Has anyone tried this SteamOS 3.0 disk image yet?

[vladislavuz]

https://9to5linux.com/steamos-3-0-recovery-image-for-steam-deck-now-available-for-download

[PoorPocketsMcNewHold]

Originally posted by 9to5linux:

One thing to note here is the fact that this isn’t the SteamOS 3.0 image you’ve all been waiting for. This is just a recovery image for Steam Deck owners in case they want to perform a full factory reset, reformats the home partitions, make changes to the boot partition, or reinstall SteamOS on the Steam Deck.

Originally posted by Steam support page:

For all the tinkerers out there, please note that this system image is not quite SteamOS 3 yet. Depending on what you try to install it on (desktop, another handheld, refrigerator, toaster), it may not work properly. SteamOS 3 proper will come out sometime after launch (and even then it may not work on your toaster).

Read the article first. Of course people tried it, in case they bricked their SteamDeck.

[NeptNutz]

Wow! ... Okay.

Thanks for finding and posting this!

[dubigrasu]

I did, but like they've said, is pretty tied to the deck itself. Even now I can't make it to boot properly despite having it installed. Others might be more lucky with their hardware.

For one, the installer would only show a black screen, I could see the sticks's led activity, but nothing else, turned out it didn't liked my monitor/GPU, and it only worked with the integrated intel graphics connected through HDMI, It also didn't liked the display port connection.

As for installation, the script is tailored to look for a nvme drive, so it fails if you don't have one. You need to edit it accordingly adding and removing some stuff to make it work, and you only have Vim to do that.

That being said I was more successful in running and installing a SteamOS3 livecd,
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865350452295106590/948769400117399592/20220303_034426.jpg
The downside is that is just a very barebone installation and has nothing "deck" in it. Is just SteamOS 3 with no special sauce, no custom kernel, no gamescope/etc. Very basic.

Oh well, we need to wait for Valve to release a proper SteamOS 3 with all the deck goodies, but which can be installed on a desktop.

[NeptNutz]

Good call on the iGPU, dubi. I switched to that, booted from a USB I made with the Rufus tool and got the recovery screen!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/562318932011384832/948996462480621628/DeckNutz.jpg

[dubigrasu]

Nice!
Just don't run those recovery scripts until you check them. If you have an nvme it might be just deleted for the new installation. To make sure I took mine out :)

[NeptNutz]

Originally posted by dubigrasu:

Nice!
Just don't run those recovery scripts until you check them. If you have an nvme it might be just deleted for the new installation. To make sure I took mine out :)

Yeah, I forgot to unplug my 1TB game drive before rebooting the Steam Deck stick. I won't forget from now on.

Right now, I'm just trying to navigate Vim to switch to a dirty-old 2.5" hda. What a pain!

What else did you change in repair_reimage.sh besides the target drive?

[dubigrasu]

Not much, in "repair_device.sh"

DISK=/dev/nvme0n1
DISK_SUFFIX=p
DOPARTVERIFY=1

becomes:

DISK=/dev/sda
DISK_SUFFIX=
DOPARTVERIFY=1

So I used an old "sda" drive instead of a "nvme" and removed the suffix "p".

[ChrisWasHere]

I’ve installed it on a laptop, Though i can’t get it into a DE, it just sits sideways on TTY5, no cursor, can’t even log in

[dubigrasu]

You can rotate back the display by editing the grub to "fbcon=rotate:0", or just delete the argument.

[NeptNutz]

Originally posted by dubigrasu:

Not much, in "repair_device.sh"

DISK=/dev/nvme0n1
DISK_SUFFIX=p
DOPARTVERIFY=1

becomes:

DISK=/dev/sda
DISK_SUFFIX=
DOPARTVERIFY=1

So I used an old "sda" drive instead of a "nvme" and removed the suffix "p".

Thanks, Dubi! That worked. Had to make a new bootable and learn some Vim. ;-)

Now I'm where @Chris Chrome is. :-P

[ChrisWasHere]

Imma boot the recovery image again and try figuring out which partition /etc is on, then i’ll chroot it

[ChrisWasHere]

If anyone has any ideas hmu on Discord Chris Chrome#9158

[tyl0413]

Anyone manage to get it running on a VM?
On real machines only one legacy boot option shows and nothing when starting it, can't start VM from the img nor from the USB, option doesn't even show up on the boot menu.

[ChrisWasHere]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

Anyone manage to get it running on a VM?
On real machines only one legacy boot option shows and nothing when starting it, can't start VM from the img nor from the USB, option doesn't even show up on the boot menu.

I’m not sure, try using a secure boot (UEFI) option

[dubigrasu]

Running it right now on real hardware :)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2772263271