Fedora 17 ARM GA

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of Fedora 17/ARM. Installable images, kernels, and tar files are now available for download from:

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/17/Images/

What is included in the GA release?

The GA release includes prebuilt images for Versatile Express (QEMU), Trimslice, Beagleboard xM, Pandaboard, Kirkwood Plugs, Highbank and iMX based hardware platforms. Prebuilt images with kernels that can be written directly to SD Card, USB, or SATA drive and booted without any additional steps or configuration. Additionally, separate kernels and tar balls are provided for those who wish to roll their own images.

Featured Images

Below is a list of currently supplied prebuilt images for the Fedora 17 ARM GA release.

Known Issues

Yum requires the system time be correct for HTTPS to function. If yum updates are not working check your clock.

Genesi Efika MX SmartTop generates a kernel warning on reboot and requires use of the reset button to actually reboot.

Versatile Express images require the kernel parameter 'physmap.enabled=0' be passed to boot correctly. This is included in the boot-vexpress and boot-vexpress+x scripts.

BeagleBoard-xM generates a kernel warning on reboot and requires use of the reset button to actually reboot.

The tar.xz rootfs archives do not preserve SELinux information or file capabilities. If you use these to create your own filesystem image it is recommended that you switch SELinux to use warnings instead of enforcing for first boot, then relabel and reinstall packages that rely upon filesystem capabilities such as glibc-common and ping.

Images are designed to be written to 2GB (console) or 4GB (xfce) SD cards. On first boot the partition will be resized to the maximum allowable amount. On the second boot the filesystem will be resized to fill the expanded partition. This works for SD cards, SATA Disks, and SSD drives.

Known release issues

Contributing to Fedora ARM

Please join us on the IRC in channel on Freenode or on our mailing list arm. For more information on common and known bugs or tips on how to report bugs please refer to the release notes:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/

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