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xzcat Fedora_21_Alpha_Installer.img.xz | sudo dd of=$MEDIA | xzcat Fedora_21_Alpha_Installer.img.xz | sudo dd of=$MEDIA | ||
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Insert the USB device into the bottom port located at the back of the Mustang board (below the network port), power on the machine and interrupt the boot, | Insert the USB device into the bottom port located at the back of the Mustang board (below the network port), power on the machine and interrupt the boot, choosing the 'shell' option. Once at the EFI shell: | ||
FS0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi | FS0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi |
Revision as of 22:09, 20 October 2014
Fedora 21 Alpha for AArch64
Download the disk image
For the Applied Micro Mustang (X-Gene)
Network Installation
USB Installation
It is possible to start an installation of Fedora 21 Alpha with out going through the steps of setting up a PXE server and rather initiating a network installation through a USB drive formatted appropriately. You can create this yourself using the provided installation media, or you can use the prepared image:
https://pwhalen.fedorapeople.org/Fedora/21/aarch64/Fedora_21_Alpha_Installer.img.xz
Copy the USB image to your media, you will need at least a 512M USB stick.
MEDIA= # location of your USB device xzcat Fedora_21_Alpha_Installer.img.xz | sudo dd of=$MEDIA
Insert the USB device into the bottom port located at the back of the Mustang board (below the network port), power on the machine and interrupt the boot, choosing the 'shell' option. Once at the EFI shell:
FS0:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi
This will boot the Fedora 21 Alpha installer, choose either VNC or Text installation.
Reported Bugs and Known Issues
- During installation you may recieve the error "FormatCreateError: ('invalid device specification', '/dev/sda1')" This appears to be intermittent, usually restarting the installation will fix it.
- At the end of installation you may receive an error about removing or creating the