CE contained drivers for generic USB-devices such as mice, keyboards, mass storage. Even though many pocket-PCs had never even heard of USB-host or WLAN connectivity, the drivers for everything were always there. I had several Windows 2002-2002-2005 pocket PCs and it really was just a small version of Windows (compiled to run on ARM, MIPS, Xscale, SH3). I am pseudo-trolling, though still curious. Have there been letters from Microsoft yet to ask whether or not they may compile CE to the raspberry? There is a project afoot to change this (google linux arm devicetree) by intorducing a standaised configuration format that the bootloader can pass to the kernel describing the devices but that is still a work in process at the moment. So what tends to happen with arm distros is that the distro directly supports a handful of devices and then third parties build either installer images or complete system images (or sometimes both) with customised kernels to support other devices. Sometimes that kernel can be built from upstream kernel sources with the right configuration options, other times patches to the code itself is needed. On a PC there is a standard BIOS which loads a standard bootloader which loads a standard kernel which looks at the PCI configuration space, CPUID and so-on through standardised interfaces and enumerates the hardware in your machine.ĪRM isn’t like that, each arm SOC (and sometimes each board) is different and requires a kernel built to match.
The world of arm is unfortunately FAR messier than the world of PCs.
#RUFUS ISO ARCH LINUX INSTALL#
To Install LXDE: pacman -S lxde xorg-xinit xf86-video-fbdev Please note that this distribution may not be suitable for beginners.Īrch Linux ARM is on a rolling-release cycle that can be updated daily through small packages instead of huge updates every few months.
For this reason, the Arch Linux ARM image for the Raspberry Pi does not come with a graphical user interface, though you can easily install one yourself. It provides a lightweight base structure that allows you to shape the system to your needs.
#RUFUS ISO ARCH LINUX FULL#
Thanks to Shaun (ZeroHour) from for helping me with server configuration and the design of the load balancing system, to Turbo for helping out in general with testing and implementation, and to thank Zach Cross for code reviews and his general support of the system.įinally, thanks to hxxr and Hugo Rodrigues for pointing out security flaws in the load balancer system which have now been fixed.Īrch Linux ARM is based on Arch Linux, which aims for simplicity and full control to the end user. Please do not be offended if your mirror has not been added to the load balancer It has taken days to get it to the point where it is now and I feel that we have plenty of capacity. Thanks to Velocix for providing us with free usage of their Content Delivery Network and also a huge thanks to all of our community donated mirrors. Huge thanks to Dave (pepedog on the forums) for working so hard on this project over the last six months. Arch Linux ARM for Raspberry Pi is now ready to go! It’s available now on our downloads page.
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