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Tiny Core Base => Raspberry Pi => Topic started by: Rabie on September 04, 2025, 09:08:05 AM

Title: Upgrading piCore 13 to run on Raspberry Pi 5
Post by: Rabie on September 04, 2025, 09:08:05 AM

Hi everyone,

A few years ago, I installed piCore version 13 on a Raspberry Pi 3, and it’s been working well for my setup.

Now I’ve purchased a Raspberry Pi 5 and I’d like to keep my existing system configuration without doing a full reinstallation of piCore.

Is there any way to upgrade piCore from version 13 to 15 or 16 so that it runs on the Raspberry Pi 5?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Title: Re: Upgrading piCore 13 to run on Raspberry Pi 5
Post by: Paul_123 on September 04, 2025, 01:31:55 PM

No automated way.  And doing it manually might result in a system that does not boot.

Your best bet is to create a new sdcard for the pi5, then copy things over.

Title: Re: Upgrading piCore 13 to run on Raspberry Pi 5
Post by: Rabie on September 05, 2025, 05:51:34 AM

Which version works best with the Pi5?
I’ve tried piCore64 as well as the 32-bit version, but I keep getting a “failed waitforX” error when I install xorg-3d.

Of course, I’ve installed graphics-6.6.47-piCore-v8.tcz (for 64-bit) and graphics-6.6.47-piCore-v7.tcz (for 32-bit), respectively.

What could be causing this issue?

Title: Re: Upgrading piCore 13 to run on Raspberry Pi 5
Post by: Juanito on September 05, 2025, 06:28:26 AM

piCore64 16.x is working fine for me on an RPi5 with Xorg-3d.

You need graphics-6.12.25-piCore-v8-16k.tcz with the RPi5 - if you use "tce-load -w graphics-KERNEL" from the command line, it will download the appropriate version.

Wayland also works fine and vulkan will work with both x11 and wayland.