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Reinstallation Arch Linux ARM from scratch - victor_yeh - 11-05-2025
I have a Pine64 PineTab2 device. I have accidentally destroyed the Linux kernel on it, and there is no way to boot into Linux. However, I can access U-Boot. What should I do to install Arch Linux ARM with U-Boot only?
By the way, I am not familiar to U-Boot commands. Are there any suggestions for installing Arch Linux ARM? (especially U-Boot commands)
RE: Reinstallation Arch Linux ARM from scratch - rth - 11-22-2025
(11-05-2025, 11:17 PM)victor_yeh Wrote: I have a Pine64 PineTab2 device. I have accidentally destroyed the Linux kernel on it, and there is no way to boot into Linux. However, I can access U-Boot. What should I do to install Arch Linux ARM with U-Boot only?
By the way, I am not familiar to U-Boot commands. Are there any suggestions for installing Arch Linux ARM? (especially U-Boot commands)
Funny, I'm trying to do the same, and so far, I've found that there are a few packages that are missing.
In the original factory image there are these pancakes which I can't find in `pacman` or `yay`
```
pacman -Q | grep pine
device-pine64-pinetab2 0.2-5
linux-pinetab2 6.16.9.danctnix1-1
uboot-pinetab2 2025.07-1
```
It seems there is no way to build the system without them.