Happy eMMC and SDcard OS usage for Pinebook Pro Newbies...

[Paulie420]

@Paulie420
Nice directions for newbies, thanks.

Are you able to boot Armbian from SD card at the same time with default Manjaro setup on EMMC ? We are not. There seems to be an issue prevented to boot certain OSes from SD card, if Manjaro is installed on EMMC, see https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...0#pid68280 . Even on brand new PBP delivered with Manjaro pre-installed, so one could be puzzled and open the PBP to switch eMMC off.

Wait, I know I booted Armbian... and I always have the Manjaro 20.08 on eMMC... so.... would you like me to test that again?

Also... lol I don't wanna steer you wrong at all - however, I believe if you either have Manjaro 20.08 on eMMC boot with nothing inserted that Armbian will boot on SDcard; furthermore, I followed my instructions and put Manjaro BACK on my eMMC... and can boot from Armbian.

But I can test this again to make sure if you say to.

For *me*, I have Manjaro 20.08 on eMMC and know I booted Armbian on SDcard once..... lemme know if you'd like me to test it again... if it doesn't boot, I don't hurt anything so .... I can.


I do know that together we can help each other out.