I started out with the Debian-69 image booting from the sdcard but with the root partition on the nvme.
All I did was create another partition on the nvme so I had nvme0n1p1 with the debian root and nvme0n1p2 for the fedora root.
I attached the fedora image to loop0 via
# losetup /dev/loop0 Fedora-Developer-37-20221130.n.0-nvme.raw.img
# partprobe /dev/loop0
# lsblk --fs /dev/loop0
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
├─loop0p1 ext4 1.0 _/boot 53e7246e-90c3-42c4-b447-3ebc9fe1fdfc
└─loop0p2 ext4 1.0 _/ d9334329-e2ad-4b72-8f5f-b61406e9d461
The fedora root is loop0p2 and so I did this:
dd if=/dev/loop0p2 of=/dev/nvme0n1p2 bs=1M
To boot I just modified extlinux.conf from the debian boot partition to add a new entry for Fedora:
label l2
menu label Fedora (NVMe)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-starfive
initrd /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive
fdtdir /boot/dtbs/
append root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 earlycon rootwait stmmaceth=chain_mode:1 selinux=0
The only difference between this and the debian boot entry is the root=/dev/nvme0n1p2.
Before booting, I mounted the fedora root to /mnt and edited /mnt/etc/fstab to look like this:
/dev/nvme0n1p2 / ext4 defaults,noatime,x-systemd.device-timeout=300s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=300s 0 0
/dev/mmcblk1p2 /boot vfat defaults,noatime,x-systemd.device-timeout=300s,x-systemd.mount-timeout=300s 0 0
I could have used UUIDs or LABELs but these block devices are stable and easier for me to work with.
At this point the board will boot fine if you choose the new boot entry from the boot menu (or change the default in extlinux.conf) but I suggest you add a user and add them to the wheel group. When this Fedora instance boots the console output will show you what the root and riscv user passwords are but it might be easier to change them while you’re here.
Assuming I’ve remembered all the steps correctly, and you’ve booted Fedora, the next step is to conf the yum repos.
Disable all repos in /etc/yum.repos.d except for fedora-riscv.repo. You need to edit the repo url in that one to be:
baseurl=http://fedora.riscv.rocks/repos-dist/f38/latest/riscv64/
The change is from f37 to f38 in the path. For some reason f37 is empty.
Now you should be able to dnf as expected. Here’s what I get when I run a few dnf group commands:
# dnf group list
Last metadata expiration check: 3:40:13 ago on Sat 18 Feb 2023 07:14:13 AM EST.
Available Environment Groups:
Fedora Custom Operating System
Minimal Install
Fedora Server Edition
Fedora Workstation
Fedora Cloud Server
KDE Plasma Workspaces
Xfce Desktop
LXDE Desktop
LXQt Desktop
Cinnamon Desktop
MATE Desktop
Sugar Desktop Environment
Deepin Desktop
Budgie Desktop
Development and Creative Workstation
Web Server
Infrastructure Server
Basic Desktop
i3 desktop
Sway Desktop
Installed Groups:
C Development Tools and Libraries
Development Tools
RPM Development Tools
Available Groups:
3D Printing
Administration Tools
Audio Production
Authoring and Publishing
Budgie
Budgie Desktop Applications
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management Tools
Compiz
Container Management
D Development Tools and Libraries
Design Suite
Domain Membership
Editors
Educational Software
Electronic Lab
Engineering and Scientific
FreeIPA Server
Games and Entertainment
Headless Management
LibreOffice
MATE Applications
Milkymist
Network Servers
Neuron Modelling Simulators
Office/Productivity
Python Classroom
Python Science
Robotics
Security Lab
Sound and Video
Sway Window Manager (supplemental packages)
System Tools
Text-based Internet
Window Managers
# dnf group install "System Tools"
Last metadata expiration check: 3:41:26 ago on Sat 18 Feb 2023 07:14:13 AM EST.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing group/module packages:
BackupPC riscv64 4.4.0-8.fc37 fedora-riscv 431 k
NetworkManager-l2tp riscv64 1.20.6-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 183 k
NetworkManager-libreswan riscv64 1.2.16-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 124 k
NetworkManager-openconnect riscv64 1.2.8-3.fc37 fedora-riscv 544 k
NetworkManager-openvpn riscv64 1:1.8.18-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 271 k
NetworkManager-vpnc riscv64 1:1.2.8-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 168 k
bonnie++ riscv64 2.00a-6.fc37 fedora-riscv 83 k
cifs-utils riscv64 6.15-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 94 k
libreswan riscv64 4.9-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 1.3 M
nmap riscv64 3:7.93-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 5.5 M
openconnect riscv64 9.01-3.fc37 fedora-riscv 870 k
openldap-clients riscv64 2.6.3-1.2.riscv64.fc37 fedora-riscv 174 k
openvpn riscv64 2.5.8-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 652 k
samba-client riscv64 2:4.17.2-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 675 k
setserial riscv64 2.17-55.fc37 fedora-riscv 26 k
tigervnc riscv64 1.12.0-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 313 k
vpnc riscv64 0.5.3-44.svn550.fc37 fedora-riscv 90 k
xdelta riscv64 3.1.0-15.fc37 fedora-riscv 89 k
zisofs-tools riscv64 1.0.8-28.fc37 fedora-riscv 28 k
Installing dependencies:
BackupPC-XS riscv64 0.62-9.fc37 fedora-riscv 109 k
esmtp riscv64 1.2-20.fc37 fedora-riscv 50 k
fedora-logos-httpd noarch 36.0.0-3.fc37 fedora-riscv 16 k
httpd riscv64 2.4.54-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 45 k
httpd-core riscv64 2.4.54-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 1.3 M
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.54-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 13 k
httpd-tools riscv64 2.4.54-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 78 k
ldns riscv64 1.8.1-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 164 k
libdbi riscv64 0.9.0-20.fc37 fedora-riscv 48 k
libesmtp riscv64 1.0.6-25.fc37 fedora-riscv 63 k
libpskc riscv64 2.6.7-4.fc37 fedora-riscv 34 k
libxcrypt-compat riscv64 4.4.30-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 103 k
nmap-ncat riscv64 3:7.93-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 221 k
par2cmdline riscv64 0.8.1-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 122 k
perl-CGI noarch 4.54-4.fc37.rvre0 fedora-riscv 198 k
perl-Net-FTP-AutoReconnect noarch 0.3-37.fc37 fedora-riscv 14 k
perl-Net-FTP-RetrHandle noarch 0.2-36.fc37 fedora-riscv 18 k
perl-Time-ParseDate noarch 2015.103-22.fc37 fedora-riscv 39 k
pkcs11-helper riscv64 1.29.0-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 65 k
ppp riscv64 2.4.7-21.0.riscv64.fc29 fedora-riscv 952 k
rrdtool riscv64 1.8.0-4.fc37 fedora-riscv 551 k
rsync-bpc riscv64 3.1.3.0-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 303 k
stoken-libs riscv64 0.92-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 46 k
tigervnc-icons noarch 1.12.0-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 23 k
tigervnc-license noarch 1.12.0-7.fc37 fedora-riscv 16 k
vpnc-script noarch 20220509-2.gite52f8e66.fc37 fedora-riscv 18 k
xl2tpd riscv64 1.3.17-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 94 k
xmlsec1 riscv64 1.2.34-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 184 k
Installing weak dependencies:
cifs-utils-info riscv64 6.15-2.fc37 fedora-riscv 20 k
julietaula-montserrat-fonts noarch 1:7.222-3.fc37 fedora-riscv 1.6 M
mod_http2 riscv64 2.0.9-1.fc37 fedora-riscv 141 k
mod_lua riscv64 2.4.54-5.fc37 fedora-riscv 57 k
Installing Groups:
System Tools
Transaction Summary
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Install 51 Packages
Total download size: 18 M
Installed size: 64 M
Is this ok [y/N]:
Hope that helps!