(05-19-2024, 11:49 PM)Pavlos1 Wrote: This is like asking whether you can use an Arch Linux kernel on an Ubuntu install on your desktop.
Sort of... But if I want to have my system be dual- or triple- boot between multiple linux distros (and/or BSD versions), it's easy to have multiple kernels installed on my system (obviously only *using* one at a time). However, it's not easy to have multiple U-Boots installed on my system. (Or is it? I know it's sometimes possible to have multiple GRUB installs and chainload one from another -- can/should I do that with U-boot?)
In any case, when doing dual-boot, it's not always straightforward to consider the boot-loader to be "part of" the OS/distribution (which one?)
(05-20-2024, 04:19 AM)KC9UDX Wrote: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Yeah... I started this thread because it *might be* broke. Currently my four-year-old Pinebook Pro with its four-year-old U-Boot can boot from an SD card that I imaged around four years ago. But I've had problems booting from SD cards that I set up more recently.
And standard advice in the open-source world when you think your software might be broken is "Upgrade to a recent version before reporting bugs". (And yes, I realize that the problem may just be with the SD card)