Architectures/ARM/Raspberry Pi

Introduction

A [Raspberry Pi] is a credit card-sized ARM based single board computer (SBC). Fedora supports the the Raspberry Pi Model B versions 2 and 3 in Fedora 25 Beta and later without any requirement of third party kernels or scripts to adjust offical images. This documentation describes how to get started, and includes a Fequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about what is supported and what isn't.

Supported Hardware

We currently only support the Raspberry Pi Model B versions 2 and 3.

Prerequisites

• Raspberry Pi 2 or 3
• Good quality SD Card (http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards for a compatibility list)
• HDMI Monitor or TV, a USB keyboard and mouse
• A decent power supply. You'll want 2A for the RPi2 and 2.5A for the RPi3.

For preparation of the SD card:

• Computer running Windows/MacOS/Linux
• SD card reader

Downloading the Fedora ARM image

As the support for the Raspberry Pi is coming with Fedora 25 currently we have nightly images. The Fedora 25 Beta will support it.

The latest nightlies can be downloaded here: Fedora Workstation http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/25/Workstation/armhfp/images/ Fedora Server http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/25/Server/armhfp/images/ Minimal and SPINs http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/25/Spins/armhfp/images/

Preparing the SD card

You can quite easily prepare the image on the SD card on Fedora or any linux distribution, MacOS or Windows. The default settings will provide the user interface on a HDMI monitor with keyboard and mouse support. If you wish to have output over a serial console please see the FAQ.

Booting Fedora

• Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi

• Make sure, you're having a keyboard and monitor connected

• Power on the Raspberry Pi

• If everything was done correctly, you will see Fedora booting into the "Initial setup wizzard"

• Finish the wizard and reboot, to boot into your Fedora ARM installation

Support for the Raspberry Pi Models A, A+, B (generation 1), Zero and Compute Module

Fedora doesn't support ARMv6 processors. There's been a number of attempts to support these over the years. The current best effort is Pingus based on Fedora 23. More information can be found at https://pignus.computer