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Gentoo on Pogoplug v4
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Gentoo on Pogoplug v4

Little how-to, written to remember later

Cheating: For now first step is to get Arch Linux ARM running on Cubieboard. SSH into Arch install, update u-boot.

Download stage 3 ARMv5tel https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/#arm

sudo fdisk /dev/sdX

  • +-150M, boot partition, needed for kernels etc.; type: b W95 FAT32 sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdX1 -n BOOT
  • rest; type: 83 Linux sudo mkfs.btrfs -f -L Gentoo /dev/sdX2 -n 4096

sudo mkdir /mnt/gentoo

sudo mount -o async /dev/sdX2 /mnt/gentoo async may improve or degrade performance

sudo tar -C /mnt/gentoo -xf stage3-armv5tel-*.tar.bz2

sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/gentoo/boot

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