Looking for a 64-bit version of Linux for the Raspberry Pi 4.
I'm aware that support under Ubuntu Mate is in the works, apparently Ubuntu Server works but it limited to using 1 GB of RAM.
Are there any other options that are working now?
Looking for a 64-bit version of Linux for the Raspberry Pi 4.
I'm aware that support under Ubuntu Mate is in the works, apparently Ubuntu Server works but it limited to using 1 GB of RAM.
Are there any other options that are working now?
As of September 2019, the following 64-bit operating systems run on a Raspberry Pi 4:
The above list is by no means exhaustive because there have been many one-off 64-bit experiments ("Hey, it boots") starting shortly after Pi 4's release.
After all, the procedure for tweaking an existing distro into a 64-bit Pi 4 compatible one has not changed. Just like with a Pi 3 or Pi 2 v1.2, copying over the kernel and kernel modules from a working system will usually result in a configuration that boots*.
In terms of quality and support, the situation with Raspberry Pi 4, Buster, kernel 4.19+, and 64-bit is better than it had been with Pi 3B+ and Stretch. This time it is actually possible to access the SoC camera in Fake KMS mode. Gentoo has been listed first for its active userbase and it was the first to provide fixes for accessing 4 GB of memory and V3D acceleration.
Note that for distros without an arm64 userland (e.g. Raspbian + 64-bit kernel), additional steps are necessary to run 64-bit programs. This can be done via static compilation, containers (LXC, systemd-nspawn), or chroot. The last option has proven to be the most straightforward:
sudo apt install -y debootstrap schroot
cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/schroot/chroot.d/pi64
[pi64]
description=V3D arm64 testing
type=directory
directory=/srv/chroot/pi64
users=pi
root-groups=root
profile=desktop
personality=linux
preserve-environment=true
EOF
sudo debootstrap --arch arm64 /srv/chroot/pi64
sudo schroot -c pi64 -- apt install -y mesa-utils sudo
schroot -c pi64
Then continue to install more arm64 programs or run them inside the chroot:
(pi64)pi@raspberrypi:~ $ glxgears
* One pitfall specific to Pi 4 is that fake KMS with VC6 requires a very recent build of Mesa, so an initial workaround is to edit config.txt
to switch to legacy mode.
I used this image succesfully: https://jamesachambers.com/raspberry-pi-ubuntu-server-18-04-2-installation-guide/ Only had to make some changes in the /boot/firmware/config.txt. I used a 7" touchscreen.
/boot/firmware/config.txt
? This would improve your answer a lot.
– Ingo
Sep 12 at 10:19
There's already a full 64bits Kali linux available with support of all the 4Gb ram memory : https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/#1493408272250-e17e9049-9ce8 For memory, kali is a debian with security check pre-installed packages/app, it is based on the debian unstable branch, but from tests I made, you can also "convert" it to the debian testing branch (= the next debian release). If you want to have a try on it, here's the rpi 2 3 & 4 img file of Kali Linux RaspberryPi (2 (v1.2), 3 and 4 64-Bit) : https://images.offensive-security.com/arm-images/kali-linux-2019.3-rpi3-nexmon-64.img.xz another thread related to running a 64 os on the RPI 4 is here, and could interest anyone looking for a 64 bit os (it's on the dietpi forum, for memory dietpi is a very small debian/raspbian os (available to flash as an img or installable through a shell script to reduce and remove a lot of useless packages, allowing you to install ONLY what you really need)) : https://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6065&start=30
I offer the following procedure on how to install Ubuntu 19.10 on a Pi4
I got most of the following information from the following youtube site Give it a listen because it is quite accurate in the part it covers. The only missing piece was how to configure a network on the Pi4 that has virtually no network tools installed.
This procedure will be self contained with outside references where necessary for clarity or additional reading.
The procedure consists of 7 sections:
Now for the details on how to do this:
Note:
You can get raspberry pi 64 bit image on github. PI64 os Or you can check out following discussion on stackoverflowRpi 64bit Os. I hope these links are helpful for you.
Are there any other options that are working now?
The image https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi works for RPi4 1GB & 2GB models but needs a patch for the 4GB model to work at only 3GB memory limit allocation.