Possible to update packages in chroot using x86_64

[rbuffat]

After following the RPI3 guide to install arch on an sdcard using ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz the raspberry pi will not boot because potentially e2fsprogs is too old (the sd card was formatted from an up-to-date Arch system). See also viewtopic.php?f=67&t=16388 / https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... ug=1031622

As ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz is from August 2022, is it possible to chroot into the Arch install on the sdcard from a x86_64 and update e2fsprogs? I would assume there would be some emulation of the aarch64 architecture necessary?

[graysky]

Do you have another ArchARM box running aarch64 you can use? If so, chroot into the image from that and update. Maybe I am misunderstanding the problem.

EDIT: wait, if the problem is that the current x86_64 version of e2fsprogs formats to media with some incompatible flags (I recall this was true in the past for ODROID-C2 at some point), you can either figure out if there is a switch to disable the FEATURE_C12 thing, or you can downgrade e2fsprogs on x86_64, (use ALA), then format and create the image.

[rbuffat]

Thanks for your quick answer! That's actually something I didn't think of. I indeed have a RPI4 that's booting from USB. I will try if I can use it to fix this issue.

[graysky]

OK, so you're chrooting into the new image (from 2022) to update it from yoru RPi4/aarch64 box, yes? Let me know if that solves your boot problem.

[robg]

This worked for me: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#C ... rom_x86_64

[rbuffat]

I chrootet into the sdcard using the pi4 and executed the following commands:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
pacman -Suy
')

And now the pi3 boots successfully. But in retrospect, I'm not sure if it was safe to run pacman -Suy (e.g. regarding firmware). Thanks graysky and robg for your help!