02-23-2018, 06:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-23-2018, 06:51 PM by AkiraSensei.)
Well, there's this thread by the moderator called Luke instructing how to boot Linux and "some" Android images from a USB device. The link to it is this: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=5610
I followed the instructions. I downloaded and burned ayufan's u-boot-flash-spi.img.xz image to my SD, waited for the Rock64 to start blinking, and then turned off to take the SD out. I then tried Pine64's own Android image AND Ayufan's TV version but none will boot off an externally powered HDD OR USB flash drive. The screen on my monitor doesn't even turn black or anything (no signal).
According to Luke's guide, I have to go to this link here: https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/ to check which images can be booted from SPI but I do not understand these hub pages at all. I've no idea where to even find a list of Android images that mention SPI.
I found this hub page titled "u-boot Android" or something but I have no clue what this page is even about: https://github.com/rock64-android/u-boot . I'm not Linux savvy to understand at all.
BTW, running Android through SD runs perfectly fine. But as we all know, SDs wear out -- especially for what I'll want to use the Rock64 for.
I followed the instructions. I downloaded and burned ayufan's u-boot-flash-spi.img.xz image to my SD, waited for the Rock64 to start blinking, and then turned off to take the SD out. I then tried Pine64's own Android image AND Ayufan's TV version but none will boot off an externally powered HDD OR USB flash drive. The screen on my monitor doesn't even turn black or anything (no signal).
According to Luke's guide, I have to go to this link here: https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/ to check which images can be booted from SPI but I do not understand these hub pages at all. I've no idea where to even find a list of Android images that mention SPI.
I found this hub page titled "u-boot Android" or something but I have no clue what this page is even about: https://github.com/rock64-android/u-boot . I'm not Linux savvy to understand at all.
BTW, running Android through SD runs perfectly fine. But as we all know, SDs wear out -- especially for what I'll want to use the Rock64 for.