Hacking ARM desktop installer
Working around the desktop installer image requiring peripherals to complete.
Prerequisite
- network scanner e.g. nmap, arp-scan or ipscan
- ethernet connection
Raspberry Pi connected using ethernet
- Download desktop the image
- Write image to sd-card
- Insert image into your RPI
- Connect ethernet cable
- Power device
- Wait until the device settles - the green activity led becomes quiet
- Scan the network and locate the device IP
- Open an ssh connection to the device using oem as username and password
- Ensure the system is up-to-date with a current mirror and current metadata
- Remove the calamares oem installer
- Sync the command line oem installer
- Execute the oem setup script
- Done
Remote GUI
A headless system with a GUI desktop is useless unless you can access that desktop from elsewhere.
https://root.nix.dk/network-notes/tigervnc-over-ssh
Cross posted to Manjaro Forum