Pi Zero 2W will not boot¶

Problem¶

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W will not boot using the standard Rocky Linux Raspberry Pi image.

Solution¶

Using info gathered from Rocky_Linux_forum_post

Blacklist brcmfmac¶

Mount root partition

Create a file called "01-rpi-blacklist.conf" in /etc/modprobe.d:

    # echo 'blacklist brcmfmac' > /path/to/mount/etc/modprobe.d/01-rpi-blacklist.conf

Get the brcm firmware and create symbolic links:

    # cd /path/to/mount/lib/firmware/brcm/
    # curl --remote-name-all https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/refs/heads/buster/brcm/brcmfmac43436s-sdio.{bin,txt}
    # ln -s brcmfmac43436s-sdio.txt brcmfmac43436s-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.txt
    # ln -s brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-w.txt brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-2-w.txt

Umount root partition
Boot the sd card in the pi zero 2w. Then:
Run /usr/bin/fix-wifi-rpi.sh
This script extracts all firmware files. Look it over before running it.
Delete the 01-rpi-blacklist.conf file from /etc/modprobe.ed
Reboot
Wifi should now work