08-01-2020, 02:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2020, 06:06 PM by Arwen.
Edit Reason: Added note about timeout
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I've tried the latest U-Boot here with my ISO Pinebook Pro on the eMMC, because it still had the Mr Fixit Debian, and kernel 4.4. It appears to work great. Have to boot a bunch more times to see if it's reliable. This Pinebook Pro is from the first 100 batch.
One odd thing, during switch over from U-Boot to kernel, I get vertical black and white bars on the screen for a few seconds. Startled me the first time because I thought it was going to hang. Probably some interaction between the 2 video initializations.
Edit:
One note, the timeout specified in U-Boot configuration is in 1/10s of a second. So 50 in the example is 5 seconds. Not quite long enough for my purpose.
And, Manjaro 5.7 kernel does not boot, (out of 3 times). But, I made it a second partition and boot entry. The Debian 4.4 still boots fine, same Pinebook Pro. (Of course I could have made a mistake in the Manjaro copy...)
One odd thing, during switch over from U-Boot to kernel, I get vertical black and white bars on the screen for a few seconds. Startled me the first time because I thought it was going to hang. Probably some interaction between the 2 video initializations.
Edit:
One note, the timeout specified in U-Boot configuration is in 1/10s of a second. So 50 in the example is 5 seconds. Not quite long enough for my purpose.
And, Manjaro 5.7 kernel does not boot, (out of 3 times). But, I made it a second partition and boot entry. The Debian 4.4 still boots fine, same Pinebook Pro. (Of course I could have made a mistake in the Manjaro copy...)
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Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale
Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale
