Sam460LE - linux Debian / Ubuntu instalation questions

I am playing with Debian 8 + LXDE, all works fine with HD6870. Thanks all for help.

I tried to upgrade Debian to newer version according the smarkusg's advice:
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With no success:
upgrade to Debian 10 Buster: last Spectre660's kernel is 4.9.38 and Debian 10 Buster needs 4.19.
upgrade to Debian 9 Stretch: need kernel 4.9 ( so Spectre660's kernel is probably modern enough ), but powerpc repository missing both in snapshot.debian.org and archive.debian.org.

In this post smarkusg used kernel 5.10, which is modern enough to upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

Please, do anybody have this kernel 5.10 for Sam460? Or, do you know where I can contact smarkusg?
Or, like the last resort, please, does anyone have a tutorial on how to compile a kernel, more for blondes than in the advice: from smarkusg?

@sailor

Maybe you can try on his github (https://github.com/smarkusg) and see if he replies.

@jabirulo
thank you for very much advice.
Unfortunately smarkusg has no email visible, and via github is not possible to sent private messages.

I hope he sometimes look again to this forum and check my PM.

I would like to take a look to Linux on my SAM460LE too, and I tried the iso of debian jessie netinstall. I would like to install debian in a bootable ssd card.

The installation holds before to start at this point,


Any suggestion?

To be honest, I would like to try Ubuntu-Mate but as I understood the redepositories are no more available, correct?

@MazinKaesar

Not sure as it was loooong ago I tried linux on my SAM460ex, but only internal video was working, maybe "updated" kernels allows ATI cards (don't know if hd6000 hd5000...) but not "modern" HD/RX models.

it's an old page I made, so maybe isn't valid nowdays such instructions: https://jabirulo.byethost13.com/sam460ex/
based in http://www.locati.it/mario/sam460/squeeze/#installation_steps

Have you tried what salior posted "I am playing with Debian 8 + LXDE, all works fine with HD6870. Thanks all for help"
https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... id=152111#forumpost152111

Ok thank you - I thought it was simpler '^_^

@MazinKaesar

You should use this image Sam460ex_Debian_Jessie-3.iso

manually change installer repo - see post #2.

after installation you should use this script from post #5.

@sailor
using this iso I get the situation I reported.

No matters, I think I will not take care about anymore.

@jabirulo

My actual videocard is a R7 250, so if I downgrade to HD 6570 maybe I can install Linux without any other(major) issues?

Maybe some generous person could see fit to make an ISO image with those patches and updates already applied

@NinjaCyborg

I would like to create this updated iso, I thnk we can start from this one, http://www.xenosoft.de/Sam460ex_Debian_Jessie-3.iso and apply some patches including a new kernel, correct?