06-10-2021, 08:30 PM
I had a similar problem. Same situation, SOEdge module in a clusterboard.
I flashed the factory test build image on the wiki to an eMMC module using the USB-to-eMMC adapter available in the store. What resulted had no partitions and did not boot at all. I was not even able to read the eMMC's contents after flashing. So, I figured the USB-to-eMMC adapter is not the right way to go for this image.
Then I tried the method mentioned in the guide using a Rock64. Good thing I had one of those to try! But, alas, I got the same result. After flashing the image, there was nothing readable or bootable on the eMMC.
Then, I bit the bullet, set up an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine (the SDK suggests/requires it), and built an image using the SDK. After a rather long build, I wound up with a set of images that needed to be flashed to the eMMC. I followed the instructions in the SDK and flashed the images using the Rock64 again, and still nothing winds up readable or bootable on the eMMC.
I am clearly doing something wrong. All of my experience with eMMCs on the Pinebook and Rock64 (and many other non-Pine boards) is not helping me here at all. It seems like the flashing process is not doing what it is supposed to.
I am going to order a SOEdge baseboard soon. Maybe I need one of those too, just to get the modules up and running? Any clues would be much appreciated.
I flashed the factory test build image on the wiki to an eMMC module using the USB-to-eMMC adapter available in the store. What resulted had no partitions and did not boot at all. I was not even able to read the eMMC's contents after flashing. So, I figured the USB-to-eMMC adapter is not the right way to go for this image.
Then I tried the method mentioned in the guide using a Rock64. Good thing I had one of those to try! But, alas, I got the same result. After flashing the image, there was nothing readable or bootable on the eMMC.
Then, I bit the bullet, set up an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine (the SDK suggests/requires it), and built an image using the SDK. After a rather long build, I wound up with a set of images that needed to be flashed to the eMMC. I followed the instructions in the SDK and flashed the images using the Rock64 again, and still nothing winds up readable or bootable on the eMMC.
I am clearly doing something wrong. All of my experience with eMMCs on the Pinebook and Rock64 (and many other non-Pine boards) is not helping me here at all. It seems like the flashing process is not doing what it is supposed to.
I am going to order a SOEdge baseboard soon. Maybe I need one of those too, just to get the modules up and running? Any clues would be much appreciated.