After the Debian Wheezy armel image I made a new one based on Raspbian armhf. This one is compiled with hard float support, so basically floating point operations are MUCH faster because they are done in hardware instead of software emulation 
Features include:
- A minimal Raspbian Wheezy installation (similar to a netinstall)
- Hard Float binaries: floating point operations are done in hardware instead of software emulation, that means higher performances
- Disabled incremental updates, means apt-get update is much faster
- Workaround for a kernel bug which hangs the Raspberry Pi under heavy network/disk loads
- 3.6.11+ hardfp kernel with latest raspberry pi patches
- Latest version of the firmwares
- Fits 1GB SD cards
- A very tiny 118MB image: even with a 2GB SD there is a lot of free space
- ssh starts by default
- The clock is automatically updated using ntp
- IPv6 support
- Just 14MB of ram usage after the boot
Here is the link to download my custom image:
http://files2.linuxsystems.it/raspbian_wheezy_20140726.img.7z – London, UK
Checksum MD5: 1be9af7fcec38c7238229edf1c5cdb3c
Mirrors:
7zip: md5sum(1be9af7fcec38c7238229edf1c5cdb3c) – File size: 144MB
http://mirrors.node1.hadrill.org.uk/darkbasic/raspbian_wheezy_20140726.img.7z – Amsterdam, Netherlands (1)
https://debianer.puppis.uberspace.de/files/RaspberryPi/raspbian_wheezy_hardfp_20140726.img.7z – Frankfurt, Germany
You will have to extract the image with p7zip:
7za x raspbian_wheezy_20130923.img.7z
Then flash it to your SD with dd:
dd bs=1M if=raspbian_wheezy_20130923.img of=/dev/sdX
Finally, if you have an sd larger than 1GB, grow the partition with gparted (first move the swap partition at the end).
The root password is raspberry.
You will have to reconfigure your timezone after the first boot:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
The keyboard layout:
dpkg-reconfigure console-data
And the localization:
dpkg-reconfigure locales
It’s done, I hope you will enjoy it.
Inspired by darkbasic I created a bare minimum image with the lastest firmware and kernel. Anyone is welcome to try it out. Be warned! Very little testing…it works on my card.
uname -r
3.6.11+
/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
Dec 17 2012 21:00:25
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 358397 (release)
username: pi
password: raspberry
77MB image
Either link should work.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mzrifq4b4tdyikc/drazbian-12-20-12.tar.gz
http://www.mediafire.com/?mzrifq4b4tdyikc
extract
tar xzvf drazbian-12-20-12.tar.gz
flash it to your card.
dd bs=1M if=drazbian.img of=/dev/sdX
Hi DraZtik,
I want to test your version, but the third partition is corrupt.
I test to re-download many times but nothing happens.
Thanks
I removed the old file and upped a new one. let me know
http://www.mediafire.com/?xeptx6e3d8wtzca
image won#t work for me…
i got everytime a:
PANIC: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,3)
tested with different sd-cards.
Sorry guys. I just downloaded it and there werre issues with it. Somehow while creating the .img it got corrupt.
Two options…if you would like you can repair the current file by mounting and running fsck or redownload a new file.
new file…
http://www.mediafire.com/?xeptx6e3d8wtzca
I reformatted a card and tested it so let me know.
Again sorry for the trouble.
updated
http://www.mediafire.com/?3fireaa8tc4k7mz
Thanks for your efforts! I’m having troubles booting. Downloaded just fine, wrote it to my 8GB card but nothing happens when i try to connect via SSH. I run it headless. Am I doing something wrong?
Same as Jsacs’. I downloaded it, transferred it to my SD card, but it won’t boot. Same procedure in same SD card with Moebius’ image works flawlessly.
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
Thanks!
How can I get the raspi-config?
thx, the new image is working fine…
(i´d just to reconfigure eth0… 😉 )
regards mad
dont work for me . put on a memstick using win32diskimager , pi wont boot .
shame as this is just what i needed .
mikie
Hey,
It turns out, it boots. I plugged it in my tv, and it works very well. Maybe there is no ip… SSH dont work…?
Hey guys…I can’t specify an IP as everyones network is different, so it is set to DHCP. You will never be able to troubleshoot without a monitor connected so I have no idea how to help you. And yes SSH is enabled by default.
If you need to know the IP your DHCP server issued to the PI you can log into your router/DHCP server or issue command “sudo ifconfig” and your IP will be listed under “eth0″. Afterwards you can SSH in and modify /etc/network/interfaces to suit your needs.
Updated the image so here is the latest link. http://www.mediafire.com/?esyxe2gr8icc5mq
of course pi/raspberry is the user/pass.
Networking does not work for me – eth0 is not there
u have to edit /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. delete the line for eth0, and rename eth1 in the last line in eth0…this should solve your prob… 😉
regards mad
tried drazbian-3.6.11.img , it boots but no ssh running .
no good for headless setup .
shame again .
please point to a working headless minimal image or where i can make one on a win pc .
thanks mikie
works fine used hexxehs script to upgrade kernel to 3.6.11+
everything is fine exept there are no diffrent start.elf files for memory allocation
Try this for the ones with network issues.
http://www.mediafire.com/?o8fpar6uetqd1cq
Hey guys; I’m very new to Raspbian “wheezy”, I’m using the Raspberry PI board, my target is to write applications that runs on it and allows me to use the UART port found on it, I need your support to tell me what software tool shall I use to write code and what documentation shall I read to know what to do.
Thank you all
Mina
@darkbasic
great img, thanks.
just one poroblem while trying to mount any hdd
root@raspberry-pi:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 31.9 GB, 31914983424 bytes
4 heads, 32 sectors/track, 486984 cylinders, total 62333952 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ee283
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 2048 155647 76800 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 155648 3520511 1682432 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p3 3520512 3911679 195584 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
81 heads, 63 sectors/track, 191411 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
äUnits = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xebafddef
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 976773167 488385560 83 Linux
root@raspberry-pi:~# mount -t ntfs -o rw /dev/sda1 /storage
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:554 kmod_search_moddep: could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.2.27+/modules.dep.bin'
fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
root@raspberry-pi:~# modprobe fuse
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:554 kmod_search_moddep: could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.2.27+/modules.dep.bin'
maybe you can help me...
Can you try with a depmod -a?
(…)
/dev/sda1 2048 976773167 488385560 83 Linux
root@raspberry-pi:~# mount -t ntfs -o rw /dev/sda1 /storage
(…)
It seems that you try to mount an ext partition as ntfs. This might have been the cause of your problems.
Try: mount /dev/sda1 /storage
hi,
thanks for the wonderfull image you provided.
I do have a problem. maybe or maybe not related to the image.
after a clean install of the image and running the following command:
sudo apt-get install subversion cmake build-essential libssl-dev libpcsclite1 libpcsclite-dev dialog
it is installing for some time. but sudden the complete rasberry stoppes. no network and only the PWR control LED is on.
it maybe even nothing to do with the commands i am running but simply the load.
what do you think?
thanks in advance for all the help.
david
TeamZeroFar,
see whether execution of command “depmod -a” as root will help
@DraZtiK: great work.
i’am using your image without a desktop environment for pyload, nginx and owncloud
peter
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
@DraZtiK
you only have to remove “persistent-net-rules” file in /etc/udev… where mac addresses are stored before dumping hole sd to imagefile
so next(first) reboot they were rewritten by system..
but great work…
grelias
My last link from Jan. 13 does exactly that.
[…] http://www.linuxsystems.it/2012/06/raspbian-wheezy-armhf-raspberry-pi-minimal-image/ […]
Downloaded the “raspbian_wheezy_20120608.img.7z”. I used 7-zip
and extrated with an .img file (raspbian_wheezy_20120608.img).
Copied into the SD card with the following 11 files:-
– arm128_start.elf/arm192_start.elf/arm224_start.elf/boot_enable_ssh.rc/bootcode.bin/cmdline.txt/issue.txt/kernel.img/kernel_emergency.img/loader.bin/start.elf –
Insert the SD into the Pi but it will not boot. Repeated 4 times including downloading the .7z file again.
Any suggestion.
“Copied into the SD card…” *how* exactly did you copy the image file?
Hi Bushmills, Using windows cut and pace and also win32diskimager-binary write direct to SD.
Thanks
Additional info.
I used win32diskimager-binary to extraxt the .img file before copying into the SD.
Thanks.
@DraZtiK what’s the password for root?I’ve tried raspberry but it says wrong password.
@DraZtiK hey dude , great work but i got a problem here
pi@raspberrypi:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 247 35 212 0 3 16
-/+ buffers/cache: 14 232
Swap: 0 0 0
my model is 512mb , how could it be 247 mb ? ty
the other 250mb are used by the gpu
Yet to download and try this build, but wondering if raspi-config is available on it, for changing the GPU RAM allocation, as standard Raspbian ?
Just burned the img but will not boot up at all from SD card, the card is tried and tested using other Raspbian images before so dont think it would be that. Reading others comments in the thread and the original one which preceded this build above darkbasic has suggested “Old firmware”. Im I right in thinking the firmware is stored in the first partition (fat32) on the SD card, if so wouldnt you have the firmware which works contained in the download of the image or is there more firmware which is updated in the raspi hardware itself. Im a bit confused cos i thought the hardware firmware wasnt updateable.
How can i edit partition direct on this image ?
I have 1GB SD Card (i dont need bigger), and i want flash with this image, so i think its possible when i make smaller partition.
How do i change or update the kernel to support any of the hibernation modes (hibernate, pm-util or tuxonice)
I created a debian package, installed it but when i issue the commands nothing happens, then i found out that this kernel does not support hibernate and pm-util on my raspbiab wheezy. am using the armhf arch.
please I need help.
After 10 years I finally dismissed my Athlon64 and I made a new PC with Core i7 3770k, 16GB DDR3 PC2400 CL9 and OCZ Vector 256GB. As soon as Corsair will release this jewel http://www.corsair.com/us/voyager-gt-turbo-usb-3-0-128gb-usb-flash-drive.html I will be able to set up another Gentoo box and I will release a new version of the image. Crosscompiling with my Ultra Low Voltage laptop was simply infeasible
hi darkbasic,
I am looking forward for your new version.
So, keep on rocking!
Hi DrazTik, first of all great work with the mini debian image. Im trying to achieve something similar but im stucked how to shrink/minimize the image. I have 2GB sd-card and the smallest i get to something around 500mb when gziped. What tool/way are you using to minimize the image? Thanks in advance.
Hi DraZtiK your link from january, 13 seems to be broken, can you upload it again please?
hum, and is there any way to allow maximum memory of a 512 pi to system?
256MB are used by the gpu.
To change the amount of memory reserved for the gpu:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt -> set gpu_mem_512 to the value you want and then reboot.
OK, tanx it works fine.
haw, well in fact it’s my housework computer that seem t’be broken 😉
download in progress at home
really good work, many thanks! and please, keep going on.
Hello darkbasic and DraZtiK,
All this would be far more interesting as a ‘how to’ site, rather than a ‘fate acompli’ site…
I think it would be really useful if you documented how you actually create these images.
I would like to know your starting point and see the steps to arrive at the final result.
… after all, we’re all friends here, right? ;o)
Hey, you are right. I crawl a long time on search engines without finding how to do something like this..
[…] distribution that is installed in the SD card of the RBPi is the Drazbian, to minimize background processes and take advantage of the RBPi to serve as a computer for a […]
Image is to big for dd to my 2GB card. Org. wheezy works fine.
2002780160 Jun 8 2012 raspbian_wheezy_20120608.img
1939865600 Feb 9 04:44 2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian.img
I know, some SD are a little bit tinier. I’m still waiting for the damn Corsair GT Turbo USB 3.0 128GB to set up my new dev box and finally release a new image, I promise the nex one will be tinier.
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
While removing the spam I read a comment of someone complaining about the comment subscription but I had no time to finish reading it because I already clicked on “empty spam”. If you are reading please re-post it.
Hey darkbasic. I think you should find a slightly more organized place to give out your releases. I’m having difficulty finding the latest and greatest amongst all these comment posts! I think your images deserve better.
What’s up, this weekend is fastidious for me, for the reason that this time i am reading this impressive educational paragraph here at my house.
Hi,
may I ask, whether you got your Corsair Turbo and did have a chance to set up your dev box?
It would be great to see an update…
Thanks for your hard work!
Unfortunately Corsair still didn’t commercialize it
how to install Raspbian Wheezy armhf Raspberry Pi minimal image , I m newbe on linux. I am already follow step from this page but confuse, thanks
Is there any chance, that you will create such a minimal version for the current Debian release?
Would be very interested into it.
I just ordered the Flash Voyager GT Turbo, I will release a new version in a few weeks
Mans Tranks in advance
Many thanks in advance
( please delete the misspelled one..)
[…] hay otras distros minoritarias (como por ejemplo una versión reducida de Raspbian que cabe en una SD de 2GB) estas son las más […]
Hi!
How can I boot this image with an attached HDMI LCD display and to end in the command line console?
Regards