NanoPi web site

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Install to a micro SD card

Replace sdX in the following instructions with the device name for the SD card as it appears on your computer.

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone --depth=1 http://github.com/RoEdAl/nanopi-fuse.git
   cd nanopi-fuse
   

2. Start npfuse.sh script to create partitions and install bootloader onto the SD card:

   ./npfuse.sh /dev/sdX
   

3. Create and mount the FAT filesystem:

   mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1
   mkdir boot 
   mount /dev/sdX1 boot
   

4. Create and mount the ext4 filesystem:

   mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2
   mkdir root
   mount /dev/sdX2 root
   

5. Download and extract the root filesystem:

   wget http://github.com/RoEdAl/nanopi-fuse/releases/download/v1/ArchLinuxARM-NanoPi-latest.tar.xz
   bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-NanoPi-latest.tar.xz -C root
   sync
   

6. Move boot files to the first partition:

   mv root/boot/* boot
   

7. Unmount the two partitions:

   umount boot root
   

8. Initialize swap partition:

   mkswap /dev/sdX3
   

9. Insert the SD card into the NanoPi and apply power.

10. Use the serial console, or connect via micro USB to your computer for ssh as detailed below.

    • Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm.
    • The default root password is root.

Host Communication

Arch Linux ARM has configured the rootfs with g_cdc which presents as a usb ethernet on the host. The device is configured with the static IP 10.0.0.1/24. A simple DHCP server is running (dhcpd4 service) so your machine should obtain IP address automatically.

NanoPi as DHCP client

• Create /etc/systemd/network/70-gadet-frienlyarm.network file with the following content:

  # systemd-networkd .network profile for gadget-firendlyarm
  [Match]
  Name=usb0
  
  [Network]
  DHCP=ipv4
  

• Disable dhcpd4 service:

  systemctl disable dhcpd4
  

Attaching NanoPi to local network via OpenWrt

It should be easy to attach your NanoPi to local network if you have OpenWrt router with USB port:

On the NanoPi side:

• Configure your NanoPi as DHCP client

On the router (host) side:

• Install kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether kernel module:

  opkg install kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether
  

• Attach usb0 device to lan bridge in /etc/config/network configuration file:

  config interface lan
      ....
      option ifname '... usb0'
      option type bridge
      ....
  

Bluetooth Activation

To load BT firmware run ap6210bt@1 service (disabled by default):

rfkill unblock bluetooth
systemctl start ap6210bt@1

BFQ Storage-I/O Scheduler

Budget Fair Queueing (BFQ) Storage-I/O Scheduler is already compiled into kernel. You can enable it by elevator kernel command line parameter. In /boot/nanoboot.txt (first FAT partition) change:

elevator=noop

to

elevator=bfq