(08-16-2020, 10:34 AM)lot378 Wrote: Two Sabrent NVMe drives are listed in the PBP hardware compatibility listing - one has a note that the drive might be too power hungry and needs more testing but no follow-up notes have appeared. To go further to help @kkdao you need to tell us:

1. What is the part number for the Sabrent drive?
2. What is the text of the message of the kernel panic that you observed?

I cannot access the Sabrent web site at the moment, if I could and I had the part number I could try to find a data sheet for the drive. And the data sheet might tell us what the power requirements are in each state. If the drive is too power hungry to work in the PBP (the kernel panic might imply this but need to see the panic message to try to confirm) then there is a listing of compatible NVMe drives - this is always the first place to look before buying an NVMe drive for the PBP.

To help you, you need to help us and that requires you to make some effort working with us not against us.

(08-17-2020, 06:25 PM)lot378 Wrote: Thanks and understood. From the Sabrent site, the only power state information for that drive is 6.6/5.3W (unsure what the two figures mean). The PBP has a power issue with the NVMe adapter it can reliably supply 2.5W continuous and 8.25W peak momentary. When you were copying the installation to the NVMe and got the panic message, it may well have been caused by the power draw. It may be possible to work around it by setting/restricting it to a lower power state.

From the Sabrent site, information in the table at the bottom of the page:
https://www.sabrent.com/product/SB-ROCKET-1TB/1tb-rocket-nvme-pcie-m-2-2280-internal-ssd-high-performance-solid-state-drive/#description

For power limitations see:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=Pinebook_Pro#Optional_NVMe_adapter

For how to use the nvme-cli package and nvme command see:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=Pinebook_Pro#Using_the_optional_NVMe_adapter

The second section of the wiki contains a link to the NVMe compatability listing.

The nvme command will show you the power usage in each power state.

The cp command that you used was ok.

If you can look at the above wiki sections, read the manual for the nvme command then try to fetch the power states that would be useful info for us to see. Then we can help you to make some sort of judgement about changing the power state before trying the copy again. In the end, it would be good to update the compatibility listing with your drive (it's not there at the moment) with a good/bad and what steps were needed. But first things first, let's see a listing of the power states please.

(08-19-2020, 10:37 AM)kkdao Wrote:

(08-17-2020, 06:25 PM)lot378 Wrote: Thanks and understood. From the Sabrent site, the only power state information for that drive is 6.6/5.3W (unsure what the two figures mean). The PBP has a power issue with the NVMe adapter it can reliably supply 2.5W continuous and 8.25W peak momentary. When you were copying the installation to the NVMe and got the panic message, it may well have been caused by the power draw. It may be possible to work around it by setting/restricting it to a lower power state.

From the Sabrent site, information in the table at the bottom of the page:
https://www.sabrent.com/product/SB-ROCKET-1TB/1tb-rocket-nvme-pcie-m-2-2280-internal-ssd-high-performance-solid-state-drive/#description

For power limitations see:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=Pinebook_Pro#Optional_NVMe_adapter

For how to use the nvme-cli package and nvme command see:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=Pinebook_Pro#Using_the_optional_NVMe_adapter

The second section of the wiki contains a link to the NVMe compatability listing.

The nvme command will show you the power usage in each power state.

The cp command that you used was ok.

If you can look at the above wiki sections, read the manual for the nvme command then try to fetch the power states that would be useful info for us to see. Then we can help you to make some sort of judgement about changing the power state before trying the copy again. In the end, it would be good to update the compatibility listing with your drive (it's not there at the moment) with a good/bad and what steps were needed. But first things first, let's see a listing of the power states please.

Okay I will try to procure the nvme power status as soon as I get the chance, thanks!