Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Installing on RISC-V board using debootstrap

Re: Installing on RISC-V board using debootstrap

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:59:01 +0000

Maybe something here? https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/dis … vice-tree/

Re: Installing on RISC-V board using debootstrap

dummy@example.com (stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:15:18 +0000

for the convenience of other thread visitors

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/milk-v-jupiter-first-itx-risc-v-board-ive-tested

https://www.xda-developers.com/3-fun-projects-you-can-build-with-this-cool-risc-v-motherboard/

Installing on RISC-V board using debootstrap

dummy@example.com (pearmypie) — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:36:30 +0000

I own a Milk-V Jupiter. It's basically the same as a Banana PI F3, but with much worse software support. Due to the nature of RISC-V devboards, the Banana PI one is supported by Ubuntu and Fedora, but the Milk-V is only supported by the Chinese Vendor OS Bianbu Linux, which is fine for messing around but I don't fully trust it.

I want to use the distribution I like, Devuan. Can I use debootstrap to create a root filesystem and run my system as usual? is there a repository set up for that?

Compiling from scratch won't be a problem, if needed, I just need some good documentation:)
Thank you in advance for any help.