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


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