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Slackware ARM 15.0 installer and packages for the Raspberry Pi 2

The SARPi2 installer image and packages has been created specifically for installing Slackware ARM 15.0 on the Raspberry Pi 2. The installer image includes an initramfs [cpio archive] which incorporates the kernel_sarpi2, kernel-headers-sarpi2, kernel-modules-sarpi2, sarpi2-boot-firmware, and sarpi2-hacks-2.0 packages. The SARPi installer image was built on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1 using a modified installer build script from the Slackware 15.0 repository on Slackware UK and from the official Raspberry Pi GitHub repository sources.

Additional Slackware ARM 15.0 packages

Additional supporting SARPi mini-projects, or any other needful purpose(s).

SARPi Project muse views ... This SARPi2 installer image was created on 2024-05-03 17:01:03 UTC and uses kernel 6.6.30.

This image is the Slackware ARM 15.0 [ARMv7] installer for the Raspberry Pi 2.

The SARPi Project is a Slackware community effort by individuals and not officially supported or endorsed by Slackware Linux, Inc. or Raspberry Pi Ltd.

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Slackware ARM 14.2 installer and system packages

The installer is available as a disk image (.xz) archive to decompress and write to a SD card. It's also available in a .zip archive format, containing all the necessary /boot files, which you can easily manage yourself.

Click on the filename to download the file. Click on 'md5' for the file checksum.

Slackware ARM installer Checksum
sarpi2-installer_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.img.xz md5
sarpi2-installer-boot_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.zip md5

System Packages
kernel_sarpi2-6.6.30-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5
kernel-headers-sarpi2-6.6.30-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5
kernel-modules-sarpi2-6.6.30-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5
sarpi2-boot-firmware-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5
sarpi2-hacks-2.0-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5

Linux kernel source package

This is the Linux kernel source code used to build the SARPi2 installer image and packages. Click on the package filename to download. Click on 'md5' for the file checksum.

Package Checksum Description
sarpi2-kernel-source-6.6.30-armv7-1_slack15.0_03May24_sp1.txz md5 SARPi2 Linux kernel 6.6.30 source pkg.

SARPi build log

A build log of the SARPi2 downloads which are available on this page can be viewed here: sarpi2.BuildLog-03May24.txt

SARPi file descriptions

• sarpi2-installer_slack15.0 - Slackware ARM 15.0 installer disk image archive (.xz) for the Raspberry Pi 2. The installer was constructed using a modified Slackware ARM initial RAM disk and Raspberry Pi GitHub repository sources. See the SARPi Slackware ARM Installation Guide [or the included README] for details on how to use this image for installing Slackware ARM on a Raspberry Pi 2.

• sarpi2-installer-boot_slack15.0 - Raspberry Pi 2 boot-firmware, Linux kernel, and initrd [initial RAM disk containing the Slackware ARM installer] compressed file (.zip) archive. They are exactly the same files as those within the sarpi2-installer_slack15.0 disk image (.xz) archive. The difference being that these files can be extracted and easily managed individually, without having to write the entire image to a SD card.

• kernel_sarpi2-6.6.30 - Linux kernel package for the Raspberry Pi 2. This Linux kernel has been prepared specifically for the Raspberry Pi 2 device using the official source from the Raspberry Pi GitHub repository.

• kernel-headers-sarpi2-6.6.30 - kernel headers package for the Raspberry Pi 2. Kernel headers are the include files from kernel_sarpi-6.6.30 which are used by userspace programs and required when compiling most system software for Linux.

• kernel-modules-sarpi2-6.6.30 - kernel modules package for the Raspberry Pi 2. Kernel modules are pieces of object code that can be dynamically loaded into the Linux kernel to provide new functions. A lot of these modules provide support for devices such Wi-Fi adapters, sound devices, and other hardware. You can select which modules you want to load by editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.

• sarpi2-boot-firmware - Closed source boot-firmware blobs package for the Raspberry Pi 2. These blobs are essential for booting the RPi2 device successfully. This boot-firmware was prepared specifically for the RPi2 device using the official source from the Raspberry Pi GitHub repository.

• sarpi2-hacks-2.0 - Fixes/modifications for Slackware ARM on a Raspberry Pi 2. See the sarpi-hacks.README for further details.

• sarpi2-kernel-source-6.6.30 - Linux kernel source used for building the kernel for the SARPi2 installer and packages. This source includes the appurtenant kernel .config file used during the build process.

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Updated: 2024-05-03 21:45:01 UTC

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