(06-10-2020, 07:31 AM)wdt Wrote: Well, there clearly is not room in the image for idbloader & friends
So it must rely on the uboot on emmc
So, when you flash the emmc, there is no more a uboot...anywhere
Personally, I would hack the image, then test by disabling emmc
As so
15Mblank + kali + 1M blank,, fdisk image,, dd mrfixit idbloader, uboot, ATF to image
Try boot with working then non-working emmc
Maybe boot.txt need editing (&recompile)
As I said,, it must not have been tested, so I have little confidence
OR, if you can't do it right, why bother

(06-10-2020, 09:19 AM)granstr0m Wrote:

(06-10-2020, 07:31 AM)wdt Wrote: Well, there clearly is not room in the image for idbloader & friends
So it must rely on the uboot on emmc
So, when you flash the emmc, there is no more a uboot...anywhere
Personally, I would hack the image, then test by disabling emmc
As so
15Mblank + kali + 1M blank,, fdisk image,, dd mrfixit idbloader, uboot, ATF to image
Try boot with working then non-working emmc
Maybe boot.txt need editing (&recompile)
As I said,, it must not have been tested, so I have little confidence
OR, if you can't do it right, why bother

Perhaps one should look into if someone is working on an emmc installer image. It seems not that easy doing this by hand. It could have been a bit easier if Kali kept their /boot on a separate partition, but no. Damn I really want to use this computer with Kali installed on. the emmc.

The script for building the images is here:

https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/kali-arm/-/blob/master/pinebook-pro.sh

Perhaps it can be modified to create an image that is installable. on the emmc. 

(06-10-2020, 02:30 PM)granstr0m Wrote: Is this right:

root=/dev/mmcblk1p1

I think mmcblk2 is always the emmc even if no sd is inserted.

(06-10-2020, 01:11 PM)chaoskampf Wrote: I will try smth like bellow to move existing and configured Kali installation from SD to eMMC. 

Steps:

1. Boot from kali on sd
2. Write u-boot and friends to eMMC:

Code:

dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=32k seek=1 conv=fsync
dd if=uboot.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=128 conv=fsync
dd if=trust.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=192 conv=fsync

3. Create partition on eMMC (starting at 32768 sector)

Code:

(parted) mkpart primary ext3 32768s -1s

4. Mount the partition in /mnt
5.

Code:

cd /mnt

6.

Code:

mkdir dev proc sys mnt

7.

Code:

rsync -aHxv --numeric-ids --progress /* /mnt --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt

8.

Code:

chroot /mnt

9. Edit boot.txt and change "root=PARTUUID=${uuid}" to "root=/dev/mmcblk2p1"
10.

Code:

mkimage -A arm64 -T script -O linux -d boot.txt boot.scr

11. reboot (without sd)


Any suggestions and comments are appreciated.

(edited)

I will try your guide above during the day. Where do you find the latest version of these files:

idbloader.img 
uboot.img
trust.img 

(06-11-2020, 01:07 AM)granstr0m Wrote:

(06-10-2020, 01:11 PM)chaoskampf Wrote: I will try smth like bellow to move existing and configured Kali installation from SD to eMMC. 

Steps:

1. Boot from kali on sd
2. Write u-boot and friends to eMMC:

Code:

dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=32k seek=1 conv=fsync
dd if=uboot.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=128 conv=fsync
dd if=trust.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=192 conv=fsync

3. Create partition on eMMC (starting at 32768 sector)

Code:

(parted) mkpart primary ext3 32768s -1s

4. Mount the partition in /mnt
5.

Code:

cd /mnt

6.

Code:

mkdir dev proc sys mnt

7.

Code:

rsync -aHxv --numeric-ids --progress /* /mnt --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt

8.

Code:

chroot /mnt

9. Edit boot.txt and change "root=PARTUUID=${uuid}" to "root=/dev/mmcblk2p1"
10.

Code:

mkimage -A arm64 -T script -O linux -d boot.txt boot.scr

11. reboot (without sd)


Any suggestions and comments are appreciated.

(edited)

I will try your guide above during the day. Where do you find the latest version of these files:

idbloader.img 
uboot.img
trust.img 

---

I followed your guide and it works!!!
Thankyou!!!!!!
I actually had Manjaro installed so I skipped step 2 and just deleted p1 and p2 since the boot stuff was already there.

Added a few code steps that might not be obvious to everyone:

1. Boot from kali on sd

2. Write u-boot and friends to eMMC:

Code:
dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=32k seek=1 conv=fsync
dd if=uboot.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=128 conv=fsync
dd if=trust.img of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=64k seek=192 conv=fsync

3. Create partition on eMMC (starting at 32768 sector)

Code:

parted /dev/mmcblk2
(parted) mkpart primary ext3 32768s -1s
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk2p1

4. Mount the partition in /mnt
mount -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk2p1 /mnt

5.
Code:
cd /mnt

6.
Code:
mkdir dev proc sys mnt

7.
Code:
apt update
sudo apt install rsync
rsync -aHxv --numeric-ids --progress /* /mnt --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt

8.
Code:
chroot /mnt

9. Edit boot.txt and change "root=PARTUUID=${uuid}" to "root=/dev/mmcblk2p1"
cd /boot
vi boot.txt

10.
Code:
mkimage -A arm64 -T script -O linux -d boot.txt boot.scr
11. reboot (without sd)