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Install OS directly to eMMC? - tahayassen - 11-21-2019
It seems all the OS install tutorials make use of a SD card. Given that the phone doesn't come with a SD card, it is possible to install an OS directly to the eMMC?
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - xalius - 11-21-2019
Theoretically yes, the A64 SoC used in the PinePhone has a special bootloader mode called FEL mode, which gives you a special device on the USB port, which in turn allows you to upload code and run it. This can be used to upload a loader that exposes the eMMC as USB mass storage. But I am not sure if that is easier than just using a sdcard to write an image to the eMMC.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - bcnaz - 11-21-2019
I am sure it does come with an sd card slot,
One of the things you CAN DO with the Pine Phone is test OS'es from an sd card.
I do not know if the eMMC is removable, but I hope it is.
* We Sure could use a wiki for the Pine Phone !
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Update: Jan. 09, 2020
SO, the Brave Heart does have a soldered in 16gb eMMC
After installing a OS we may wish to use the SD card for added storage.
There is the start of a Wiki, though it hopefully will be growing as time goes.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - tophneal - 11-21-2019
(11-21-2019, 02:31 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I am sure it does come with an sd card slot,
One of the things you CAN DO with the Pine Phone is test OS'es from an sd card.
I do not know if the eMMC is removable, but I hope it is.
* We Sure could use a wiki for the Pine Phone !
I don't believe it is. This got brought up yesterday in the subreddit. From https://ameridroid.com/blogs/ameriblogs/upcoming-product-more-pinephone-details-from-tl-lim
Quote:The eMMC on the PinePhone is surface-mounted and not socketed
IIRC, the decision was made to allow more room internally, for other needed boards.
Also, I noticed the other day that some users have already begun gathering information and have started a few wiki pages for the phone.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - tahayassen - 11-21-2019
(11-21-2019, 02:31 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I am sure it does come with an sd card slot,
One of the things you CAN DO with the Pine Phone is test OS'es from an sd card.
I do not know if the eMMC is removable, but I hope it is.
* We Sure could use a wiki for the Pine Phone !
Yeah but I prefer to bypass the SD card slot since the eMMC will probably have better performance.
(11-21-2019, 02:27 PM)xalius Wrote: Theoretically yes, the A64 SoC used in the PinePhone has a special bootloader mode called FEL mode, which gives you a special device on the USB port, which in turn allows you to upload code and run it. This can be used to upload a loader that exposes the eMMC as USB mass storage. But I am not sure if that is easier than just using a sdcard to write an image to the eMMC.
Ah, it looks to be possible on the Pine A64 and the Pinebook:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/NOOB#Flashing_to_eMMC_using_FEL_.28Allwinner_A64_Devices_Only.29
Is there a FEL button on the pinephone? Also, I'm curious why the Pine A64 needs a SD card with "FEL code" when the Pinebook doesn't need that.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - bcnaz - 11-21-2019
.1) I figured to try a few different OS'es before installing one
.2) When I went to the wiki a few minutes ago and hit search for 'Pine phone'
It did not yield any results, but suggested I start a page.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - Danct12 - 11-21-2019
(11-21-2019, 02:17 PM)tahayassen Wrote: It seems all the OS install tutorials make use of a SD card. Given that the phone doesn't come with a SD card, it is possible to install an OS directly to the eMMC?
Yes, you can use FEL mode, but I haven't tried it because I haven't played with it before.
But personally, I could boot to a Linux session on the phone and dd the image to the internal eMMC.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - dukla2000 - 11-22-2019
(11-21-2019, 03:29 PM)bcnaz Wrote: .1) I figured to try a few different OS'es before installing one
.2) When I went to the wiki a few minutes ago and hit search for 'Pine phone'
It did not yield any results, but suggested I start a page.
Try hardware page here and software page here.
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - bcnaz - 11-22-2019
YEP, those links go to the pine phone,
Yesterday I went the wiki from the icon at the top of the forum page, and found no listing for the pine phone..
THANK YOU !
:-)
RE: Install OS directly to eMMC? - explit - 02-28-2020
i could transfer PostmarketOS Image from the sdcard to the emmc with dd.
I used this command from the PinePhone Terminal (Or better ssh)
dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M
It will take about 15min (depending on the speed of your card), in the end it will show en error about not enough space - just ignore it.
Working fine