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Cannot Boot From SD Card - xp19375 - 10-28-2022
I recently got a PineBook Pro and wanted to try a different OS. I downloaded and flashed Armbian and TwisterOS images to micro SD cards, but I cannot boot from them. When I power on the PB with the micro SD card inserted, the screen is blank and the power light blinks about once per second. Is there something else I need to do to? I feel like there's something obvious I am missing.
RE: Cannot Boot From SD Card - KC9UDX - 10-28-2022
This should be a "sticky" somewhere.
The version of Manjaru that comes pre-installed on the 2022 Pinebooks Pro, includes a U-boot that does not allow booting from micro-SD card.
The ways to resolve this are
1) replace the U-boot on the eMMC with a different one, or possibly Tow-boot
2) wipe out the eMMC and install a different operating system on it.
3) install Tow-boot to SPI ROM (I do not actually recommend this, but it can be done, apparently).
4) disable the eMMC
RE: Cannot Boot From SD Card - xp19375 - 10-29-2022
(10-28-2022, 06:27 PM)KC9UDX Wrote: This should be a "sticky" somewhere.
The version of Manjaru that comes pre-installed on the 2022 Pinebooks Pro, includes a U-boot that does not allow booting from micro-SD card.
The ways to resolve this are
1) replace the U-boot on the eMMC with a different one, or possibly Tow-boot
2) wipe out the eMMC and install a different operating system on it.
3) install Tow-boot to SPI ROM (I do not actually recommend this, but it can be done, apparently).
4) disable the eMMC
Thanks for the reply! I was able to install Tow-boot to the SPI Flash by following their directions and that gives me a boot menu. However, I had to disable the eMMC first.
RE: Cannot Boot From SD Card - jazzhands - 11-12-2022
This was helpful!
(10-28-2022, 06:27 PM)KC9UDX Wrote: This should be a "sticky" somewhere.
The version of Manjaru that comes pre-installed on the 2022 Pinebooks Pro, includes a U-boot that does not allow booting from micro-SD card.
The ways to resolve this are
1) replace the U-boot on the eMMC with a different one, or possibly Tow-boot
2) wipe out the eMMC and install a different operating system on it.
3) install Tow-boot to SPI ROM (I do not actually recommend this, but it can be done, apparently).
4) disable the eMMC
Where are the HOWTOs for options 1-3?
RE: Cannot Boot From SD Card - KC9UDX - 11-12-2022
(11-12-2022, 01:06 AM)jazzhands Wrote: This was helpful!
Where are the HOWTOs for options 1-3?
Thanks.
Hopefully you can find everything here: https://forum.pine64.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=117
That is where all the Pinebook Pro tutorials are supposed to be. Except for using Tow-boot, I have been doing these things the hard way since the early days of the PBP, and I just muddle my way through every time.