Is some u-boot required on the SPI for installing debian with the official installer?

[callegar]

Hi,

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_Software_Release reports the possibility of installing debian on the ROCKPro64 using the Official Debian Installer via the installer image to be found at https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bull...rd-images/

I have verified that the installer image boots and does its job of downloading and installing stuff.  However, installing (at least installing on the EMMC) delivers a system incapable of booting.

I now wonder if this is because the official debian installer does not install a bootloader and expects a bootloader to be already present on the SPI.

If this is the case, the page at https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_Software_Release shouild probably say so.

I have tried to install tow-boot on the SPI expecting it to be the best option for a general bootloader.  Unfortunately, It does not appear to work. After coming up, it hangs at

Code:

Booting using the fdt blob at 0x1f00000

It is unclear to me if this is a bug in tow-boot (also looking at https://github.com/Tow-Boot/Tow-Boot/issues/186).

If it is, what would be an appropriate uboot for running debian?