Debian (or ubuntu) on a micro sd card (pinebook pro)
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Hi,

Yes, I am new to here and I am trying to find my way. I do not have success with one single img disk using Balena Etcher. Generally the result is me waiting on a black screen ifo pbp. The img I tried are Ubuntu family, Debian (previous os of pbp), Kali. I installed Balena Etcher to a Kubuntu laptop from their PPA and burned with the SD Adapter that comes with.

I have checked the previous post and decided to use Gnome Disks utility instead. I tried Ubuntu family and Debian stable without success again. However, Fedora Workstation 32 worked for me.

I later on decided to give Debian install script on the Manjaro KDE that comes with Pine. It seems to be success and I am tempting to use Bullseye (even though I prefer a more stable linux os). It seems ok mostly except for one annoyance. When I leave the machine off for a few hours or let's say over a day, and decide to turn it on after, I end up booting into Manjaro KDE in the built-in flash instead of Debian Bullseye on my Micro SD. What can I do?

My SD card is Samsung Evo Plus with 256GB storage. If you ask me to burn other img files, I will need further instructions as Balena Etcher is not working. Gnome Disks is working only with Fedora Workstation. Alternatively, I can try to fix it on my current Bullseye, which I prefer.

Thank you for the help.

I was just checking the wiki page that jiyong has linked. It seems that I had to decompress the downloaded image before using with Balena Etcher. I want to make sure if this is correct?

Balena Etcher did not refuse to see the direct downloads when I chose them though, I am confused here.

As of now, I have Debian Bullseye but with a boot annoyance mentioned in my previous post.


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RE: Debian (or ubuntu) on a micro sd card (pinebook pro) - by pine76 - 08-09-2020, 05:53 AM

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