Fedora 25 ARM Pandaboard install

Fedora 27 ARM Pandaboard install

Source
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F23/Installation#Manual

Choose a disk image.

Fedora 23:
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/Images/armhfp/
Fedora 25:
http://fedora.c3sl.ufpr.br/linux/releases/25/Spins/armhfp/images/Fedora-Xfce-armhfp-25-1.3-sda.raw.xz
Fedora 27:
https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/27/Spins/armhfp/images/Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-27-1.6-sda.raw.xz

Write the image to your media

TYPE=  # options include KDE, LXDE, XFCE, SoaS, Mate and Minimal
MEDIA= #/dev/<location-of-your-media>
       # for example /dev/sdc, /dev/sdg, ...
       # read /var/log/messages to learn which device was assigned to your media
xzcat Fedora-$TYPE-armhfp-*.raw.xz | sudo dd of=$MEDIA; sync

After writing the image, read the new partition table and mount the root partition

# partprobe $MEDIA
PART=  #/dev/<location-of-your-media><partition-number>
       # this needs to be the root partition on the written media
       # for example /dev/sdc3, /dev/sdg3, /dev/mmcblk0p3, ...
mkdir /tmp/root; sudo mount $PART /tmp/root

Copy the appropriate U-Boot files for your target hardware listed below.

For the Pandaboard
MEDIA= #/dev/<location-of-your-media>
       # for example /dev/sdc, /dev/sdg, ...
       # read /var/log/messages to learn which device was assigned to your media
sudo dd if=/tmp/root/usr/share/uboot/omap4_panda/MLO of=$MEDIA count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k
sudo dd if=/tmp/root/usr/share/uboot/omap4_panda/u-boot.img of=$MEDIA count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F25/Installation#Known_Issues_.26_Usage_Tips
Pandaboard requires 'cpuidle.off=1' on the kernel args. Please edit the extlinux.conf and add this or the system will not boot.

On Fedora 27, the installation/setup should be finished at the first boot (config language, timezone, network, password, user creation). For ssh access, see more instructions below.

* How do I enlarge the root partition?

The images include cloud-utils-growpart to enlarge the root partition, then resize2fs to use that newly available space.

# enlarge the 4th partition (this example uses mmcblk0)
sudo growpart /dev/mmcblk0 4
# grow the fileystem to fill the available space
sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p4

* Moving Fedora ARM from SSD/MMC card to USB harddrive
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Migration_from_SSD_to_USB

original
/dev/mmcblk0: PTUUID="384b184b" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/mmcblk0p1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="A9FE-A9FB" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="384b184b-01"
/dev/mmcblk0p2: LABEL="_/boot" UUID="f88f5f89-26b0-4a26-9219-a15c213b32c1" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="384b184b-02"
/dev/mmcblk0p3: LABEL="_swap" UUID="baf89903-4688-4715-b6c2-0eae50bbf1e2" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="384b184b-03"
/dev/mmcblk0p4: LABEL="_/" UUID="eca45483-d548-4444-892d-0754f1d401bc" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="384b184b-04"

/dev/sdb1: UUID="FC4EC23A4EC1ED88" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-01"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="backup" UUID="5281ea6b-4852-49d1-8213-7ce2403bdb2e" TYPE="reiserfs" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="_/" UUID="d1e20395-0b44-4a0e-8fd1-dbe82f92e161" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-03"
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="_swap" UUID="6a1aa1b9-8c17-4705-9fdb-5f19c8ad4c0d" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-04"

sudo tune2fs /dev/sdb4 -U baf89903-4688-4715-b6c2-0eae50bbf1e2

sudo mkswap -U baf89903-4688-4715-b6c2-0eae50bbf1e2 -L _swap /dev/sdb4 

sudo tune2fs /dev/mmcblk0p4 -U d1e20395-0b44-4a0e-8fd1-dbe82f92e161

sudo mkswap -U 6a1aa1b9-8c17-4705-9fdb-5f19c8ad4c0d -L _swap /dev/mmcblk0p3

new:
/dev/sdb1: UUID="FC4EC23A4EC1ED88" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-01"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="backup" UUID="5281ea6b-4852-49d1-8213-7ce2403bdb2e" TYPE="reiserfs" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="_/" UUID="eca45483-d548-4444-892d-0754f1d401bc" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-03"
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="_swap" UUID="baf89903-4688-4715-b6c2-0eae50bbf1e2" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="acdd9b22-04"

/dev/mmcblk0p1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="A9FE-A9FB" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="384b184b-01"
/dev/mmcblk0p2: LABEL="_/boot" UUID="f88f5f89-26b0-4a26-9219-a15c213b32c1" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="384b184b-02"
/dev/mmcblk0p3: LABEL="_swap" UUID="6a1aa1b9-8c17-4705-9fdb-5f19c8ad4c0d" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="384b184b-03"
/dev/mmcblk0p4: LABEL="_/" UUID="d1e20395-0b44-4a0e-8fd1-dbe82f92e161" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="384b184b-04"
/dev/mmcblk0: PTUUID="384b184b" PTTYPE="dos"

* How do I use Fedora ARM when I have no serial cable or display?

Though not recommended it is possible to use Fedora ARM without a serial cable or display. When doing so you may want to limit updates to reduce the possibility of not being able to boot. (This example is from a Fedora 22 system, you may need to adjust the mounts used).

USER= # your user account
sudo rm /run/media/$USER/__/etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/initial-setup-graphical.service  #only needed for Desktop images
sudo rm /run/media/$USER/__/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/initial-setup.service

sudo mkdir /run/media/$USER/__/root/.ssh/
cat /home/$USER/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | sudo tee -a /run/media/$USER/__/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
sudo chmod -R u=rwX,o=,g= /run/media/$USER/__/root/.ssh/

Give the system a few minutes to boot, when it obtains an IP you should be able to ssh to the root account.