Reply 160 of 192, by jaffa225man
gdjacobs, do you know if your pi2.7z image is compatible with the raspberry pi 3's cortex a53 cpu? Somewhere I read that pi 2 images on the pi 3 result in a full screen rainbow display. I've just ordered a pi 3 version b and don't think I'll be able to manually upgrade your image to its architecture if it's currently incompatible, because with my pi 1 version b I get a kernel panic and I don't have a pi 2. I'm going to be waiting about a month for it to arrive so, while I do, I'm trying to get everything ready. I saw this page on upgrading a pi 1 to pi 2, and thought the procedure is probably the same for pi 2 to pi 3: https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutor … -raspberry-pi-2
Thanks for your hard work! And thanks, too, to PhilsComputerLab for starting this topic. I also have many old machines I could probably just use, but for the sake of simplicity, low-noise, and space savings I plan on using a raspberry pi (& I go way back with GNU/Linux anyway as my preferred OS). If I have to, I'll roll my own raspbian, but will have to wait for the pi 3 to arrive before starting that anyway.
Thanks again,
Lucas