11-16-2019, 03:55 AM
(11-16-2019, 03:17 AM)mwelbourne Wrote: Thanks for the reply. So, does the Rock64 actually have a SATA connection then? It doesn't mention it in the list of things. Also, I'm not clear about the emmc card. Do I have to put the OS on there before putting into the Rock64, or have I got to buy an extra thing to be able to connect it to something else first?
(11-16-2019, 03:17 AM)mwelbourne Wrote: Thanks for the reply. So, does the Rock64 actually have a SATA connection then? It doesn't mention it in the list of things. Also, I'm not clear about the emmc card. Do I have to put the OS on there before putting into the Rock64, or have I got to buy an extra thing to be able to connect it to something else first?
Maybe I load the OS onto a USB stick, insert the emmc card and then install the OS like that?
There is no sata ports with the rock64, you can use usb drives but you need to boot from sdcard or emmc as the SoC doesn't support USB booting.
emmc is similar to sdcard technology wise, they're used in phones for internal storage etc. There is a number of ways to write to emmc, the easiest of which is to get the usb to emmc adapter pine64 sells.