PBP does not boot: broken boot partition
08-06-2020, 02:32 PM
(08-06-2020, 02:05 PM)wdt Wrote: >ps, if there are steps I can apply for fix for emmc switch, please share
Change uboot? You didn't mention, I guess you are using manjaro???
It is all pretty opaque, I continue to think mrfixit's uboot is the best,
and for that matter, it is best rescue distro, IMO
Since you mention rpi4, I guess you know to ONLY use quality uSD?
To clarify, the issue i saw with "eMMC switch" was that the physical switch to disable eMMC does not seem to work. After flipping switch, PBP does not boot at all (no lights).
But yes, i got myself into this mess because I was messing with boot for nvme, and I am now going to look into using uboot instead, because that would be a better solution.
I agree, manjaro probably wasnt a good choice as a "rescue" distro. but i kinda wanted to try the XFCE version, so i thought i was killing two birds, but i now suspect that using manjaro+xfce was part of the issue. however, after repairing my boot and installing Manjaro+XFCE to SD card, the SD boots correctly, so i am not sure why it was such a pain to get the initial boot to execute when the eMMC boot was broken.