08-31-2022, 08:34 AM
I just wanted to add that I've been flashing a LOT of images over the last few days on a brand new Pinebook Pro (the newer re-designed model, which also doesn't appear to have a functional eMMC-disable switch) and I've found that pretty much every image I flash using macOS will refuse to boot with flashing power light (kernel panic), with the sole exception of Armbian (which is much smaller than all the other images, which is what I imagine the difference is.)
However, booting into Armbian and flashing with `sudo dd if=/path/to/*.img of=/dev/mmcblk* bs=1M status=progress` has worked very consistently. Loading all of the WiFi firmware after the fact is a pain and the Debian install script requires a lot of modifications to work, but ultimately I've ended with an encrypted Debian installation on my eMMC with functional sleep and WiFi loading up with Tow-Boot.
However, booting into Armbian and flashing with `sudo dd if=/path/to/*.img of=/dev/mmcblk* bs=1M status=progress` has worked very consistently. Loading all of the WiFi firmware after the fact is a pain and the Debian install script requires a lot of modifications to work, but ultimately I've ended with an encrypted Debian installation on my eMMC with functional sleep and WiFi loading up with Tow-Boot.