PiCore 7 on Raspberry Pi3

[obi8]

Hello guys,

i try to install PiCore 7 on my raspberry pi3.
I download the zip file, unpack it and with dd put the .img file on the sd card.
If the pi boot i see only a rainbow picture and no more. I wait 10min but nothing perhaps.

I try it with ssh but i cant ping the pi.

Can any help to install PiCore on my Pi3?

[bmarkus]

Which piCore version? You need the latest 7.1beta

[patrikg]

Here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/7.x/armv6/test_releases/piCore-7.1beta3.zip

[jgrulich]

Doesn't mater if it is for arm6, or arm7, both are now the same.
The img file is working well on all Raspi versions included RPi3 without any additional modification.
Probably some issue with the SD card, use SDFormatter  with the "Format Size Adjustment" ON.
Than use dd, or better Win32DiskImager to create SD partitions.

[obi8]

Thx for your reply, i try it :-)

[fault-tolerant]

@obi8 you can download the original Raspbian image and copy the .dat, .elf, and .bin files (two-stage bootloader and memory mapping helper files) from it to your piCore SDCARD. This will do the trick. The reason is differences in memory mapping during the boot process between the two models.

[bmarkus]

@obi8 you can download the original Raspbian image and copy the .dat, .elf, and .bin files (two-stage bootloader and memory mapping helper files) from it to your piCore SDCARD. This will do the trick. The reason is differences in memory mapping during the boot process between the two models.

Do not need to copy over Raspbian boot files. piCore SD-card image comes with the proper files matching kernel used. Mixing up boot files and kernels may or may not cause issues.

piCore-7.1beta4 supports all RPi boards. Leave boot partition as it is!