06-07-2020, 10:04 PM
The U-Boot that came with Manjaro, either the one supplied by Pine64 or the one on Manjaro's web site, seems to not work reliably booting off the eMMC. My ANSI Pinebook Pro came from the earlier batch, with Debian. I decided that I wanted Manjaro. Trying it out on SD card worked fine. However, after loading in on the eMMC, it just was not reliable for booting.
Solution:
After reading a bit, it appears that the default Debian U-Boot files are more reliable. So, I went back to those, (I have good backups, so easy for me). Since then, Manjaro XFCE has been quite reliable for booting. Have not tried many other things, just getting the desktop configured and customized took a bit of time.
Now to get the default Debian's U-Boot, that's a different story. Sorry, I don't have easy instructions to do that.
I have this long wish list for the Pinebook Pro, many items are about booting.
Solution:
After reading a bit, it appears that the default Debian U-Boot files are more reliable. So, I went back to those, (I have good backups, so easy for me). Since then, Manjaro XFCE has been quite reliable for booting. Have not tried many other things, just getting the desktop configured and customized took a bit of time.
Now to get the default Debian's U-Boot, that's a different story. Sorry, I don't have easy instructions to do that.
I have this long wish list for the Pinebook Pro, many items are about booting.
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Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale
Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale