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Debian installation via sd card - oaFJSADBKV - 10-12-2024
Hello, I am rather new to sdc's. I have used Pi's for kipper but that is about it.
Got a second hand Rock64 yesterday. As far as I have been able to tell I need to jump pins 20 and 21 to bypass SPI-flash to boot from SD. Was not able to boot into debian. I ended up flashing the SD card with Armbian to try and install u-boot. I was able to boot onto the sd card with armbian. So I know the rock64 isn't bricked.
The dilema I currently see myself in is that I only have 1 sd card and I do not see how I would install an OS without having a second sd card and a usb sd card reader. Am I wrong? I am hoping to not have to go out and buy an extra sd card and reader I don't really want to buy an emmc module either.
I was planning to run the rock64 off the sd card. Would it be possible to achieve what I want with the serial console?
Any other major flaws in my plan?