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I have a Rock64 and I don't remember it being that difficult to setup. Maybe I was just using it as a headless machine, but to get a working Linux install shoul
by zxcvgm 4y ago
I have a Rock64 and I don't remember it being that difficult to setup. Maybe I was just using it as a headless machine, but to get a working Linux install shouldn't have been this hard.
I typically use Arch Linux because it's very barebones, and Arch Linux ARM has a working setup [0] for the Rock64. You do need to write various parts like U-Boot bootloader onto the SD card manually, but everything has been pre-compiled. If you prefer an image that you can directly flash onto an SD card like Raspbian, then maybe you can try Armbian [1].
These should get you a working Linux install rather quickly, bringing you to up to the "sixth circle" as written by the author.
[0] https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/rockchip/rock64#installation https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/rockchip/rock64#ins...
[1] https://www.armbian.com/rock64/ https://www.armbian.com/rock64/
- oynqr 4y agoI can second this, I have a Rock64 and have had zero problems with it, even when tinkering with custom u-boot builds.
- carlsborg 4y agoAny opinions on peripheral support and software, especially the camera module?
- JeremyNT 4y agoYes indeed, OP specifically chose "hard mode" here by not using a distribution that supports it with a prebaked image. That's fine for the OP! They probably wanted to experiment and tinker, no problems there. But it seems to have given a lot of people in this thread the wrong idea about how well supported these devices are for normal users.
- stuaxo 4y agoPeople like op are how progress is made. A lot of this will be upstreamed and people will use the info from ops article then fill in a bunch of the gaps.