AmigaOne Linux
Welcome
This page details the installation process of Linux distributions on the AmigaONE X5000 and AmigaOne A1222
AmigaOne X5000 Linux Guide
1. Download the image from the following link: X5000 Live USB installation
2. Please use the following Uboot commands to boot the image:
setenv bootargs root=/dev/ramdisk file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper rootdelay=10 mem=3500M radeon.pcie_gen2=1 fatload usb 0:1 1000000 uImage-cyrus fatload usb 0:1 1c00000 cyrus_5020.dtb fatload usb 0:1 2000000 uRamdisk bootm 1000000 2000000 1c00000
AmigaOne A1222 Linux Guide
The following guide gives instructions on downloading the latest Linux images and installing them to USB flash drives or hard disk drives for use on the AmigaOne A1222 computer.
Installing Debian 8 on a USB Flash Drive
1. Download the image from the following link: Tabor Debian 8 PowerPC SPE
Please use the following login details to download the file:
User Name: tabor Password: [available on request]
2. Decompress the downloaded image with 7-Zip
3. Copy it with dd on Linux or with the USB image Tool on Windows to a USB flash drive.
For example with Linux:
dd if=“Tabor_debian_8_powerpcspe_5“ of=“disk drive ID“
4. To boot Linux image from the USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive into the A1222. Next enter the following at the A1222> prompt (pressing enter after each line):
setenv bootargs root=/dev/sda2 rootdelay=5 fatload usb 0:1 1000000 uImage.sdk17.2 fatload usb 0:1 2000000 tabor2.dtb bootm 1000000 - 2000000
5. The login details are as follows:
Username of root has the password amigaone
Username of amigaone has the password amigaone
Installing Debian 8 on a Hard Drive
After trying out you could copy it with "dd" to a hard disc from your booted Debian. You don't need to create any partitions. You just need to copy the image with "dd" from the booted Debian to a hard disk.
1. Download the image from the following link:
Tabor Debian 8 PowerPC SPE
Please use the following login details to download the file:
User Name: tabor Password: amigaone
2. Decompress it with Xarchiver or Engrampa or use "Extract Here" in the context menu (right-click).
3. Copy it with dd to a hard disk:
dd if=Tabor_debian_8_powerpcspe_5 of=“disk drive ID“.
For example:
dd if=Tabor_debian_8_powerpcspe_5 of=/dev/sdb.
Use /dev/sda if your system has no other hard disks installed. If there is one hard disk already installed, then the USB flash drive will be assigned /dev/sdb
Important Note: Using dd will destroy any existing data on your hard disk, please backup before using this command.
4. After that, you could increase the Linux partition with GParted if you like.
5. To boot Linux image from the hard drive, enter the following at the A1222> prompt (pressing enter after each line):
setenv bootargs root=/dev/sda2 fatload usb 0:1 1000000 uImage.sdk17.2 fatload usb 0:1 2000000 tabor2.dtb bootm 1000000 - 2000000
Or you could directly boot the kernel and the DTB file from a hard disk by entering the following at the A1222> prompt (pressing enter after each line):
setenv bootargs root=/dev/sda2 load sata 1:2 1000000 /boot/uImage.sdk17.2 load sata 1:2 2000000 /boot/tabor2.dtb bootm 1000000 - 2000000
Upgrading Debian 8 to the latest Sid version
1. Download the GnuPG archive keyring from the following link: debian-ports-archive-keyring_2016.11.28_all.deb
2. Install the GnuPG archive keyring:
# dpkg -i debian-ports-archive-keyring_2016.11.28_all.deb
3. Add the following lines to your sources.list:
# binary default deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main deb http://incoming.debian-ports.org/buildd unstable main # source deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
4. Update the package index:
# apt-get update
5. Repair the broken package dependencies:
# apt-get install -f
6. Now, you can install some new packages from the Debian Sid ports repository
A1222 Debian User Guide
For more detailed information, please consult the A1222 Linux User Guide with the following link:
Please use the following login details to download the file:
User Name: tabor Password: amigaone