Pi-Star On Rock64?

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Pi-Star On Rock64?

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I have an old Rock64 computer sitting around and was curious if I could run pi-star and an MMDVM board. Anyone know if it can be done? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Pi-Star On Rock64?

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R-Pi's boot via the graphics processor, which then loads the main OS into RAM, configures the ARM processor system, and transferring control to the ARM system. Most other systems load through the main (unconfigured/raw) ARM system. That difference alone likely makes a Pi-Star image difficult to port.

It would probably be easier to build a Pi-Star equivalent starting from a minimal Debian Buster OS (no graphical user interface, just console logins), get (git?) the core of Pi-Star (MMDVMHost, ircDDBGateway, etc.) sources, then build them...

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Re: Pi-Star On Rock64?

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Thank you AF6VN, I was afraid of that.
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Re: Pi-Star On Rock64?

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Sorry you revive your dead post, but i am most curious if you tried this with any success in the Rock64.
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