Following my initial work to have Arch Linux ARM running on the Helios4 NAS, and after a lot of researches and help from Summers here on this forum and the Kobol Team that makes the NAS, I am very glad to announce that I have a reproducible way to create Arch Linux ARM image files for Helios4 NAS.
Here are two repositories that should allow you to enjoy all of this:
- * alarm-helios4-image-builder is a Bash script allowing to create an Arch Linux ARM image file ready to be written on a microSD card. The image contains the u-boot bootloader allowing to boot directly on it.
- * linux-helios4 is a PKGBUILD to make a Linux kernel package for Helios4. It is based on the linux-armv7 PKGBUILD and contains specific patches. Especially to make the second fan detected by the kernel. It is already included in the image file created by the Bash script.
The usual cautionary statement: please keep in mind that it is a work in progress. Use at your own risks. Read carefully the README files from those repositories. While I learned a lot by doing that, a lot of things were new to me, and there are probably mistakes to fix and improvements to bring.
Any feedback and help is welcome. I would greatly appreciate if skilled people could review the Bash script and the PKGUILD to point errors and bring advices.
Enjoy!