Can I rewrite a non-bootable eMMC from the PBP itself?
#1
I was playing with different OS images and decided that since I was able to successfully boot from SD card it would be OK to overwrite the eMMC module image.

I dd'ed a Rock64Pro (bionic-minal arm64) onto the eMMC and now it won't boot anymore, neither from eMMC nor SD.

I was able to eventually start from SD by disabling the eMMC via the internal switch, but since I can't see it I cannot write to it.

How can enable the eMMC but bypass it at boot in order to rewrite it from the PBP itself (I don't have any other equipment to which I can attach the eMMC).

I have enabled the serial connector and do have a serial console adapter that I can connect to a Linux box, and probably attach to via minicom.


Messages In This Thread
Can I rewrite a non-bootable eMMC from the PBP itself? - by Kicou - 11-02-2019, 03:35 PM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
Sad What to can't boot from TF card, EMMC system broken - any advice?do guys? qingss0 1 1,757 12-18-2025, 01:05 AM
Last Post: qingss0
  swap eMMC advice jceaser 2 2,001 10-23-2025, 09:59 PM
Last Post: Der Geist der Maschine
  Need new eMMC Karsten1 2 4,098 10-23-2025, 09:38 AM
Last Post: jceaser
  Happy eMMC and SDcard OS usage for Pinebook Pro Newbies... Paulie420 42 101,194 11-20-2023, 06:22 PM
Last Post: wdt
  Selling my Pinebook Pro with a bootable NVMe WD SSD drive pinemouth 0 2,642 09-27-2023, 08:53 PM
Last Post: pinemouth
  I'm booting from NVME but I want to switch back to eMMC acruhl 4 6,145 04-23-2023, 06:58 AM
Last Post: acruhl
  Doesn’t power on after flashing emmc badguru 3 5,078 02-25-2023, 09:00 PM
Last Post: badguru
  eMMC problem with Tow-Boot/u-boot on SPI repa 3 5,339 02-21-2023, 01:49 AM
Last Post: repa
  Partial boot after installing Manjaro on emmc regivanx 11 11,489 02-06-2023, 09:11 AM
Last Post: wdt
  Unable to Boot anything (emmc or SDcard) line72 5 6,733 01-17-2023, 12:07 PM
Last Post: nfms

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)