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Other boot options than Sdcard for linux 5.x kernel? - MisterA - 06-28-2021
Hi,
I would like to use my Rockpro64 as a dockerplatform. Due to compatibility reasons I would like to use a 5.x linux kernel, and for reliability reasons I would like to boot from something else than a SDCard.
So far I tried booting Armbian from eMMC, USB and NVMe but nothing worked. I'm using the uboot posted here:
https://github.com/sigmaris/u-boot/releases/tag/v2021.01-rockpro64-ci
I tried a few others like debian as well, but nothing on 5.x kernel seems to work. From SDCard they all seem to work fine.
Could anyone point me to a possible solution?
Best regards,
MrA
RE: Other boot options than Sdcard for linux 5.x kernel? - dukla2000 - 07-14-2021
(06-28-2021, 12:52 PM)MisterA Wrote: Hi,
I would like to use my Rockpro64 as a dockerplatform. Due to compatibility reasons I would like to use a 5.x linux kernel, and for reliability reasons I would like to boot from something else than a SDCard.
So far I tried booting Armbian from eMMC, USB and NVMe but nothing worked. I'm using the uboot posted here:
https://github.com/sigmaris/u-boot/releases/tag/v2021.01-rockpro64-ci
I tried a few others like debian as well, but nothing on 5.x kernel seems to work. From SDCard they all seem to work fine.
Could anyone point me to a possible solution?
Best regards,
MrA
I too failed to get Armbian or Manjaro to recognise my eMMC. But now Arch is perfectly feasible - as I write booting 5.13 kernel from eMMC. (See my post on pg 2 of that thread as well.)
RE: Other boot options than Sdcard for linux 5.x kernel? - TRS-80 - 07-14-2021
All due respect, using some other u-boot (that did not come with Armbian) is not really "using Armbian." lol
Armbian comes with u-boot, in fact such low level customizations are the very raison d'être for Armbian in the first place.
There is a special tool however for installing to other media than sd card, called nand-sata-install (which is also available from armbian-config). So, just burn your image to sd card (making sure to take all usual precautions), boot into it, then use those tools to install to the eMMC (or wherever you like).