Hello, the reason to use the way I explain was the for the current project I need a crypt rootfs and LVM and didn't find a proper way todo this with pre installed image.
Next to it, I try to copy all the files from d-i image to the vfat blob partition but the installer didn't find the "cdrom" with installation packages. Perhaps the problem that Pete explain? The vfat partition also didn't support symlinks like d-i images need this. I have also try to include the wlan firmware to the usb stick but d-i installer stick/image is only ro and a wasn't able to mount it rw. Pete thanks for this info, I did not know that a UEFI is available for RPi3. I will try it, but at the moment a didn't have one to test. @gunnar: has everyoneone write access to the debian wiki? I have no wiki with public access for my own. On 05.11.19 13:35, Pete Batard wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm just going to point out that there exists another way to boot into > the UI installer on RPi3, and perform an ARM64 Debian install in a > manner that is very close to what a user would perform on an x86 PC. > > This is accomplished through the use of the official UEFI firmware > that now exists for the RPi3 [1], which greatly simplifies things and > ensures that you can get niceties such as a full UI GRUB on boot > (where you can edit boot options for instance) and other features that > you'd expect to find on a PC-like install. > > Full installation of Debian 10 is actually documented in the official > EDK2 firmware repository [2] and you can find a ready to use UEFI > binary archive (that also includes the WLAN firmware binaries for use > with Linux) at [3]. > > The only gotchas that exist at the moment are that: > - The CD-ROM mount scripts have not been designed for FAT partition > usage on MMC (they don't look for install media on /dev/mmcblk# as > they do for /dev/sd# for instance, and they also appear to force the > file system type to read-only mount, which is a bit problematic) > - The installer partition manager is very picky with regards to what > it considers an ESP, whereas Raspberry Pi's can't use GPT partition > scheme or type 0xef with MBR due to the SoC's embedded bootloader > limitations, which may require a post-install fix if you don't create > the ESP in a manner that partition manager can be happy with. > > Apart from that however, the installation process is fairly > straightforward and does provide a user experience that is almost > identical to the one you would see when installing Debian on a UEFI > x86 PC. > > So I just wanted to mention that the method being exposed below is not > the only one that currently exists to get to a fully working Debian 10 > installer on the Raspberry Pi 3. > > If you are interested in the UEFI installation method, you can also > additional walkthroughs at [4] (which is probably the most complete) > and [5]. > > Regards, > > /Pete > > PS: There is work currently going on to bring an UEFI firmware to the > RPI4, so that hopefully the same process can eventually be applied > there too. > > [1] > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/tree/master/Platform/RaspberryPi/RPi3 > [2] > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/blob/master/Platform/RaspberryPi/RPi3/Systems.md > [3] https://github.com/pbatard/RPi3/releases > [4] > https://pete.akeo.ie/2019/07/installing-debian-arm64-on-raspberry-pi.html > [5] > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=249449&sid=e7e3dcb4c42da263bdbe1c9661f21e61#p1523007 > > On 2019.11.05 05:20, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> basti dijo [Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 09:58:11PM +0100]: >>> Hello Mailinglist, >>> Hello Gunnar, >> >> Hi, and thanks for the explicit mention :-] >> >>> I get the debian installer running on my rpi3. >>> This post is just to inform about the general possibility and for >>> documentation propose on debian wiki. >> >> OK, this is quite exciting news! It's great to see the Raspberries >> being closer to a first-tier architecture in Debian. TBH, I believe >> for almost all RPi users it will be easier to use the installed images >> — But yes, I can perfectly understand many will feel this to be better >> and more official. >> >> Given you already did all this legwork... Could you add this >> information to the Wiki yourself? It's always better if the person >> that did the work and has the hands-on knowledge does it. >> >>> test with arm64 mode on rpi3b+ >>> >>> you need: >>> - sdcard with binary blob vfat partition (I use it from >>> https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPiImages) >>> - usb stick for arm64 installer >>> >>> todo: >>> - download arm64-netinstall iso >>> - copy iso to usb stick (cp debian-10.1.0-arm64-netinst.iso /dev/sdx) >>> - copy vmlinuz and initrd.gz from stick to sdcard >>> - edit config.txt to boot vmlinuz and initrd.gz >>> - insert sdcard and usb stick to raspi and start >> >> Umh, this looks like quite a bit of "legwork". I understand you are >> basically proving it is _possible_ to boot into d-i, but this all >> should probably be prepared into a first-blob bit of a hybrid image: >> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/arm64/ch04s03.en.html >> >>> - ignore missing firmware, brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin is wlan, can be >>> installed later (firmware-brcm80211) >> >> AIUI, you can also drop this file in your USB drive and have it picked >> up by the installer. >> >>> toto: >>> - not all languages are shown correctly in installer >> >> This seems quite odd... >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >
