saying.

https://slarm64.org/

Making a old olpc fedroa iso seems kinda incorrect to me.

Might help posting a user review or something about that PC.

My wyse are intel cpus.

It doesn't have to be Fedora. I just want to install any Linux distro on this Wyse 3020. It just so happened that the only instruction set I found for the Wyse 3020 involved a Fedora distro, so I got an rpm-based distro going on a virtualbox and am using it to replicate the steps. I just couldn't find any other instruction set for that Wyse.

What is slarm? You're saying I should try to use one of those distros instead? I'm certainly open to that. I just need a little hand-holding as I'm not really an expert at boot configurations and especially not exotic ones like that Wyse 3020.

Hit the support button in that link. It will explain things as it takes right back to this forum.


You can run probably run all kinds of major distros with arm releases on that dell that is more modern than that olpc thread instruction set you used.

Could you recommend a ARM distro (incl. version) for me and tell me what instruction set (olpc, etc...) I'd need to use with arm-image-installer that is compatible with the distro and this dell?

I tried the procedure again using what I think are the same versions of software that the guide used and now I get on boot:

I found some interesting instructions here: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,...415#msg-135415

Though I'm not quite familiar with the files he is using. What is linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 and where do I get it?

Grab you ethernet cable and plug it in to the arm Dell 3020 sff desktop.
Make a bootable usb with what ever tool that works to make that usb bootable.
https://www.learnlinux.tv/debian-12-...n-walkthrough/

Net install is pretty generic and hopefully give you not much trouble.

I am guessing Slarm is too hard for you. I know after 2023 Debian now supplies nonfree firmware on their install images.
Good luck.