Arch Linux on Paperwhite2

[zxczxc]

cool, i'm not surprised i was wrong
so, this will guide will work or not?
thanks

[HisDudeness]

It's just a rough approch for chrooting into an ArchARM. There is nothing device specific yet. So I don't see why it shouldn't work

[Salah]

which one of those would be the correct to use on a kindle 4 ?
* i mean this -> http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/
*also does pacman work?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Salah

which one of those would be the correct to use on a kindle 4 ?
* i mean this -> http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/

None of the above - because of the lack of a proper keyboard on the K4.

[Salah]

Originally Posted by knc1

None of the above - because of the lack of a proper keyboard on the K4.

i can use ssh to access it using my phone so thats not a problem for me, or is it?
*my screen is still broken btw
*knc1 is there any irc channel where u usually chat??

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Salah

i can use ssh to access it using my phone so thats not a problem for me, or is it?
*my screen is still broken btw
*knc1 is there any irc channel where u usually chat??

Well, it is real hard for me to consider your use-case, when you don't mention what that use-case is.

Use one of the ARMv5 builds - they will run on any (recent) ARM device.

I seem to recall that the K4 uses an ARMv6 processor, but running an ARMv5 build is a more general (safe) solution.

Rarely, on the MR irc channel.
Too time-invasive for my usual day.

[Salah]

Originally Posted by knc1

Well, it is real hard for me to consider your use-case, when you don't mention what that use-case is.

Use one of the ARMv5 builds - they will run on any (recent) ARM device.

I seem to recall that the K4 uses an ARMv6 processor, but running an ARMv5 build is a more general (safe) solution.

Rarely, on the MR irc channel.
Too time-invasive for my usual day.

Sorry for not being too clear xD, so this guide should work right, ill just use the armv5 build.

# To get ArchARM running on your Paperwhite2, do the following:

# SSH into your Kindle, then:

mkdir /mnt/us/archlinux             # create a directory of your choice
cd /mnt/us/archlinux
mkdir os 			
dd if=/dev/zero of=arch.img seek=750000000 bs=1 count=1 	# create image container
mke2fs -F -t ext3 arch.img	        # create ext3 filesystem of image
mknod /dev/loop7 b 7 7		# create loop device
losetup /dev/loop7 arch.img	# set loop device to image
mount -t ext3 /dev/loop7 os/	# mount it
			

# download the latest ArchARM v7 into your os directory
# either with wget:
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz

# or over ssh with scp:
scp ~/Downloads/ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz root@192.168.2.2:/mnt/us/archlinux/os/ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz

# extract the tar and then remove it
tar xzf ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz
rm ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz

#mount some directories for arch:
mount -o bind /dev/ /mnt/us/archlinux/os/dev
mount -t proc proc proc/
mount --rbind /sys sys/
mount --rbind /dev dev/

# copy the DNS settings
cp /etc/resolv.conf etc/resolv.conf

# and chroot into arch:
chroot /mnt/us/archlinux/os /bin/bash

#now try to run 
pacman -Syu

#and if it starts updating, everything is fine =)

[knc1]

other than the changes to specific things, like archive name and IP addresses - -
that is the build procedure on just about anything.

[Salah]

Originally Posted by knc1

other than the changes to specific things, like archive name and IP addresses - -
that is the build procedure on just about anything.

seems like i got stuck here :/

[root@kindle archlinux]# dd if=/dev/zero of=arch.img seek=750000000 bs=1 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
[root@kindle archlinux]# ls
arch.img  os
[root@kindle archlinux]# mke2fs -F -t ext3 arch.img
mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
mke2fs: invalid blocks count - arch.img
[root@kindle archlinux]#

[knc1]

dd if=/dev/zero of=arch.img seek=750M count=1 #(write one byte at maximum file extent)

sudo losetup -f arch.img #(adapt file to be used as a device, using first free loop device)

sudo losetup -a #(find which loop device was assigned, assume here loop0)

sudo mke2fs -F -t ext3 /dev/loop0 #(Yes, you can format a sparse file used as loop mounted device)

OK - now you can use the file as a file system.

sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0 #(detach the file-to-device adaption)

sudo mount arch.img /mnt/tmp #(make the sub-directory mount point if required)

(The 'missing' steps in the above are provided by your distribution's automation.)