What is jumpdrive?

[Msemmett]

From the wiki:

The internal eMMC flash storage can be flashed using the Jumpdrive utility by Danct12 and Martijn from postmarketOS. This utility boots from micro SD and exposes the internal eMMC flash storage when the PinePhone is connected to a computer. The process of flashing an OS to the exposed and mounted eMMC is identical to that of any other storage medium - e.g. a SD card. You can use the 'DD' command or a utility such as Etcher or Gnome Disks, etc.

https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=..._Jumpdrive

"Jumpdrive" just gives you access to the eMMC via USB. It converts the PinePhone (or Tab i suppose ) into an USB to eMMc adapter.


Instead of flashing your OS (Ubports for example) to the SD card and use your phone from there, you can decide to flash it to the eMMC (internal memory of the phone) and have the SD card slot free for overall purpose.

To do so, flash "jumpdrive" to SD, boot your Phone, connect it via USB to yor desktop computer and you will see the eMMC of your Phone like any other removable medium (USB Stick etc.). Now you can flash the OS to the eMMC. Remove the SD card and it will boot from eMMC.



Hope that helps. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong...

Holy crap. I'm making progress. Thanks! Now I've got to figure out how to flash from my PC. Standby! I'm truly the biggest novice in this pile.

My Mac won't recognize the device connected via USB. I'm going to try some different cords.