11-21-2019, 02:17 PM
It seems all the OS install tutorials make use of a SD card. Given that the phone doesn't come with a SD card, it is possible to install an OS directly to the eMMC?
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Install OS directly to eMMC?
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11-21-2019, 02:27 PM
Theoretically yes, the A64 SoC used in the PinePhone has a special bootloader mode called FEL mode, which gives you a special device on the USB port, which in turn allows you to upload code and run it. This can be used to upload a loader that exposes the eMMC as USB mass storage. But I am not sure if that is easier than just using a sdcard to write an image to the eMMC.
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11-21-2019, 02:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2020, 09:20 PM by bcnaz.
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I am sure it does come with an sd card slot,
One of the things you CAN DO with the Pine Phone is test OS'es from an sd card. I do not know if the eMMC is removable, but I hope it is. * We Sure could use a wiki for the Pine Phone ! ---------------------------------------- Update: Jan. 09, 2020 SO, the Brave Heart does have a soldered in 16gb eMMC After installing a OS we may wish to use the SD card for added storage. There is the start of a Wiki, though it hopefully will be growing as time goes.
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**BCnAZ**  Donate to $upport your favorite OS Team  (11-21-2019, 02:31 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I am sure it does come with an sd card slot, I don't believe it is. This got brought up yesterday in the subreddit. From https://ameridroid.com/blogs/ameriblogs/...rom-tl-lim Quote:The eMMC on the PinePhone is surface-mounted and not socketed IIRC, the decision was made to allow more room internally, for other needed boards. Also, I noticed the other day that some users have already begun gathering information and have started a few wiki pages for the phone.
11-21-2019, 03:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2019, 03:13 PM by tahayassen.)
(11-21-2019, 02:31 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I am sure it does come with an sd card slot, Yeah but I prefer to bypass the SD card slot since the eMMC will probably have better performance. (11-21-2019, 02:27 PM)xalius Wrote: Theoretically yes, the A64 SoC used in the PinePhone has a special bootloader mode called FEL mode, which gives you a special device on the USB port, which in turn allows you to upload code and run it. This can be used to upload a loader that exposes the eMMC as USB mass storage. But I am not sure if that is easier than just using a sdcard to write an image to the eMMC. Ah, it looks to be possible on the Pine A64 and the Pinebook: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/NOOB#F...es_Only.29 Is there a FEL button on the pinephone? Also, I'm curious why the Pine A64 needs a SD card with "FEL code" when the Pinebook doesn't need that.
11-21-2019, 03:29 PM
.1) I figured to try a few different OS'es before installing one
.2) When I went to the wiki a few minutes ago and hit search for 'Pine phone' It did not yield any results, but suggested I start a page.
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11-21-2019, 10:43 PM
(11-21-2019, 02:17 PM)tahayassen Wrote: It seems all the OS install tutorials make use of a SD card. Given that the phone doesn't come with a SD card, it is possible to install an OS directly to the eMMC? Yes, you can use FEL mode, but I haven't tried it because I haven't played with it before. But personally, I could boot to a Linux session on the phone and dd the image to the internal eMMC.
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HOLD YOUR BREATH. (11-21-2019, 03:29 PM)bcnaz Wrote: .1) I figured to try a few different OS'es before installing one Try hardware page here and software page here.
11-22-2019, 03:39 PM
YEP, those links go to the pine phone,
Yesterday I went the wiki from the icon at the top of the forum page, and found no listing for the pine phone.. THANK YOU ! :-)
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i could transfer PostmarketOS Image from the sdcard to the emmc with dd.
I used this command from the PinePhone Terminal (Or better ssh) dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1M It will take about 15min (depending on the speed of your card), in the end it will show en error about not enough space - just ignore it. Working fine |
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