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pmboostrap to emmc - Gobelin - 02-10-2020

In order to install PostmarketOS on EMMC, Pinephone page on postmarketos' wiki instruct to run the following :


Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk(...)


I currently run postmarketOS from SD card (not the demo image, but current release), and still have stock test image on EMMC. The partitions looks as follow :

Code:
sudo ls /dev/mmcblk* /dev/mmcblk0    /dev/mmcblk0p2    /dev/mmcblk2boot0  /dev/mmcblk2p1 /dev/mmcblk0p1    /dev/mmcblk2    /dev/mmcblk2boot1  /dev/mmcblk2p2

when I try to run :


Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk


I get the following error :


Code:
.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (1/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (2/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (3/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (4/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (5/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (6/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (7/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (8/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:29] NOTE: (9/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (10/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (11/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (12/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (13/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (14/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (15/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (16/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (17/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:30] NOTE: (18/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:31] NOTE: (19/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:31] NOTE: (20/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (006470) [10:30:31] ERROR: Unable to find the partition prefix, expected the first partition of /dev/mmcblk1 to be located at /dev/mmcblk11 or /dev/mmcblk1p1! (006470) [10:30:31] See also: <https://postmarketos.org/troubleshooting> (006470) [10:30:31] Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/__init__.py", line 63, in main    getattr(frontend, args.action)(args)  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/helpers/frontend.py", line 196, in install    pmb.install.install(args)  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/_install.py", line 547, in install    install_system_image(args)  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/_install.py", line 397, in install_system_image    pmb.install.partitions_mount(args)  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/partition.py", line 49, in partitions_mount    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find the partition prefix," RuntimeError: Unable to find the partition prefix, expected the first partition of /dev/mmcblk1 to be located at /dev/mmcblk11 or /dev/mmcblk1p1!


Now, if I try :

Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk0
or
Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk1
or
Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk2
I got this error:

Code:
(006763) [10:42:19] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/dev (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone 1711869952    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot 53035008    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home 8192    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo touch /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp1 (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp1 (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo touch /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp2 (006763) [10:42:19] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk0p2 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp2 (006763) [10:42:19] (native) mount /dev/installp2 to /mnt/install (006763) [10:42:19] (native) % mkdir -p /mnt/install (006763) [10:42:19] (native) % mount /dev/installp2 /mnt/install (006763) [10:42:19] (native) format /dev/installp1 (boot, ext2), mount to /mnt/install/boot (006763) [10:42:19] (native) % mkfs.ext2 -F -q -L pmOS_boot /dev/installp1 /dev/installp1 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here! (006763) [10:42:20] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (006763) [10:42:20] NOTE: The failed command's output is above the ^^^ line in the log file: /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/log.txt (006763) [10:42:20] ERROR: Command failed: (native) % mkfs.ext2 -F -q -L pmOS_boot /dev/installp1 (006763) [10:42:20] See also: <https://postmarketos.org/troubleshooting> (006763) [10:42:20] Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/__init__.py", line 63, in main     getattr(frontend, args.action)(args)   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/helpers/frontend.py", line 196, in install     pmb.install.install(args)   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/_install.py", line 547, in install     install_system_image(args)   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/_install.py", line 407, in install_system_image     pmb.install.format(args)   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/format.py", line 94, in format     format_and_mount_boot(args)   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/install/format.py", line 35, in format_and_mount_boot     pmb.chroot.root(args, ["mkfs.ext2", "-F", "-q", "-L", "pmOS_boot", device])   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/chroot/root.py", line 90, in root     return pmb.helpers.run_core.core(args, msg, cmd_sudo, None, output,   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pmb/helpers/run_core.py", line 301, in core     raise RuntimeError("Command failed: " + log_message) RuntimeError: Command failed: (native) % mkfs.ext2 -F -q -L pmOS_boot /dev/installp1

if i try :


Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk0p1


I got this error :


Code:
(007060) [10:47:53] *** (3/5) PREPARE INSTALL BLOCKDEVICE *** (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/mnt/install (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/var/cache/distfiles (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/var/cache/apk (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/proc (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-rust (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-packages (007060) [10:47:53] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-git (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-ccache (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-abuild-config (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/etc/apk/keys (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/dev/shm (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo umount /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/dev (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone 1711869952    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot 53035008    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot (007060) [10:47:54] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home 8192    /home/laurent/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home (007060) [10:47:54] NOTE: (1/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:54] NOTE: (2/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:54] NOTE: (3/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:54] NOTE: (4/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (5/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (6/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (7/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (8/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (9/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (10/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (11/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (12/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (13/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:55] NOTE: (14/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (15/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (16/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (17/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (18/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (19/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] NOTE: (20/20) failed to find the install partition. Retrying... (007060) [10:47:56] ERROR: Unable to find the partition prefix, expected the first partition of /dev/mmcblk0p1 to be located at /dev/mmcblk0p11 or /dev/mmcblk0p1p1!


Does anyone know which command I should run to install on EMMC ?

RE: pmboostrap to emmc - dukla2000 - 02-13-2020

SOLVED IN MY CASE: TOP TIP FROM Funeral_Chris ON IRC TO FORMAT THE eMMC FIRST TO CLEAR THE FACTORY IMAGE.

I have also just failed to install to eMMC.

My Brave Heart has booted pmOS/phosh from SDcard fine.
I have pmbootstrap setup fine on the phosh installation.
AFAIK emmc appears as /dev/mmcblk2
Everything runs fine with pmbootstrap until the actual copy to eMMC

Code:
$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/mmcblk2 ... (003064) [10:28:16] *** (3/5) PREPARE INSTALL BLOCKDEVICE *** (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/var/cache/distfiles (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/var/cache/apk (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/proc (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-rust (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-packages (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-git (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-ccache (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/mnt/pmbootstrap-abuild-config (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/etc/apk/keys (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/dev/shm (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/dev (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone 1075089408 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot 46227456 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/boot (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo du --summarize --block-size=1 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home 8192 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_pine64-pinephone/home (003064) [10:28:16] (native) mount /dev/install (host: /dev/mmcblk2) (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo touch /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/install (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk2 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/install (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo touch /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/sdcardp1 (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk2p1 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/sdcardp1 (003064) [10:28:16] (native) % blkid -s LABEL -o value /dev/sdcardp1 /dev/sdcardp1: LABEL="pmOS_boot" UUID="e1c1b6b8-94f9-4b91-9438-3f4aea445694" TYPE="ext2" (003064) [10:28:16] % sudo umount /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/sdcardp1 [10:28:16] WARNING: This device has a previous installation of pmOS. CONTINUE? (y/n) [n] y (003064) [10:28:22] (native) partition /dev/install (boot: 69M, root: the rest) (003064) [10:28:22] (native) % parted -s /dev/install mktable msdos (003064) [10:28:22] (native) % parted -s /dev/install mkpart primary ext2 2048s 69M (003064) [10:28:22] (native) % parted -s /dev/install mkpart primary 69M 100% (003064) [10:28:22] (native) % parted -s /dev/install set 1 boot on (003064) [10:28:22] % sudo touch /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp1 (003064) [10:28:22] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk2p1 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp1 (003064) [10:28:22] % sudo touch /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp2 (003064) [10:28:22] % sudo mount --bind /dev/mmcblk2p2 /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/dev/installp2 (003064) [10:28:22] (native) format /dev/installp2 (003064) [10:28:22] (native) % mkfs.ext4 -O ^metadata_csum -F -q -L pmOS_root /dev/installp2 /dev/installp2 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here! (003064) [10:28:22] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (003064) [10:28:22] NOTE: The failed command's output is above the ^^^ line in the log file: /home/chris/.local/var/pmbootstrap/log.txt
Any suggestions how to get mkfs to overcome its inhibitions?

RE: pmboostrap to emmc - hk135 - 02-17-2020

I managed to install PostmarketOS to my pinephones emmc by booting Manjaro from the SD Card and running pmbootstrap from there.

I think as the factory test is also Postmarket os any installation running from the SD card will mount the emmc partitions as they have the pmos_* labels as well.

RE: pmboostrap to emmc [Resolved] - Gobelin - 02-18-2020

(02-17-2020, 04:55 AM)hk135 Wrote: I managed to install PostmarketOS to my pinephones emmc by booting Manjaro from the SD Card  and running pmbootstrap from there.

I think as the factory test is also Postmarket os any installation running from the SD card will mount the emmc partitions as they have the pmos_* labels as well.

Thanks a lot ! I runned this from Manjaro :

Code:
pmbootstrap install --sdcard mmcblk2

and it worked !

RE: pmboostrap to emmc - catalin - 06-17-2020

Mine worked with `pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/mmcblk0` on Ubuntu 20.04.
Make sure not to add the extra `p1` at the end - `mmcblk0p1`

RE: pmboostrap to emmc - PureTryOut - 06-18-2020

What might be easier nowadays is just using JumpDrive to make the eMMC show up as writeable storage on your PC and just run pmbootstrap on your pc.