NixOS on ARM/Kosagi Novena: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 03:06, 5 April 2024

We now have https://github.com/novena-next/nixos-novena repository that can be used to build Novena specific kernel and few other tools like novena-eeprom and novena-usb-hub.

Also check out https://github.com/novena-next/docs for general purpose documentation. This guide might move there at some point.

Using generic image

NixOS on ARM

use generic armv7l image (sd-image-armv7l-linux.img)

U-boot

Build u-boot according to

NixOS_on_ARM#Building_u-boot_from_your_NixOS_PC

make novena_defconfig

dd if=SPL of=/dev/sdc seek=1 bs=1k

Store u-boot.bin on /boot (mounted sd-image).

Proceed with standard installation steps and NixOS_on_ARM#Building_U-Boot_from_your_NixOS_PC

You can use your own layout when installing on the hard drive (SD-card is still needed to boot from SATA), extlinux insted of grub is important.

Configuring SATA boot

To enable booting from SATA by default enable sataroot feature with novena-eeprom and then break to u-boot shell and run following commands to set different boot order:

TODO: disk ID

printenv
setenv boot_targets sata0
saveenv
reset

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-Work in progress
+{{ARM/breadcrumb}}
+We now have https://github.com/novena-next/nixos-novena repository that can be used to build Novena specific kernel and few other tools like <code>novena-eeprom</code> and <code>novena-usb-hub</code>.
-Start with
+Also check out https://github.com/novena-next/docs for general purpose documentation. This guide might move there at some point.
-https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM
+=== Using generic image ===
+[[NixOS on ARM]]
 use generic <code>armv7l</code> image (<code>sd-image-armv7l-linux.img</code>)
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 Build u-boot according to
-https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM#Building_u-boot_from_your_NixOS_PC
+[[NixOS_on_ARM#Building_u-boot_from_your_NixOS_PC]]
 {{commands|<nowiki>
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 Proceed with standard installation steps and
-https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM#NixOS_installation_.26_configuration
+[[NixOS_on_ARM#Building_U-Boot_from_your_NixOS_PC]]
 You can use your own layout when installing on the hard drive (SD-card is still needed to boot from SATA), <code>extlinux</code> insted of <code>grub</code> is important.