Running Linux From SD Card or USB Flash Drive - Using Balbes150 Method And Files.

[nosmokingbandit]

Oh Thank you nosmokingbandit
It's really good news...

Then can you tell me how Install Armbian 4.x kernel to Vega S95 Telos or Update to Kernel 4.x ?
At Armbian homepage I can only find 3.x kernel...

There are a few people working on it here:

http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=22717

They seem to be having stability problems, and I don't know if this will work well with the modifications Balbes has done to the image, but it is a start.

If Armbian ever updates their images to 4.X it will be much easier.

[balbes150]

Hi,

I have a Nexbox a95x s905x 1gb/8gb and I try to boot Armbian 5.24 found there:

https://yadi.sk/d/srrtn6kpnsKz2/Linux/ARMBIAN

But it would never boot up. I am assuming that I dont have the right dtb file.

Anyone could advice where I could find a working dtb for my device?

Cheers

Try using the files that are in the catalog dtb (in the FAT section of the medium, after the recording of the image)

[bernick]

Try using the files that are in the catalog dtb (in the FAT section of the medium, after the recording of the image)

I tried a bunch of them. gxbb_p200.dtb generates a crash dump. The other I tried just hangs forever (at Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS amlogic-s905x tty1).

So I was wondering if anyone had some success with that device (Nexbox a95x s905x 1gb/8gb).

Would that dtb file be a good baseline to modify and try to make it work?

https://github.com/150balbes/Amlogic...x_A95X/dts.src

cheers

[asprakash]

Hi balbes150. Appreciate all your effort and patient to reply everyone here. I am also bothering you to give overload. But I have no other option.
I am having MXQPRO 4K box and trying to boot Linux. I read all this 29 pages of discussions and tried all the instructions. Initially there was no luck. But I replaced default dtb.img by gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb. My below steps are tested on MXQPRO 4K box.
1. I copied aml_autoscript, aml_autoscript.zip & dtb.img on my 2G EMMC sdcard (FAT partition). I used gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb and renamed into dtb.img
2. Poweron my box, go to android update, point out the am_autoscript.zip file and click on update. It restart the box and boot into android again. Poweroof the box.
3. Now dump Armbian debian image on my 16GB micro sdcard and power on the box. its booted.

The issues :
- Once I restart the Linux OS on sdcard, its not booting from sdcard, but it goes to android again. Seems either the uboot not properly updated or sdcard FAT partition not detected during boot. May I know how to fix this issue.

Thanks in adv,
Prakash.

[balbes150]

Happy new year!

Thank you so much for the guide. Can anyone recommend a S905 TV box with at least 2GB of RAM, and good Ubuntu support?

Would be great if you can provide Gearbest / AliExpress Link Thanks!

Is the "X96" Android TV box compatible with the uboot method? Link to X96: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/X96-...703457355.html

Yes, compatible.

[balbes150]

I tried a bunch of them. gxbb_p200.dtb generates a crash dump. The other I tried just hangs forever (at Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS amlogic-s905x tty1).

So I was wondering if anyone had some success with that device (Nexbox a95x s905x 1gb/8gb).

Would that dtb file be a good baseline to modify and try to make it work?

https://github.com/150balbes/Amlogic...x_A95X/dts.src

cheers

Try to find options with USB_OTG in the name of the dtb file, or Vice versa, without him.

[balbes150]

Hi balbes150. Appreciate all your effort and patient to reply everyone here. I am also bothering you to give overload. But I have no other option.
I am having MXQPRO 4K box and trying to boot Linux. I read all this 29 pages of discussions and tried all the instructions. Initially there was no luck. But I replaced default dtb.img by gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb. My below steps are tested on MXQPRO 4K box.
1. I copied aml_autoscript, aml_autoscript.zip & dtb.img on my 2G EMMC sdcard (FAT partition). I used gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb and renamed into dtb.img
2. Poweron my box, go to android update, point out the am_autoscript.zip file and click on update. It restart the box and boot into android again. Poweroof the box.
3. Now dump Armbian debian image on my 16GB micro sdcard and power on the box. its booted.

The issues :
- Once I restart the Linux OS on sdcard, its not booting from sdcard, but it goes to android again. Seems either the uboot not properly updated or sdcard FAT partition not detected during boot. May I know how to fix this issue.

Thanks in adv,
Prakash.

You copied to your SD card (after writing the image Armbian) file "dtb.img" ?

[sorine]

Hi balbes150. Appreciate all your effort and patient to reply everyone here. I am also bothering you to give overload. But I have no other option.
I am having MXQPRO 4K box and trying to boot Linux. I read all this 29 pages of discussions and tried all the instructions. Initially there was no luck. But I replaced default dtb.img by gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb. My below steps are tested on MXQPRO 4K box.
1. I copied aml_autoscript, aml_autoscript.zip & dtb.img on my 2G EMMC sdcard (FAT partition). I used gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k.dtb and renamed into dtb.img
2. Poweron my box, go to android update, point out the am_autoscript.zip file and click on update. It restart the box and boot into android again. Poweroof the box.
3. Now dump Armbian debian image on my 16GB micro sdcard and power on the box. its booted.

The issues :
- Once I restart the Linux OS on sdcard, its not booting from sdcard, but it goes to android again. Seems either the uboot not properly updated or sdcard FAT partition not detected during boot. May I know how to fix this issue.

Thanks in adv,
Prakash.

For S905 MXQPRO 4K box copy from SDCARD file /boot/dtb/gxbb_p201.dtb to /boot/dtb.img

[bernick]

Try to find options with USB_OTG in the name of the dtb file, or Vice versa, without him.

I dont see those USB_OTG dtb files on the fat section.

May I ask what is for https://github.com/150balbes/Amlogic...x_A95X/dtb.img ?

Thanks for your help.

[pakis_ch]

Hello all.
I have a vega s95 Meta. I can boot the images from this folder https://yadi.sk/d/srrtn6kpnsKz2/Linux/ARMBIAN/OLD using an SD Card.
But I can't boot the images from this folder: https://yadi.sk/d/srrtn6kpnsKz2/Linux/ARMBIAN using the same SD Card.
Do the images from the second folder run on S95 Meta?
I'm also able to boot the libreelec from this folder https://yadi.sk/d/srrtn6kpnsKz2/Libreelec/7_0_3_10 using an SD Card.

[asprakash]

Thanks for your input. Yes, I copied the gxbb_p201.dtb as dtb.img. The issue is, I can able to boot into sdcard once I apply the uboot update step from android OS and I can also boot from sdcard when I do reboot from Linux. However, once I removed the sdcard, boot into Android again and then reinsert the sdcard & trying to boot from sdcard, its not working. It is still goes to android. This issue persist until I do the uboot update again from Android OS.

[Nofan Tasi]

Thanks for your input. Yes, I copied the gxbb_p201.dtb as dtb.img. The issue is, I can able to boot into sdcard once I apply the uboot update step from android OS and I can also boot from sdcard when I do reboot from Linux. However, once I removed the sdcard, boot into Android again and then reinsert the sdcard & trying to boot from sdcard, its not working. It is still goes to android. This issue persist until I do the uboot update again from Android OS.

Just curious: does boot from sdcard work using toothpick method ? (assuming your device has a reset button)

[asprakash]

Nofan Tasi Yes, It has reset button inside of the AV port. I already tried using toothpick method. It was not working and I got the same error like "dbrsln" posted here, http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...es/page27/#391
So I am using update method from android OS.

[clarkss12]

Thanks for everyone's help, I got Balbes's Ubuntu port running on my X9 (Amlogic S905x), and it is working fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfbGaphtuUA&t=9s

[asprakash]

Continuous testing on my MXQPRO 4K box with Armbian Debian Jessie, there are other couple of issues like,
- To start the sdcard booting, its taking too much time, nearly more than 2 min and then started to boot from sdcard.
- Some time, the graphics looking blur or breaking. Need to restart two to three times to the get good graphics.

Any kind of help on the above issues are appreciated.