09-22-2020, 03:59 PM
(09-19-2020, 09:37 PM)bcnaz Wrote: 1) It would probably be an excellent idea to have a step by step guide in the newbie section of the forum.
2) I have not tried Manjaro on the Pinebook Pro, I started following Pine64 in September of 2019, and I ordered one immediately.
My first and second Pinebook Pro's came with the mrfixit's version of Debian, that was fairly simple to use and while I did have a few minor issues, with the help of this forum I was able to resolve all the problems.
I still am using the mrfixit version of Debian, but I did recently test drive the latest release from Debian's website of the 'arm64' on an sd card and it did run ok, even the wifi worked.
I have also tested the mrfixit/Debian (from the Pine wiki) flashed to an sd card, and that does work for me.
When you say "etched" I assume you mean 'Balena Etcher' .?
You said you have the usb/eMMC adapter ?
You should be able to use that adapter to flash a new operating system to your eMMC .
( There are a few 'ready to use' operating systems in the wiki. )
NOTE : It is a different download for the sd card and for the eMMC.! !
ALSO : I just re-read your original post, you do NOT need to remove or turn-off your
eMMC to boot from the sd card..!
It will always boot first from the sd card "IF" one is in the slot.
Good Luck
=================================
bcnaz: "It would probably be an excellent idea to have a step by step guide in the newbie section of the forum."
----------------------------------------------
Spot on!
Seeing a lot of natural and very common newbie questions many of which have been addressed and answered somewhere in the forum.
Many newcomers to the forum don't realize that "Search" is their friend and that many answers are buried in the various forum threads.
Any way to steer them into efficient use of the forum and towards resolution of their problems/questions is to everyones advantage.
The Wiki is great but it would seem that a clearly designated newbie forum thread for each Pine64 Product could be very useful saving many newcomers considerable frustration and time. Besides, happy community members are the goal for all of us that wish Pine64's bold experiment long term success.
In fairness to all newbies I think its fair to say that it is sometimes tedious and requires some patience to find and isolate the pertinent information for a particular issue and will only beome more so as the forum's posting data grows.
All of this offered by someone who is still but a newbie! Ha!