- System Version: Ubuntu 23.10
- Download Link: https://ubuntu.com/download/risc-v
- Reference Installation Document: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RISC-V/StarFive%20VisionFive
- StarFive VisionFive
- Power Adapter
- A microSD card
- A USB to UART Debugger
Use unxz
to decompress the image.
Use dd
to flash the image to the microSD card.
unxz /path/to/ubuntu.img.xz
sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu.img of=/dev/your-device bs=1M status=progress
Logging into the system via the serial port.
Default Username: ubuntu
Default Password: ubuntu
On first boot, you will be required to change the password.
The system should boot normally and allow login via the onboard serial port.
The system booted successfully and login via the onboard serial port was successful.
Screen recording (From flashing the image to logging into the system):
Welcome to Ubuntu 23.10 (GNU/Linux 6.5.0-1002-starfive riscv64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
System information as of Tue Sep 19 15:58:17 UTC 2023
System load: 0.71 Swap usage: 0% Users logged in: 0
Usage of /: 3.3% of 57.48GB Temperature: 51.8 C
Memory usage: 2% Processes: 105
0 updates can be applied immediately.
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 6.5.0-1002-starfive #3-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 7 21:23:58 UTC 2023 riscv64 riscv64 riscv64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.10"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="23.10"
VERSION="23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)"
VERSION_CODENAME=mantic
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=mantic
LOGO=ubuntu-logo
Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.
Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.
Test successful.