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{{note|This page is a work in progress. If you are not familiar with user-mode QEMU, wait for the 5.16 kernel release. Right now there's still an iffy step left: installing a custom kernel package to get it booting. This will no longer be necessary with Linux 5.16.}} | {{note|This page is a work in progress. If you are not familiar with user-mode QEMU, wait for the 5.16 kernel release. Right now there's still an iffy step left: installing a custom kernel package to get it booting. This will no longer be necessary with Linux 5.16.}} | ||
Commands to be run as a normal user are prefixed with <code>$</code>, commands to be run as root are prefixed with <code>#</code>. We assume your target device is <tt>/dev/ | Commands to be run as a normal user are prefixed with <code>$</code>, commands to be run as root are prefixed with <code>#</code>. We assume your target device is <tt>/dev/sdX</tt>, adjust accordingly. | ||
== Partitioning The Block Device == | == Partitioning The Block Device == | ||
Here we assume your block device is <tt>/dev/ | Here we assume your block device is <tt>/dev/sdX</tt>, adjust as needed. | ||
Create a new partition table: | Create a new partition table: | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mklabel gpt | ||
Create the partitions for loader and u-boot: | Create the partitions for loader and u-boot: | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart loader 64s 8MiB | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart uboot 8MiB 16MiB | ||
Create the partition for u-boot's environment: | Create the partition for u-boot's environment: | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart env 16MiB 32MiB | ||
Create the "efi" boot partition and mark it as bootable: | Create the "efi" boot partition and mark it as bootable: | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart efi fat32 32MiB 544MiB | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX set 4 boot on | ||
Create the root partition: | Create the root partition: | ||
# parted -s /dev/ | # parted -s /dev/sdX mkpart root ext4 544MiB 100% | ||
=== Creating The File Systems === | === Creating The File Systems === | ||
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Now create the file systems for boot and root: | Now create the file systems for boot and root: | ||
# mkfs.vfat -n "efi" /dev/ | # mkfs.vfat -n "efi" /dev/sdX4 | ||
# mkfs.ext4 -L "rootfs" /dev/ | # mkfs.ext4 -L "rootfs" /dev/sdX5 | ||
== Fetching and Flashing U-Boot == | == Fetching and Flashing U-Boot == | ||
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Flash idblock.bin and uboot.img: | Flash idblock.bin and uboot.img: | ||
# dd if=artifacts/idblock.bin of=/dev/ | # dd if=artifacts/idblock.bin of=/dev/sdX1 | ||
# dd if=artifacts/uboot.img of=/dev/ | # dd if=artifacts/uboot.img of=/dev/sdX2 | ||
== Fetching The Root File System Tarball == | == Fetching The Root File System Tarball == | ||
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== Installing The Root File System == | == Installing The Root File System == | ||
# mount /dev/ | # mount /dev/sdX5 /mnt/alarm-root | ||
# mkdir /mnt/alarm-root/boot | # mkdir /mnt/alarm-root/boot | ||
# mount /dev/ | # mount /dev/sdX4 /mnt/alarm-root/boot | ||
# bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt/alarm-root | # bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt/alarm-root | ||