OS Installation

[Chrono]

Did you ever get this to work?

Not yet. Thankfully some kind people over at the official Pine64 subreddit are currently helping me. Apparently the issue is rooted in the flashing process itself.

but if I am flashing from Linux I use the 'Disks' app.

Oh, maybe that'll help.

1. Unmount all partitions of the SD card. (I usually end up deleting all partitions and reformatting the whole card but that is how I roll.)
2. Extract .img.xz to just .img file (Unlike Etcher which uses the zipped file)
2. Select SD card in 'Disks' app.
3. Select Options icon in the top right (I guess that is what you call the three bar icon) and choose "Restore Disk Image"
4. Select the unzipped .img file, select restore, restore, then enter your user password.

Thank you. I'll follow these instructions and report back.