LinuxQuestions.org - Slackware installation on Raspberry Pi

- Slackware - ARM (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-arm-108/)

- - Slackware installation on Raspberry Pi (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-arm-108/slackware-installation-on-raspberry-pi-4175484406/)

Slackware installation on Raspberry Pi

Hi *,

Slackware installer (SARPi/FatDog, Daves Collective) didn't work for me on the Raspberry Pi I got
from RS in October 2013. R-Pi_Troubleshooting says that

Quote:

possibly you have a Rpi from Micron. Take a good look at the processor if it says M with an orbit around it. Using the lastest software ( >= sept 2013 ) will solve your problem

As all the Slackware installers are < sept 2013, I followed the howto on docs.slackware.com:
I took a SD with the lastest Raspbian, I kept the boot partition and replaced everything but /lib/modules
and /lib/firmware on the root partition with the contents of Slackware ARM 14.1 minirootfs.
I added the "ro" to the end of /boot/cmdline.txt, commented-out s0 in /etc/inittab and edited /etc/fstab:

Code:

/dev/mmcblk0p2 / ext4 defaults 1 1

/dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat fmask=177,dmask=077 1 0

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

Now I have a working Slackware 14.1 miniroot on Raspbian kernel. (I also added slackpkg-2.82.0-noarch-11
so that I can add further packages easily, together with gnupg-1.4.15-arm-1 and mpfr-3.1.2-arm-1 that
it requires... but that's not the point of this story).

I have not found the instructions to create Slackware installer for RPi (I did not do too much searching).
I am ready to try / test an updated version of the installer that would work on the lastest Rpis.

Credits to FatDog :-), cheers to *

janve

I had some problems too with Slackware 14.0 and prebuilt images. Usually updating kernel and firmware with rpi-update fixes the issue. I did a small report here: http://ngc891.blogdns.net/?p=294

this is a fork of Dave's work updated to may built on the slackwarearmv6 fork made by ahau, but can be used to do an installation of 14.1 letting it point to a 14.1 repository during install (on the network or a local disk)

http://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/raspi-extras-armv6/

http://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/ra....installer.txt

if I find some time I'll try to do a full install of slackwarearm-14.1 on the raspi and prepare native kernel packages on that platform.

I used the image from Stanley Garvey http://stanleygarvey.com/slackwarearm_rpi/download.php for SlackwareARM 14.0 with kernel version 3.10.3 and just made successfully an upgrade to 14.1 without changing the kernel. For the upgrade I followed AlienBob's wiki http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sla...:systemupgrade, using slackpkg (without "# slackpkg install-new").

Because of a slow sd flash card it took half a day, but now it's working. :)

Just to close this topic (for now): FatDog has updated his installer so that it works
also with the new RPi's from Micron. See http://rpi.fatdog.eu/ for a step-by-step
installation of Slackware 14.1 on Raspberry Pi.

Thanks to all who replied, janve

Quote:

Originally Posted by janve (Post 5072812)

I´m hoping, as word spreads about Slackware ARM, there´ll be more Raspberry Pi users wanting to install it, support it, and share information. :cool:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce (Post 5063631)

if I find some time I'll try to do a full install of slackwarearm-14.1 on the raspi and prepare native kernel packages on that platform.

http://rpi.fatdog.eu/index.php?p=downloads :)

SARPi/fatdog didn't work for me the first time. Reinstalled the image on the sd card and noticed when I copy and paste the commandline for xz from the website it leaves off the last 4 numbers. Added them and now I'm watching setup installing slackware packages on the pi.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce (Post 5063631)

if I find some time I'll try to do a full install of slackwarearm-14.1 on the raspi and prepare native kernel packages on that platform.

well, finally I found it

http://ponce.cc/slackware/slackwarea.../raspi-extras/

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Slackware-ARM and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.