Armbian for StarFive V1 (build system Ubuntu\Debian)

where are you setting the repos to use like ports for debian for riscv pkgs like “https:/ /deb_debian_org/debian-ports/”

You can setup the Debian RISC-V port, including Debian Unstable, with debootstrap. See RISC-V - Debian Wiki for more details

I need to know if Bables150 had used his armbian builder and done a sid img . I have the ubunt ate its nice but it needs updating as some parts are missing.

I would like to see him release a debian sid img or point me to all his changes so we can make shure the builder uses the right ver of sid from the debain-ports

This is under development, but it is not a fact that it will be added quickly (while there are more urgent tasks).

These settings are in several places.

Yes, but it is in the testing process and still requires some manual work to run.

Added primary support for building Debian images (sid). I also uploaded a test image (20220618) of Armbian Debian Sid for Starfive to the site.
There is a bug, the automatic locale setting does not work at the first start, the US locale is enabled by default, to enable others, you need to manually install and configure.

Ver 20220622 add image Debian Sid (DE XFCE)

ver 20220624 fix locales for Sid Debian

Ver 20220629 for StarFive add image Icewm.

The build system has been fixed and tested, it can be used on a clean system without additional configuration steps.

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New version 20220702 for StarFive. Kernel 5.19-rc4.

An important change. The system has been switched to using the new version of u-boot (in the future it will be a complete transition to UEFI). For details on how to upgrade to the new version of u-boot, see this topic.

https://forum.rvspace.org/t/universal-u-boot-update/560/2

Version 20220710.
Important change, Ubuntu\Armbian switched to using UEFI. Debian\Armbian will be switched to using UEFI in the near future, while several packages necessary for UEFI are missing in Debian network repositories for riscv64, with the release of these packages in Debian network repositories or I will temporarily use DEB EFI packages from Ubuntu, Debian images will also be completely switched to the UEFI startup system (grub). It is welcome if there are participants who are ready to help with porting the necessary DEB EFI packages for Debian. By the way, Rick is actively working on adding new DE for RISC-V in Armbian, several new DE’s will be ready soon, if you are interested in specific DE, write to this topic, it will help determine which direction to do first.

The new design, created by Rick, looks very original. :slight_smile:

IceWM
http://armbian.lane-fu.com/rneese/riscv/Armbian_22.08.0-trunk_Starfive_jammy_current_5.19.0_icewm_desktop.img.xz

XFCE
http://armbian.lane-fu.com/rneese/riscv/Armbian_22.08.0-trunk_Starfive_jammy_current_5.19.0_xfce_desktop.img.xz

server
http://armbian.lane-fu.com/rneese/riscv/Armbian_22.08.0-trunk_Starfive_jammy_current_5.19.0.img.xz

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Ver 20220722.
kernel 5.19-rc7 . New image IceWM.

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Ver 20220729. kernel 5.19-rc8

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Ver 20220819. kernel 5.19.0

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is there an extra trick to getting them to boot? I used etcher to write to SD, but none of them do anything…

For proper startup, it is necessary to update the u-boot variables. See the link to the description and details in this message

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thank you. i had assumed that that was already part of the images.

This procedure needs to be performed only once, so the script is not included in the images.

Right, understood its a one-shot thing, just thought it might have been baked in just to avoid the extra step. But i updated and it worked great, booted Armbian just like its supposed to :slight_smile: Compiling netdata now.

Thanks again.

http://armbian.lane-fu.com/rneese/riscv/ is where all my images go for now untill we get a server goign

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