Fedora 17 ARM Beta
The beta release of Fedora 17 for ARM is now available for download from:
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/17-Beta/Images/
What is the Beta release?
The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 17 for ARM. Included is support for QEMU, Trimslice, and a the eagerly awaited Raspberry Pi. In our final stage of development the ARM team will focus on a few remaining issues with the OMAP platform, and the final release will include support for both the Pandaboard and Beagleboard XM.
Featured Images
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tar.xz |
arm - armv5tel armhfp - armv7hl |
This is a simple tarball of a Fedora 17 root filesystem without any kernels or X packages installed. Boots to a getty login prompt. | |
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tar.xz |
arm - armv5tel armhfp - armv7hl |
This is a simple tarball of a Fedora 17 root filesystem without any kernels, but with a minimal number of X packages installed. Boots to X login prompt. | |
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armhfp arm |
tar.xz |
arm:armv5tel armhfp:armv7hl |
This is a simple tarball of a Fedora 17 root filesystem without any kernels, but with the full XFCE package set installed. Boots to X login prompt. |
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armhfp arm |
tar.xz |
Tegra, OMAP, Kirkwood, VExpress, RPI, iMX |
This is a simple tarball of a Fedora 17 Hard Float (armv7hl) root filesystem. Additionally, various kernels are installed with u-boot headers applied. Boots to a getty login prompt. |
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SD Card |
Trimslice Bare/Value Pro/H/H250 |
This is a Fedora 17 Hard Float Trimslice Image suitable for writing to an SD card and placed in the Trimslice's Full Size SD slot (Front slot) and booting without further modification. Write with xzcat file.xz > /dev/mmcblkX, put in the device, and you're ready to go. Boots to a serial console. | |
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USB Sata |
Trimslice Pro/H/H250 |
This is a Fedora 17 Hard Float Trimslice Image suitable for writing to a Trimslice's internal SSD or Hard Drive and booting without further modification. Write with xzcat file.xz > /dev/sdX, put in the device, and you're ready to go. Boots to a serial console. | |
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SD Card |
Raspberry Pi+X |
This is a Fedora 17 Soft Float Raspberry Pi Image suitable for writing to an sdcard and booting without further modification. Write with xzcat file.xz > /dev/mmcblkX, put in the device, and you're ready to go. Boots to X GUI. This uses a non-F17 kernel. | |
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SD Card |
Raspberry Pi |
This is a Fedora 17 Soft Float Raspberry Pi Image suitable for writing to an sdcard and booting without further modification. Write with xzcat file.xz > /dev/mmcblkX, put in the device, and you're ready to go. Boots to a tty console. This uses a non-F17 kernel. | |
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SD Card |
Versatile Express (Qemu) |
This is a Fedora 17 Soft Float Versatile Express Image suitable for booting with qemu-system-arm without further modification. Requires an external kernel and initrd on the qemu command line; all of which is provided by the kernel file link (Or you can extract them from the main image). Boots to a serial console. | |
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SD Card |
Versatile Express+X (Qemu) |
This is a Fedora 17 Soft Float Versatile Express + Minimal X Image suitable for booting with qemu-system-arm without further modification. Requires an external kernel and initrd on the qemu command line; all of which is provided by the kernel file link (or you can extract them from the main image). Boots to X GUI. | |
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File Kernel |
SD Card |
Versatile Express+X (Qemu) |
This is a Fedora 17 Soft Float Versatile Express + XFCE Image suitable for booting with qemu-system-arm without further modification. Requires an external kernel and initrd on the qemu command line; all of which is provided by the kernel file link (or you can extract them from the main image). Boots to full XFCE GUI. |