New guy... Need some help... - Printable Version +- PINE64 (https://forum.pine64.org) +-- Forum: Pinebook Pro (https://forum.pine64.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=111) +--- Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro (https://forum.pine64.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=114) +--- Thread: New guy... Need some help... (/showthread.php?tid=17501) |
New guy... Need some help... - Coryoc - 10-22-2022 Hey, So I purchased a pinebook pro to start messing around with linux more. I have some basic understanding, but I've already been thrown something beyond my ability. So I booted it up, and did the updates it was requesting. After this update on reboot, nothing. Green power light but no activity or screen. After looking around, it seemed that I needed to reinstall the OS. So after looking around more, it seems the path was to use the switch to disable the emmc, boot onto a live SD card, then re-enable the emmc and install the os to it. I've gotten to that point, however my problem now is I can't select the emmc to install to. It just wants to do the default install using the SD card. I tried to follow these instructions: Quote:Once everything has booted cleanly turn the eMMC switch on the back in order to turn it on, effectively hot plugging it. However I need a password for the sudo privileges and I don't have that on the live OS. Can anyone help an absolute newb out? RE: New guy... Need some help... - pineymousepad - 10-24-2022 This same garbage happened to me after I attempted to update stock, just burn a new image on a SD card and pop it in and start it, and it should boot. But I tried downloading a latest image PBP edition from the Manjaro website and it successfully updated and I was able to use it for a month, then I tried updating a month later and this brick BS happened again. Manjaro has a crappy standard regarding this where they will tell you to backup everything before you update, and some Linux wizards on here will tell you something like I BEEN USING MANJARO FOR YEARS WITH NO PROBLEM! But their autism or pride prevents them from being reminded that you are not as experienced with managing a brick update normalized distro like Manjaro. I never messed with the emmc, using SD Card seems to be working fine, probably better to find a working stable OS for PBP that works on SD Card before attempting the emmc juggling act. I just tried Armbian but they seem to have a problem with their apt-update, but it is much more stable, you can even shut the lid on the PBP on it without bricking. Let me know what Distro you choose and how it goes, I am still looking, Armbian staff are not providing much support for their update error. Also checkout my thread https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=17492&pid=113854 discussion on my search for a more stable distro. RE: New guy... Need some help... - tophneal - 10-25-2022 (10-22-2022, 06:41 AM)Coryoc Wrote: Hey, the user credentials for live Manjaro are: manjaro/manjaro https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-first-login/135304/5 |