08-24-2022, 04:32 PM
(08-24-2022, 03:11 PM)wdt Wrote: Perhaps you mis-typed,,"thumb drive" ???
The unchangable, fixed code in cpu can ONLY load idbloader from SPI, emmc, SD, (and usb for ONLY writting emmc)
The last needs a usb driver loaded too
So,,, if you are seeing towboot, it is somewhere on SPI, OR emmc, OR SD
once idbloader runs, then there is enough mem to load uboot, it can and does change boot order
(and adds usb0 amongst others)
Most DM (display manager) have a menu to chose desktop environment,,, so ......
if you add most of xfce4 to a plasma install, you can choose to run the xfce DE (at login, drop down menu)
OR logout, change DE, login
Nope, I didn't mistype, but I think we may be talking about the same thing. The boot loader installed in the SPI from the factory allowed booting from USB. The instructions on the Tow-Boot site describe making a bootable USB with a Tow-Boot image that can be installed over the stock SPI. Once this is installed, you can then boot (or maybe call it a secondary boot if you wish) from eMMC, MicroSD, USB, and NVME.
Once I did the install of Tow-Boot onto the SPI, the rest of the install went as described. That way I didn't have all of the extra Plasma stuff that I was not planning on needing.