Testing/Reports/ARM RPi
Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img
Download
- Version 001 Used in this example:
- ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/20120725a/rpfr-727.img
- Will not log in to firstboot user password--Satellit 07:12, 26 July 2012 (EDT)
Write to SD Card
- To use this image, boot a Fedora system, download the image, and execute this command:
zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz >/dev/X *Where X represents your unmounted SD card device (typically starting with "sd" or "mmcblk"). Do not use a partition device, use the device representing the entire SD card.
- Alternate Method
uncompress .gz file in root terminal: dd if=raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=>/dev/X*
- example:
# dd if=rapberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 6144000+0 records in 6144000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 1266.46 s, 2.5 MB/s
Boot SDXC Card
- Plug in power cord
- Firstboot
root password User and Password [x]user is part of administrator group [x]resize with swap 128 MB [x] Graphical Boot
- log in (you are forced to change your password)
Use default desktop config (LDXE)
- Change memory split:
- Required on this image to avoid freezes
- In Terminal:
sudo su Password "This image uses a 128/128MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU, instead of the more useful 192M/64M. To change this, run this command:" cp /boot/arm192_start.elf /boot/start.elf
- Reboot
- Sucess..
Use gparted to resize SDXC Card
- shutdown
- Insert SDXC Card in adapter
- Start gparted
- select SDXC Card
- Unmount partitions
- Resize to 30 GB
- safely remove card
- Reboot in RPi
- Applications/Acessories/Disks:
- SD Card Reader
boot 53 MB FAT rootfs Partition2 32 GB Ext4 Free Space 32 GB
Sugar-Desktop is not available
- No Fedora Repositories can be added (not available)
Test report Raspbian-PiscesMATE.img
- 07/26/2011
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Write to SDXC Card
- Unzip
# dd if=rpi_pisces_mate_r1.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
Boot SDXC Card
- Seagate Ultra SDXC 64 GB 30 MB/s
The following two user accounts are created on this image:
Username Password root raspbian raspbian raspbian
- Login to raspbian
- Startx
- boots to MATE desktop
apt-get update dpkg-reconfigure tzdata - Be sure it is correct apt-get dist-upgrade - Very Large update
Install sugar-emulator-0.88
apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88 - Pulls in large set of gnome files
Resize SDXC Card with gparted
- NOTE: this was done in Trimslice H250 with RPi Card inserted in front SD slot
- SDXC card filled up installing as a test:
apt-get install synaptic apt-get install gparted apt-get install education-desktop-sugar
- after reboot:
apt-get install education-desktop-sugar dpkg --configure -a
- Resumed the install on the enlarged file system
Test report Debian RPi Sugar 0.88
- http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
- http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-19-04-2012/debian6-19-04-2012.zip
- UnZip and write to 64 GB Ultra SDXC Card with dd
- Boot SDXC Card
login pi password raspberry startx
- LXTerminal:
- Root password is not known but "sudo su" goes to root terminal
sudo su apt-get install sucrose-0.88 apt-get update apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88
- Start Education/Sugar from menu
- Activities loaded:
Browse Read
- Jabber does not work
About my Computer
Build: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze) Sugar: 0.88.1
Notes
- Activities that work D/L from ASLO (Browse)
IRC-10.xo Turtle Art Mini-147 Turtle Art 147 (very slow) edit-8
- Activities that are too large to run:
GetBooks 11
- Tried loading synaptic but it freezes loading catalogues.
- apt-get remove synaptic
Get Sugar Journal full messages after several uses
- Fix:
- Remove SDXC card - Insert in Laptop and start gparted
- resize-move /dev/sdg2 to 20 GiB
- Reboot in RPi
- No longer get journal full messages
- Activities that are too large to run:
Turtle Art 147 GetBooks 11