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[Jessica Spongekipper]

Compilation finished (after 325 minutes) on the fourth attempt. The resulting .img file however does not boot. I used the script on the Armbian page, left it at default except for BOARD="pine64" and KERNEL_ONLY="no"

Any hints or tips for a comparative newbie ?

I assumed that the only reason a quad core VM was specified was to cut down on processing time.

Um... why are you compiling anything? As it says in the pine64 docs for Armbian, the support is there... so you you need to do is download the beta image from their site (second last entry). Saves you the hassle of ensuring your system is setup up properly for compilation and waiting around for it to compile!  And preferably use a proper disk imaging tool like Etcher that actually verifies the the image is written, so you minimise the chance that you'll have issues with faulty SD cards.

I compiled it because... I wanted to. I was interested to see if the VM would handle it.

Let's face it, if we were not liable to do stuff like that we would have brought a b****y Mac.  

I also downloaded the beta, assuming that you mean:

Armbian_5.20_Pine64_Ubuntu_xenial_3.10.102.7z

I have the same problem with both.  :-) I also have the same with the image downloaded from modsbyus. All very odd. Runs Android really nicely. I will have another go with Etcher. SOMETHING is read as the momentary switch no longer turns the unit off & I have to pull the battery.  :-)


Time passes...

Right. Done that. Burned with Etcher, CRC32 for image & card match.

/boot/uEnv.txt looking like:     

    console=ttyS0,115200n8
    selinux=permissive
    optargs=enforcing=0 cma=384M no_console_suspend
    kernel_filename=kernel
    initrd_filename=ramdisk.img
    hardware=sun50iw1p1

    # Uncomment to enable LCD screen
    fdt_filename_prefix=pine64/sun50i-a64-lcd-

Card in &... Nada.

I wonder if my 2a wall wart can actually supply enough current ?  Would Linux require very more current than Android ?