• installation to NAND with root on SATA/USB is not supported. Legacy kernel only, where NAND support exist.
• total memory is 1000Mb (disabled all memory reservations for GPU on CLI images)

Mainline kernel (next/dev branches)

• no MALI drivers
• different GPIO numbering
• no video acceleration
• schedutil governor may cause clicks and pops on audio output – change to ondemand to work around this issue

Preparation

Make sure you have a good & reliable SD card and a proper power supply. Archives can be uncompressed with 7-Zip on Windows, Keka on OS X and 7z on Linux (apt-get install p7zip-full). RAW images can be written with Etcher (all OS).

Boot

Insert SD card into a slot and power the board. (First) boot (with DHCP) takes up to 35 seconds with a class 10 SD Card and cheapest board.

Login

Login as root on HDMI / serial console or via SSH and use password 1234. You will be prompted to change this password at first login. Next you will be asked to create a normal user account that is sudo enabled (beware of default QWERTY keyboard settings at this stage).