mkdir /home/youruser/assets this will be the target for the final image
Install all required packages for QEMU
sudo apt install qemu-efi-aarch64 qemu-system-arm virt-manager
Download the arm64 mini.iso from Debian
https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/arm64/daily/netboot/
open Virtual Machine Manager
select “Local install media (ISO image or CDROM)”
in “Architecture options” select Architecture: aarch64 and Machine Type: virt
, next select the just downloaded mini.iso
, next choose the operating system Debian 10
, next set Memory to 1024 and CPUs to 4
, next create a disk image and set size to 4 GiB
, finally click “Finish” and click “Yes” to make Virtual Network active
click into the black area of the VMs Window to capture Mouse and Keyboard
, hit Enter to start text based Debian Installer
, create root password and youruser with password as they will be on the final image
, partition manually the disk image as follows
Partition 1: Size 100M, Name efi, Use as EFI System Partition, Bootable flag on
Partition 2: Size 100M, Name boot, Use as Ext 2 file system, Mount point /boot Bootable flag off
Partition 3: Size max, Use as Ext 4 journaling file system, Mount point / Bootable flag off
confirm that you don’t want to create Swap Space by clicking <NO>
,in “Software selection” select only SSH server and standard system utilities
and finish the installation, once finished reboot into the newly installed system
mkdir /boot/dtbs
nano /etc/kernel/postinst.d/copy-dtbs
#!/bin/sh
set -e
version=”$1”
echo Copying current dtb files to /boot/dtbs….
cp -a /usr/lib/linux-image-${version}/. /boot/dtbs/
chmod +x /etc/kernel/postinst.d/copy-dtbs
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/copy-dtbs `uname -r`
mkdir /boot/extlinux
nano /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
TIMEOUT 2
DEFAULT debian
LABEL debian
MENU LABEL Debian
KERNEL /vmlinuz
INITRD /initrd.img
DEVICETREEDIR /dtbs
APPEND console=ttyS2,1500000 console=tty1 root=LABEL=root rw rootwait
apt purge grub-efi-arm64
apt autoremove
apt autoclean
shutdown -h now
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=8
sudo qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 /var/lib/libvirt/images/debian10-aarch64.qcow2
sudo mount /dev/nbd0p2 /mnt
cd /mnt
sudo tar cfvzp /home/youruser/assets/debian-aarch64-bootfs.tar.gz .
cd
sudo umount /mnt
sudo mount /dev/nbd0p3 /mnt
cd /mnt
sudo tar cfvzp /home/youruser/assets/debian-aarch64-rootfs.tar.gz .
cd
sudo umount /mnt
sudo qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0
sudo apt install gcc make bc git device-tree-compiler build-essential libssl-dev python3-dev bison flex libssl-dev swig gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-arm-none-eabi
git clone https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware
cd arm-trusted-firmware
git tag remember last stable (v2.7)
git checkout v2.7
make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=rk3328 bl31
cd ..
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git
cd u-boot
git tag remember last stable (v2022.04)
git checkout v2022.04
ln -s /home/youruser/assets/arm-trusted-firmware/build/rk3328/release/bl31/bl31.elf bl31.elf
make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- BL31=bl31.elf rock64-rk3328_defconfig
make -j4 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- BL31=bl31.elf all u-boot.itb
cp /home/youruser/u-boot/idbloader.img /home/youruser/assets/
cp /home/youruser/u-boot/u-boot.itb /home/youruser/assets/
sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
type o this will clear out any partitions on the drive
, type p to list partitions, there should be no partitions left
, type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive
, 32768 for the first sector, and 647168 for the last sector, then type a
, then type n, then p for primary, 2 for the second partition on the drive
, 647169 for the first sector,and 28213246 for the last sector, then type n
, then p for primary, 3 for the third partition on the drive, 28213247 for the first sector
, and 30310399 for the last sector, then type t and 3 for the third partition and 82 for the Hex Code
, then write the partition table and exit by typing w
cd /home/youruser/assets
mkdir boot this is in your home directory ! → /home/youruser/assets/boot
mkdir root this is in your home directory ! → /home/youruser/assets/root
sudo mkfs.ext2 -m0 -L boot /dev/sdX1
sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /home/youruser/assets/boot
cd /home/youruser/assets/boot
sudo tar xzvpf /home/youruser/assets/debian-aarch64-bootfs.tar.gz .
sync
cd ..
sudo umount /home/youruser/assets/boot
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/sdX2
sudo mount /dev/sdX2 /home/youruser/assets/root
cd /home/youruser/assets/root
sudo tar xzvpf /home/youruser/assets/debian-aarch64-rootfs.tar.gz .
sync
cd ..
sudo nano /home/youruser/assets/root/etc/fstab amend as below
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# systemd generates mount units based on this file, see systemd.mount(5).
# Please run 'systemctl daemon-reload' after making changes here.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/mmcblk1p1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/mmcblk1p2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/mmcblk1p3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sr0/media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
sudo nano /home/youruser/assets/root/etc/network/interfaces change interface to eth0
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
sudo umount /home/youruser/assets/root
sudo mkswap /dev/sdX3
cd home/youruser/assets/
dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/sdX seek=64 conv=notrunc
dd if=u-boot.itb of=/dev/sdX seek=16384 conv=notrunc
10.) Install the eMMC-Module onto your Pine64 Rock64 SBC, connecting HDMI, Mouse and Keyboard and power it up.
ip a check that network is working
11.) Check the MAC address, may need spoofing if address is 06:ca:fa:7c:8c:f8 (1GB Board) or 3e:6a:eb:10:6a:9b (4GB Board)
ip link show eth0
If you MAC address is 06:ca:fa:7c:8c:f8 or 3e:6a:eb:10:6a:9b then do steps below, or the network
will not work ! (if you have multiple Rock64 SBC on the same network)
ip link set dev eth0 down
ip link set dev eth0 address 06:ca:fa:XX:XX:XX
ip link set dev eth0 up
Change the last 3 bits of the linked MAC address to your liking,but DO NOT change the first 3 bits (reserved for Manufacturer).
sudo reboot once board is up, check with ip link show eth0 for success
perform system update
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt purge qemu-guest-agent
sudo rm /root/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/serial-getty@ttyAMA0.service
sudo rm -rf /boot/grub
sudo rm -rf /boot/efi
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list amend as below to add contrib and non-free component
# deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
sudo apt update perform system update
sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree contains –> rockchip/dptx.bin
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf amend as below
# Uncomment the following to stop low-level messages on console
kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3
sudo tune2fs -c 1 /dev/mmcblk1p1
sudo tune2fs -c 1 /dev/mmcblk1p2
sudo reboot