Raspberry Pi 4 54 bit OS

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Raspberry Pi 4 54 bit OS

Post by g4bgq » Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:37 pm

Can the Portsdown 4 software be run on a 64 bit Raspberry Pi4. I don't want to cause damage to the LCD.

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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 54 bit OS

Post by radiogareth » Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:44 pm

It ONLY runs on a RPI4....and I think its fine even on the 2GB version....check out here https://wiki.batc.org.uk/Portsdown_4

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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 54 bit OS

Post by g4bgq » Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:16 pm

Yes I have the RP4 and there is a Beta 64 bit Raspian version released. I think mine has 4 GB ram.
I purchased an HDMI LCD and it does not work with Portsdown 4 so have had to replace it with an official type.

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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 64 bit OS

Post by G8GKQ » Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:31 pm

I think that we have a bit of confusion here.

The Raspberry Pi 4 has a 64 bit architecture, but up till recently, all Raspberry Pi software builds (including for the Raspberry Pi 4) have been 32 bit. There are now versions of a number of 64 bit operating systems that will run on a Raspberry Pi 4, but they are all experimental.

All Portsdown builds are based on the 32-bit Raspios Buster Lite operating system.

The Portsdown 2020 build runs on the Raspberry Pi 3 hardware. The Portsdown 4 build runs on the Raspberry Pi 4 hardware.

I have no plans to move Portsdown to 64 bit software.

More details on the Wiki here: https://wiki.batc.org.uk/The_Portsdown_ ... _Evolution

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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 54 bit OS

Post by g4bgq » Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:12 pm

Thank you that's all I wanted to know. I will install the lite version.

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