Other boot options than Sdcard for linux 5.x kernel?
#1
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/relea...ckpro64-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
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(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/relea...ckpro64-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.)
  • ROCKPro64 v2.1 2GB, 16Gb eMMC for rootfs, SX8200Pro 512GB NVMe for /home, HDMI video & sound, Bluetooth keyboard & mouse. Arch (6.2 kernel, Openbox desktop) for general purpose daily PC.
  • PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition, daily driver, rk2aw & U-boot on SPI, Arch/SXMO & Arch/phosh on eMMC
  • PinePhone BraveHeart now v1.2b 3/32Gb, Tow-boot with Arch/SXMO on eMMC
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#3
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).
Cheers,
TRS-80

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