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Udating the firm,ware? Potential problems? - KNERD - 06-10-2023
So I am reading over on UBPorts about updating the firmware which results in a different boot loader. Going from Uboot to Tow-boot
https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/pinephone-and-pinephone-pro-3889.
Is this a problem for any other distros out there for the PinePhone?
RE: Udating the firm,ware? Potential problems? - Kevin Kofler - 06-10-2023
The original PinePhone (unlike the PinePhone Pro) does not have an SPI flash dedicated for booting (the text in your link that claims you should install the Tow-Boot to the SPI on the PinePhone is wrong, the accompanying screenshot is from a PinePhone Pro), so Tow-Boot is installed to the eMMC or to a microSD card. Which means that if you install a distro which comes with its own bootloader (usually its own build of u-boot) the common way (by overwriting the eMMC or microSD card contents with the distro image), you will be overwriting Tow-Boot with that distro's bootloader anyway. So it should not matter at all. (And besides, those distros normally boot just fine with Tow-Boot too.)
RE: Udating the firm,ware? Potential problems? - KNERD - 06-12-2023
Thanks. I'll give it a try.