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Cannot get into Pinetab2 - joespodie - 09-02-2024
I lost the adapter to allow one to boot from the SD card. I have no way now to get into the tablet as it just boots with the MMC based linux system. I can login using the on screen keyboard, i can change it to X11 and that helps but it just shows the Plasma KDE symbols for about a minute then it goes blank screen on me and last forever. So all the forum post to fix things all start with first set the adapter to on....or some like type this command in Terminal...sudo dd ..., what ever it says right from the start I cant do it. There is no terminal, no typing anything.
The only way I can see to do this if there is a keyboard combonation like holding down F2 key, or something like that. I can get it to boot halfway like I described about then it just sits. So keyboard or no keyboard, X11 or Desktop Wayland, holding down the power button and the volume down or volume up buttons. Nope, just not going to work.
So its landfill material or just maybe a key combination that will let be get into the bios and change the boot order. Once I get that fat I can create a boot sd card and put the old os back on or maybe pick a new one, like Ubuntu Touch maybe.
RE: Cannot get into Pinetab2 - KC9UDX - 09-02-2024
There's no BIOS setup. If you're not getting prompted by Tow-Boot, or even U-Boot, there's no selecting a different boot device.
Are you able to connect via ssh?