Installation¶
SBC hardware
The generic installation documentation focuses on platforms with ISO boot support. Installing RKOS on SBC hardware like the Raspberry Pi might require a manual installation.
The provided boot images contain scripts for installing RKOS on a local block device. The system needs to be booted from the downloaded RKOS image. Most RKOS images are provided with the two kernel flavors lts and stable. It is recommended to use the lts kernel flavor, use standard if you need to support new hardware or triage kernel bugs.
Software Installation¶
The rkos-bootable script cann be used to install RKOS. Be aware that this script will wipe any content on the target disk. The script will create the following GPT partitioning scheme after wiping the disk:
| ID | Size | Type | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1MiB | BIOS Boot | bios_grub |
| 2 | 128MiB | EFI System | efi |
| 3 | 4GiB | VFAT | rkos-sys-1 |
| 4 | 4GiB | VFAT | rkos-sys-2 |
| 5 | VFAT | rkos-config |
Reboot¶
After installing the software the system needs to be rebooted into the local installation. Remove the install media before rebooting to prevent confusion.