03-02-2021, 11:57 AM
(02-28-2021, 04:38 PM)wdt Wrote: @BronzeBeard
I tried this (openMandriva) a week or so ago,,, it didn't boot
So... a couple questions
Was it on SD? What was on emmc? Does emmc have unchanged uboot?
thanks
Sorry for the late reply, blame my kid.
How I installed it,
I used the write2sd tool provided by the OpenMandriva to write the image to a 64GB SanDiskExtreme v30 A2 SD Card.
You may want to format the SD card first before doing the copy. I had some problems booting the card when it had other versions of Linux on it. But had no problems when BSD were on the SD card or when I had a wiped card.
After that, simply turn off the PBP. Boot back up, and it should run off the SD card.
I did not copy to emmc, I also haven't messed with uboot or changed the jumpers internally.
If you wanted to copy to emmc, I would assume you would just need to download the image again while running from the SD card. Then use the same tool provided to write over the emmc. Turn off the machine, take out the SD card, and then turn the machine back on. Install instructions would be similar to Manjaro.
Also note, since we don't have sha's, if you have a problem on first boot, try redownloading the image and then check the shas between the two files. If they don't match, download a third time, and repeat the process until you have matching sha's. The matches are probably good. I ran into a problem where one of the images I downloaded wouldn't boot, because the download was bad.
Final note, the beta had a raw image. The release is a compressed image. The script they provide is looking for a compressed file. So don't decompress it.