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hello,
i know that the pinebook64 dosen't have a bootloader, bout is there a way to  install or boot in to a live usb or micro sd card? any help is appreciated.
not sure what you mean by "into", but i'm pretty sure you cannot boot "from" a usb stick.
you CAN boot from an operating system image "burned" to a microSD.
(10-18-2017, 10:02 AM)BUBLOS Wrote: [ -> ]hello,
i know that the pinebook64 dosen't have a bootloader, bout is there a way to  install or boot in to a live usb or micro sd card? any help is appreciated.

atm you cannot boot a usb stick directly.  You may boot an SD card with a valid Arm image for the A64/Pinebook.  For instance, I have xenial-mate on my eMMC ( internal ) and I utilize xenial-i3 from my SD cards.  The SD card slot (if active) has boot priority.  

You may boot 'from' eMMC or SD card and then 'run' the /rootfs from a usb stick,  or SSD; HDD;  what-have-you;  however,  the usb stick may not yet be used to boot-up, and of course live boot sticks for x86 will not work-- this is Arm for crying out loud.
(10-19-2017, 02:39 AM)MarkHaysHarris777 Wrote: [ -> ]
(10-18-2017, 10:02 AM)BUBLOS Wrote: [ -> ]hello,
i know that the pinebook64 dosen't have a bootloader, bout is there a way to  install or boot in to a live usb or micro sd card? any help is appreciated.

atm you cannot boot a usb stick directly.  You may boot an SD card with a valid Arm image for the A64/Pinebook.  For instance, I have xenial-mate on my eMMC ( internal ) and I utilize xenial-i3 from my SD cards.  The SD card slot (if active) has boot priority.  

You may boot 'from' eMMC or SD card and then 'run' the /rootfs from a usb stick,  or SSD; HDD;  what-have-you;  however,  the usb stick may not yet be used to boot-up, and of course live boot sticks for x86 will not work-- this is Arm for crying out loud.

Thank you so much for your answer, i still have a lot to learn about "ARM" PC and the pinebook Big Grin