install debian on pbp

[jsch]

Hello

I would like to create a how-to file. If there is a usb-ethernet adapter available, then the steps could look like this:

source files
bullseye

Code:

wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz

bookworm

Code:

wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz

create img file

Code:

zcat firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz partition.img.gz  > complete_pbp_image.img

write installer on micro-SD
identify device name of micro-SD

Code:

lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
...
sdd      8:48   1   7.4G  0 disk
└─sdd1   8:49   1 130.5M  0 part

write to micro-SD

Code:

sudo dd if=complete_pbp_image.img of=/dev/sdd bs=4k status=progress oflag=sync

boot pbp from micro-SD
boot and install on eMMC

firmware
add non-free

Code:

sudo sed --in-place -e 's/ main$/ main non-free/' /etc/apt/sources.list

install

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-brcm80211 firmware-misc-nonfree raspi-firmware

• firmware-brcm80211 holds some wifi firmware -- is this required?
  
• raspi-firmware holds brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin
  
• firmware-misc-nonfree holds rockchip firmware
  

If no usb-ethernet adapter is available, what are the necessary steps?
Would it suffice to download them, copy them to an usb stick and mount the latter on pbp?

[steeb]

I've been just chroot-ing in and installing additional packages.

[steeb]

As an aside, the raspi-firmware package causes all sorts of errors in `apt` once it is installed - I've been skipping these firmware installs and simply copying firmware I found in a Kali Linux support thread to the correct location, which appears to get WiFi & bluetooth functioning perfect!

https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scrip...1069959116

[Invictvs]

Hello

I would like to create a how-to file. If there is a usb-ethernet adapter available, then the steps could look like this:

source files
bullseye

Code:

wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz

bookworm

Code:

wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz

create img file

Code:

zcat firmware.pinebook-pro-rk3399.img.gz partition.img.gz  > complete_pbp_image.img

write installer on micro-SD
identify device name of micro-SD

Code:

lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
...
sdd      8:48   1   7.4G  0 disk
└─sdd1   8:49   1 130.5M  0 part

write to micro-SD

Code:

sudo dd if=complete_pbp_image.img of=/dev/sdd bs=4k status=progress oflag=sync

boot pbp from micro-SD
boot and install on eMMC

firmware
add non-free

Code:

sudo sed --in-place -e 's/ main$/ main non-free/' /etc/apt/sources.list

install

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-brcm80211 firmware-misc-nonfree raspi-firmware

• firmware-brcm80211 holds some wifi firmware -- is this required?
  
• raspi-firmware holds brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin
  
• firmware-misc-nonfree holds rockchip firmware
  

If no usb-ethernet adapter is available, what are the necessary steps?
Would it suffice to download them, copy them to an usb stick and mount the latter on pbp

Cool: I just ordered mine Pro, in the meanwhile I am playing with Manjaro xfce in my Linux Box: By the moment I prefer Debian. I will follow your post here to install Debian once my Pro will arrive.

[cz89]

Thank you so much for writing this. It really helped.

I have found, though, that installing 'firmware-misc-nonfree' breaks suspend on my Pinebook Pro. Have you noticed that? Suspend works fine without installing it and everything else seems to be working fine without it as well.

[cz89]

Thank you so much for writing this. It really helped with my installation.

I did find, however, that installing 'firmware-misc-nonfree' broke suspend on my Pinebook Pro. After installing the package, it seemed like the PBP could go to sleep but wouldn't wake up and I'd have to do a hard shutdown to recover. Have you noticed that?

Without installing the package, everything appears to work as expected including suspend/wake.