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## Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:04 pm

Hi,
Since yesterday I have a very little computer,calls orange pi. Can I install Refracta 8.2 on this computer,and if " yes" at the same way like at a big computer?
Thanks.
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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:38 pm

I do not understand this technology very well but I would say probably not because embedded images are a different animal. Devuan has a list of various embedded img. But I'm not seeing orange pi. Must be very new. Ping parazyd on freenode #devuan to ask if there is an image for the orange pi.
This just from parazyd:

> <parazyd> he should ask me yes
> <parazyd> i haven't made an image for the orangepi yet

Whether refracta tools can deal with embedded images is an unanswered question.
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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:05 pm

Orange pi h3 here. The refracta iso's are only for i386 and amd64. The pi is armhf. You can't use live-boot on this.
What I did was take a base Debian image, purge it of and blacklist *systemd*, convert to Devuan. Configured apt to not install "recommends" then using the package list from the Refracta iso:

Code:
  `for i in $(cat package_list); do
  echo -e "\n Installing $i.. \n" && apt install -y --force-yes $i |tee install.log;
  done`

Some packages will fail but done like that, the process will continue. The log will show the problem ones.
After coping over /home/user, /usr/share/themes and a few others it looks and behaves just like Refracta! With it's quad core and 1G RAM performance is quite good (except graphics acceleration, video playback is unusable).
Maybe one of us will do a proper armhf image at some point.
zadek

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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:10 pm

Hi,
Please take a look at this information,from the site of orangepi
The Orange Pi Plus 2E has a Raspberry Pi model B+ compatible 40-pin, 0.1" connector with several low-speed interfaces.
2x20 Header
1 3.3V 2 5V
3 PA12 (TWI0_SDA/DI_RX/PA_EINT12) 4 5V
5 PA11 (TWI0_SCK/DI_TX/PA_EINT11) 6 GND
7 PA6 (SIM_PWREN/PWM1/PA_EINT6) 8 PA13 (SPI1_CS/UART3_TX/PA_EINT13)
9 GND 10 PA14 (SPI1_CLK/UART3_RX/PA_EINT14)
11 PA1 (UART2_RX/JTAG_CK/PA_EINT1) 12 PD14
13 PA0 (UART2_TX/JTAG_MS/PA_EINT0) 14 GND
15 PA3 (UART2_CTS/JTAG_DI/PA_EINT3) 16 PC4
17 3.3V 18 PC7
19 PC0 (SPI0_MOSI) 20 GND
21 PC1 (SPI0_MISO) 22 PA2 (UART2_RTS/JTAG_DO/PA_EINT2)
23 PC2 (SPI0_CLK) 24 PC3 (SPI0_CS)
25 GND 26 PA21 (PCM0_DIN/SIM_VPPPP/PA_EINT21)
27 PA19 (PCM0_CLK/TWI1_SDA/PA_EINT19) 28 PA18 (PCM0_SYNC/TWI1_SCK/PA_EINT18)
29 PA7 (SIM_CLK/PA_EINT7) 30 GND
31 PA8 (SIM_DATA/PA_EINT8) 32 PG8 (UART1_RTS/PG_EINT8)
33 PA9 (SIM_RST/PA_EINT9) 34 GND
35 PA10 (SIM_DET/PA_EINT10) 36 PG9 (UART1_CTS/PG_EINT9)
37 PA20 (PCM0_DOUT/SIM_VPPEN/PA_EINT20) 38 PG6 (UART1_TX/PG_EINT6)
39 GND 40 PG7 (UART1_RX/PG_EINT7)
zadek

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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:16 pm

and this:
Manufacturer OrangePi
Dimensions 108mm x 67mm
Release Date May 2016
Website Orange Pi Plus 2E Product Page
Specifications
SoC H3 @ 1.3GHz[1]
DRAM 2GiB DDR3 @ 672MHz (H5TC4G83AFR-PBA)
NAND 16GB eMMC Flash (KLMAG2GEND-B031)
Power DC 5V @ 3A (4.0mm/1.7mm barrel plug - centre positive)
Features
Video HDMI (HDCP, CEC), CVBS
Audio 3.5 mm Jack, HDMI, Microphone
Network 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet (Realtek RTL8211E), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (Realtek RTL8189FTV)
Storage µSD, eMMC
USB 3 USB 2.0 Host, 1 µUSB 2.0 OTG
Other CIR
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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:58 am

What's the difference between the arm and x86 versions? Is it just the kernel?
What kind of storage is used for the OS? USB? SD? (I see it. mmc) I ask because the latest version of refractainstaller will detect and use mmc devices. I did that for testing, because I was adding support for nvme disks, and I don't have any nvme to test. Been curious to know if there are any uses for that addition with a pi.
dzz

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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:38 am

Different arch, different cpu, different kernel. Packages need to be compiled for it, on that platform or a suitably configured vm. Debian/Devuan have normal apt repos.
Uses micro-sd =< 64GB for the OS. Bootloaders like grub don't work nor will installers as we know them. You need to dd an image. There are also 3 normal usb ports, I don't know if you can do the OS from there.
Beyond that, not got to know it much yet. I have a van (RV) with photovoltaics, the pi will be mainly for off-grid use this summer (5 volts, ~10 watts or less).
zadek

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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:49 am

It uses " TF " to download and install distribution and it has 64 ...possessor,that is why i think i can easily install Refracta 8.3.
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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:14 pm

No, you can't run refracta on this device unless you do it the way dzz did it (or some similar way).
Also, in the future, if you want to ask how to do something, please post in the Help section. This section is for tutuorials, where you give instructions on how to do something. Thanks. (I will move this thread and your other one to the Help section later.)
zadek

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## Re: Refracta on orange pi plus 2 E

Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:18 pm

sorry.I will do that .
Thanks.
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