On 09/02/21 11:29, Andrew Lowe wrote: > On 8/2/21 11:36 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I have a Pi 400, on which I'd like to install Gentoo if I can. I've >> tried a >> few approaches so far, but each one has fallen foul of some obstacle. For >> instance, today I tried installing a small Gentoo system into a >> chroot, to do >> the compiling there. It seemed to be going well until time came to >> upgrade >> openssl. It stopped when it couldn't cope with the ARM platform. Zlib >> also >> failed, needing static compilation, I think. >> >> I see references to using crossdev, wine and taking a prebuilt system >> from >> various sources, but I haven't found a way through yet. >> >> What setup do people use for compiling for Raspberry Pi? >> > > I'm about to try this: > > https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit > > for a couple of 3's and then some 4's when they turn up. Have you tried > it and it fails? > Bear in mind apparently a normal pi boot setup doesn't work on the 400. Don't know anything about it except apparently if you stick a card for the pi 3 or 4 in a 400, it won't boot. It needs to be optimised for the 400.
Cheers, Wol