How to install vanilla Debian if I already have a booting kernel?

Orange Pi RK3399

By McTurbo
May 18, 2024 in Rockchip

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/39413-how-to-install-vanilla-debian-if-i-already-have-a-booting-kernel/

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McTurbo

Posted May 18, 2024

Posted May 18, 2024 (edited)

I have my RK3399-based device booting with my own working kernel and device tree. I want to erase the root partition and install Debian from one of the official ARM distros, but I'm not sure how to do this. Obviously, I can't just boot into the Debian installer like on an X86 machine. What I think I need is a root partition of a vanilla Debian install, because then I can just point U-boot to the root partition and Debian should boot (hopefully into an installer). What's the best way to proceed?

Edited May 18, 2024 by McTurbo

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