PineBook Pro Bootcrash on Manjaro
12-12-2020, 04:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2020, 04:40 PM by User 17828.)
It depends on how familiar you are with Linux distros and how they can be installed.
I would suggest you spend time in the Wiki for Pinebook Pro. There is a lot of information.
I did exactly this today.
Used a Windows computer to go to the Wiki, followed the link to Manjaro ARM images, went to the 20.10 folder for both SD and eMMC boot, downloaded the .xz file ( this is a compressed file. Then I unzipped it using 7-Zip. Attached a USB to SD card reader, went to Disk Management and found the SD card, formatted it via Windows, FAT32, then once the Windows computer saw the SD card, exited the Dsik Management. Open Balena Etcher, pointed it to the folder with the unzipped Manjaro, the targeted the SD card and flashed it.
Ejected the SD card from the Windows computer, put the SD in the Pinebook Pro and fired it up. Booted into Manjaro from the SD card, then went onto the Pinebook pro Wiki and the manjaro-arm-installer. Clicked that and away it went. Needless to say on the initial bootup there are some questions about running Manjaro and they seemed self explanatory, user,password,etc. Keyboard ANSI vs ISO question, locale, file type ? UTF type questions.
Once I logged into the SD card's Manjaro and ran the manjaro-arm-installer ( you will need to have already logged into your router wirelessly from the SD card version of Manjaro ) the process ran smoothly and I powered down and removed the SD card and then booted up.
Was really happy it went so smoothly, learned a lot.
Good Luck, you can't kill these things! You may spend a lot of time on the forum and the Wiki pages. You have a cutting edge piece of equipment and it is not a fool proof system, meaning you can make changes that will make it un-bootable. However, once you have gone through this you will have a lot more confidence.
Ed
There are lots of knowledgeable and helpful folks on this forum.
I would suggest you spend time in the Wiki for Pinebook Pro. There is a lot of information.
I did exactly this today.
Used a Windows computer to go to the Wiki, followed the link to Manjaro ARM images, went to the 20.10 folder for both SD and eMMC boot, downloaded the .xz file ( this is a compressed file. Then I unzipped it using 7-Zip. Attached a USB to SD card reader, went to Disk Management and found the SD card, formatted it via Windows, FAT32, then once the Windows computer saw the SD card, exited the Dsik Management. Open Balena Etcher, pointed it to the folder with the unzipped Manjaro, the targeted the SD card and flashed it.
Ejected the SD card from the Windows computer, put the SD in the Pinebook Pro and fired it up. Booted into Manjaro from the SD card, then went onto the Pinebook pro Wiki and the manjaro-arm-installer. Clicked that and away it went. Needless to say on the initial bootup there are some questions about running Manjaro and they seemed self explanatory, user,password,etc. Keyboard ANSI vs ISO question, locale, file type ? UTF type questions.
Once I logged into the SD card's Manjaro and ran the manjaro-arm-installer ( you will need to have already logged into your router wirelessly from the SD card version of Manjaro ) the process ran smoothly and I powered down and removed the SD card and then booted up.
Was really happy it went so smoothly, learned a lot.
Good Luck, you can't kill these things! You may spend a lot of time on the forum and the Wiki pages. You have a cutting edge piece of equipment and it is not a fool proof system, meaning you can make changes that will make it un-bootable. However, once you have gone through this you will have a lot more confidence.
Ed
There are lots of knowledgeable and helpful folks on this forum.
