05-23-2020, 12:38 PM
(05-23-2020, 10:38 AM)TDC_PBP Wrote:My EMMC has the original Q4OS release installed on it. I believe it uses the bootloader that came with the original Debian install (MrFixIt). It takes a couple minutes to boot on a good quality SD card. The OS does some stuff, but most of the time appears to be expended on expanding the file system.(05-23-2020, 09:35 AM)wove Wrote:(05-23-2020, 07:05 AM)q4osteam Wrote: A feedback from others, positive or negative, would be really helpful. Does anyone boot q4os-3.11-pinebookpro.r1-testing2.img image on Pinebook Pro ? Please post any experience.
I have had no trouble with the testing2 img booting from an SD card. It is greatly improved over the testing1 img.
I noticed that it seems to cause a rather high cpu usage (40%+/-). I think that is an upstream problem from the Armbian Buster backend. If you use screen scaling the cpu usage spikes. (Any DE that enable screen scaling will cause a big spike is cpu usage when using an Armbian backend.) The work around for that is to use the Font configuration in the control panel to use a higher dpi to make the screen more readable rather than increase the screen scaling.
Other than that issue I have found the testing2 img to be very useful.
bill
What OS do you have flashed to your EMMC? How long did Q4OS take to boot for you the first time?
Patience can be a real virtue when working with all the OS images on the Pinebook Pro. I will typically start the boot, then go make a cup of coffee, get something to eat. There are different boot loaders, but I am not aware of any that block the startup from an SD card.
If you use a good quality SD card and format it with the official SD card formatter (recommendations from Armbian) you should have no trouble getting the Q4OS testing2 img to boot.
bill
