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This guide contains an overview of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm
on the Raspberry Pi* platform and will guide you through the setup proce-
dure.
Contents
1 Platform overview 2
2 Installation 8
3 First boot 11
6 Product documentation 24
7 Trademarks 25
8 Legal notice 25
FIGURE 1: OVERVIEW OF THE RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B CONNECTORS, © EFA / ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA / CC BY-SA 3.0
CPU
The Broadcom BCM2837 SoC includes a quad-core Arm* Cortex*-A53 Application Proces-
sor supporting the Armv8 32-bit and 64-bit instruction sets. With the default configuration,
it is clocked up to 1.2 GHz.
RAM
1024 MiB DDR2 memory mounted on the back of the board.
Graphics
Broadcom* VideoCore* IV providing OpenGL* ES 2.0 support. Displays can be connected
over HDMI*, composite (TRRS jack), or MIPI* DSI* (ribbon cable).
Ethernet
A USB Ethernet controller on the board provides 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet (Model B) or
10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet with a maximum throughput of 300 Mbit/s (Model B+).
WLAN
Storage
The microSDHC card slot allows for a memory card to be inserted as the primary boot
medium.
Power
The Raspberry Pi 3's main power source is the Micro USB connector. If your Raspberry Pi
comes with a power supply, it is recommended to use the bundled power supply only.
USB
A total of four USB 2.0 ports are available.
Connectors
A 0.1 inch multi-function pin header is also available. Note that not all functionality of
this header is exposed in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm 15 SP4.
Boot process
In Raspberry Pi OS, the kernel is loaded directly. This is not supported by SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for Arm, where the U-Boot boot loader is used to provide an EFI boot
environment. A GRUB2 EFI binary is chain-loaded to provide a graphical boot screen.
1.2.2 YaST
YaST is the installation and configuration framework for SUSE Linux Enterprise. It is popular
for its ease of use, flexible graphical interfaces and the capability to customize your system
quickly during and after installation. YaST can be used to configure your entire system: You can
When started, YaST shows an overview of available modules (Figure 3, “The YaST control center”).
Simply click an icon to open a module.
1.2.3 Zypper
Zypper is the package manager for SUSE Linux Enterprise. It is the tool for installing, updating,
and removing packages and for managing repositories.
The general syntax for Zypper invocations is:
Installing a package
Removing a package
# zypper patch
1.2.4 Limitations
For other limitations refer to the online version of the Release Notes at [Link]
releasenotes/aarch64/SUSE-SLES/15-SP4/ .
Latest available image of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm for the Raspberry Pi
1. Open the downloaded image using Easy 7-Zip. Extract the le content into a directory
with sufficient free space.
2. Run Win32 Disk Imager and select the extracted le as Image File. Then, choose the correct
drive letter as Device. Click Write to start the procedure.
Latest available image of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm for the Raspberry Pi
1. Open Finder at the location where the downloaded image is stored. Use the Open With
selection to choose The Unarchiver instead of the default Archive utility and extract the
content into a directory with sufficient free space.
3. Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX , where X is the disk number from the previous
step.
3 First boot
To boot the Raspberry Pi from the prepared microSD, insert the card into the card slot, then
connect a display, an Ethernet cable, a USB keyboard, and a mouse. Power the Raspberry Pi. If
everything works, you should see text on the screen.
During the rst boot, the system expands to make use of the entire storage card. This operation
may take a while.
The minimal JeOS image comes without language selection. After the assistant finishes, you will
be able to install and select your system locale. You can start JeOS First Boot Assistant at any
time using the jeos-config command.
1. First, the keyboard layout needs to be configured. Use the arrow keys or rst letter and
select OK.
3. Select the time zone by using the arrow keys or rst letter.
5. You will be asked to provide a root password now. Do not forget what you enter here, as
you will need it for administration.
8. Select OK to continue.
9. Finally, you are offered the option to configure a wireless network. If you have a wired
Ethernet connection, you can skip this step by selecting No.
b. Select the authentication method for the wireless network and proceed with OK.
If you chose to skip configuration of wireless networks or if you fully completed their configu-
ration, the JeOS First Boot Assistant will exit. The system continues to boot to a login prompt.
You can now log in with root user and the password you chose earlier.
You can initially register your system with the SUSEConnect tool. Afterwards you can also make
use of the YaST Product Registration module.
After you have obtained a registration code from a subscription card, you need to activate
your subscription on the SUSE Customer Center at:
[Link]
1. Log in to the SUSE Customer Center using a browser on another machine. Create an ac-
count if required:
5. Confirm the subscription activation and the organization assignment. Click Activate:
This may take a few moments. Afterwards you will have access to online repositories for in-
stalling more packages, as described in Section 1.2.3, “Zypper”.
Later sections may assume you have installed YaST for system configuration:
# zypper in glibc-locale
1. Open the YaST network module either by running yast2 lan or clicking the network
icon in the YaST control center.
4. Click OK to save the change. After YaST exits, you need to log out and in again.
1. Open the YaST network module either by running yast2 lan or clicking the network
icon in the YaST control center.
2. In YaST, you will see the network interface being selected. Select the built-in Ethernet and
choose Edit to open the address configuration.
4. With a static network configuration, you will also need to specify a DNS server (if applic-
able) and a gateway. For the gateway, select Routing in the tab bar and enter the IPs of
the gateways into the specific elds.
5. The DNS server is set in the Hostname/DNS tab. After choosing that tab, enter the IPs of
the name servers into the respective Name Server elds.
Similarly to the procedure described above, YaST also lets you configure the built-in Wi-Fi net-
work adapter.
For detailed information about the network configuration in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
Arm, consult the respective sections of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Deployment and Admin-
istration guides at [Link] .
5.1 Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm for the Raspberry Pi 15 GA had packages for a minimal
X11 desktop (IceWM) preinstalled.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm for the Raspberry Pi 15 SP4 comes as a tiny text-based
appliance, allowing you to install any available desktop of your choice or none for headless
usage. Should you want to recreate the package selection of the previous images, a pattern
x11_raspberrypi is provided for convenience.
If not done already, you will need to enable the Desktop Applications Module. Assuming you have
registered the base product already, as described in Section 3.2, “Registration process”, the fastest
way to enable the module is:
# SUSEConnect -p sle-module-desktop-applications/15.4/aarch64
Registering system to SUSE Customer Center
5.2 Bluetooth
Raspberry Pi 3 and later have a Bluetooth* controller on-board that can be used for various
purposes, such as wireless keyboards, mice, or audio devices.
To use the bluetooth controller, install the bluez package:
6 Product documentation
This introduction only covered the most basic tasks.
7 Trademarks
For SUSE trademarks, see [Link] . All other third-party trade-
marks are the property of their respective owners. Trademark symbols (®, ™ etc.) denote trade-
marks of SUSE and its affiliates. Asterisks (*) denote third-party trademarks.
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