(02-07-2021, 01:37 AM)7horns7eyes Wrote: Can i ask you please, if it is not so hard to do, to write here step by step how i can "write the same image i initially wrote to the Micro SD card to the phone's eMMC" using terminal in OS on the PnePhone. I can work with terminal in Plasma OS( installed on sd card ) , but i afraid not to create another mess.
Basically, the whole thing boils down to understanding the PinePhone boot options. One of the ways to boot it is to use a Micro SD card, which can be used to access the phone's internal eMMC module. Therefore, simply boot the phone from a Micro SD card, and write the image to the phone's eMMC. I'll try to explain this further.
In Linux, almost everything is a file. Hence, a Micro SD card is a file, the eMMC is also a file, and writing an operating system image to each of them is actually writing data to a file. However, a Micro SD card is a file that you can literally hold in your hand, while the eMMC is not that easily accessible. That's why you need to boot from a Micro SD card to be able to access the eMMC.
You might also want to boot your PC under Linux and write an image to a Micro SD card that way. While doing that, use the image file from a USB flash drive. Once you get comfortable with that, you'll realize that writing an image to the eMMC is very much the same thing, it's just that your PinePhone takes the role of your computer.
That way, you'll be able to actually learn something new, instead of just following a tutorial.
