08-06-2023, 05:04 PM
So a GNU friend helped me and installed Tow-boot on the phone (I remember that at the first install I didn't understand fully what was Tow-boot nor what exactly I was supposed to do, so I'm confident that I did not install it myself from a specific SD card, but that's all I can be sure about).
After that it does boot from the SD card.
But today I used the Phosh Installer tar image (dd'd on a SD card) to test that, and I was particularly careful to choose "install on the SD card" after having been burned once.
It asked me whether it should wipe the card, and I chose "yes". I also chose to encrypt the filesystem.
But even though I chose to install the OS on the SD card, it actually installed it on the EMMC...
So I guess that the first time also I didn't make any mistake, it's the installer who lied to me.
And I guess it wiped out tow-boot, because now it refuses to boot on the same SD card that I used to install it (nor on another where I dd'd another tar image).
At least it boots on the tow-boot SD card if I put it in the phone.
Also I now remember the new password - I can use the system installed if I want to.
But I bought the Pinephone in order to test the various available OS, so what should I do now ?
The Tow-boot SD card asks me whether I want to wipe the EMMC or to install Tow-boot on the boot sector of the EMMC, will the second option leave the OS installed on the EMMC functional ?
After that it does boot from the SD card.
But today I used the Phosh Installer tar image (dd'd on a SD card) to test that, and I was particularly careful to choose "install on the SD card" after having been burned once.
It asked me whether it should wipe the card, and I chose "yes". I also chose to encrypt the filesystem.
But even though I chose to install the OS on the SD card, it actually installed it on the EMMC...
So I guess that the first time also I didn't make any mistake, it's the installer who lied to me.
And I guess it wiped out tow-boot, because now it refuses to boot on the same SD card that I used to install it (nor on another where I dd'd another tar image).
At least it boots on the tow-boot SD card if I put it in the phone.
Also I now remember the new password - I can use the system installed if I want to.
But I bought the Pinephone in order to test the various available OS, so what should I do now ?
The Tow-boot SD card asks me whether I want to wipe the EMMC or to install Tow-boot on the boot sector of the EMMC, will the second option leave the OS installed on the EMMC functional ?