{"id":123,"date":"2012-06-13T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opensource.wrenhill.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2017-01-15T11:17:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T10:17:04","slug":"running-redsleeve-on-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.wrenhill.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"RedSleeve on a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got an updated version of RedSleeve Linux (\u00a0http:\/\/www.redsleeve.org\/<\/a>\u00a0) running on the Raspberry Pi. RedSleeve Linux is an arm port of an OS like Centos :). This latest update now comes in two versions, one a basic command line setup while the other has a basic desktop available.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>it has been reported that these images do not work on the V2 Pi boards. <\/p>\n

As I don’t have one to test I suggest you try the alternative install method as outlined on the RedSleeve Wiki Page – http:\/\/wiki.redsleeve.org\/index.php\/Install_Rasperry_Pi<\/a><\/p>\n

\"redsleeve_desktop\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The way this was\u00a0achieved\u00a0was to take one of the current Raspberry Pi Debian images and replace the main partition from the rootfs currently available on the RedSleeve site.<\/p>\n

To simplify the process\u00a0I have prepared a couple of 2Gb card images that can get you started.<\/p>\n

They both contain a user account for ‘pi’ password ‘raspberry’ and the root account has a password of ‘redsleeve’. They will connect to a network using DHCP.<\/p>\n

Once logged in as ‘pi’ simply type ‘startx’ to fire up the desktop if you’re using the desktop version. It is optimised for using a monitor – if you use a TV and have overscan issues you need to edit \/boot\/config.txt and alter the line ‘disable_overscan=1’ to ‘disable_overscan=0’ and reboot.<\/p>\n

To use the desktop image (in linux) type:<\/p>\n

#dd if=\/source_directory\/raspi-redsleeve-gui-0.3.1.img.gz conv=noerror,sync bs=8M | gzip -dcf | dd of=\/dev\/sdf bs=8M<\/code><\/p>\n

Alter your source directory and SD card location (\/dev\/sdf) to suit. Be very careful to set the SD card location correctly, otherwise you could destroy a hard disk! Type ‘dmesg’ and you should see the SD card location at the end of the listing, if it was the last thing you plugged in.<\/p>\n

Alternatively you can use the fedora-arm-installer available here: <\/p>\n

http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Fedora_ARM_Installer<\/a><\/p>\n

You can download the images from here:<\/p>\n

raspi-redsleeve-cli-0.3.img.gz – 318Mb – Command Line version<\/p>\n

raspi-redsleeve-gui-0.3.1.img.gz – 537Mb – Desktop version<\/p>\n

There are also a ‘xz’ compressed versions if you can handle that – it contains the same images as above. <\/p>\n

raspi-redsleeve-cli-0.3.img.xz – 226Mb – Command Line version<\/p>\n

raspi-redsleeve-gui-0.3.1.img.xz – 359Mb – Desktop version<\/p>\n

2Gb is a bit limiting, but you can use gparted to resize the ext4 partition up to whatever your SD card will\u00a0accommodate.<\/p>\n

Now you can use yum to install all the stuff you want.<\/p>\n

Changes from 0.3 to 0.3.1<\/p>\n