Howto install Devuan on RPi

  • Getting image from https://files.devuan.org/devuan_jessie_beta/ ending with 'armhf_raspi2.img'
  • dd if=<image-name.img> of=/dev/sdx
  • Good to know about that image...
  • SSH and root login is enabled: user 'root', password 'toor'
  • rpi-firmware is integrated! (Asked multiple times in #devuan on freenode, not yet documented)
  • /boot is not mounted automatically (reason?)
  • raspi-config is integrated, but...
    • coming from Raspbian and is maintained for systemd compatibility (since Debian Jessie); needs rewrite?!
    • Raspbian uses bash as default shell. Change '#!/bin/sh' to '#!/bin/bash' in '/usr/bin/raspi-config' to avoid errors
    • Needs lua: 'apt-get install lua5.1' to avoid errors

** Generate your own image **

  • with arm-sdk
  • additionally install package 'dosfstools'

** Special use cases, RPi with Devuan as...**