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

[lepomis]

I have a Tronsmart Vega S95 Meta and i burned Armbian_5.34_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.40_mate_20171 112.img to a usb drive, then i launched the update script running android and the device rebooted, but i'm stuck there at the boot logo.
It's not clear at all which dtb.img should i copy to the root of the fat partition.
I found a link in one of the first pages of this thread but it's broken.

[balbes150]

I have a Tronsmart Vega S95 Meta and i burned Armbian_5.34_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.40_mate_20171 112.img to a usb drive, then i launched the update script running android and the device rebooted, but i'm stuck there at the boot logo.
It's not clear at all which dtb.img should i copy to the root of the fat partition.
I found a link in one of the first pages of this thread but it's broken.

Use the latest versions with kernel 5.1 , there is a DTB for Vega S95 with which everything works.

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/7930-armbian-for-amlogic-s9xxx-kernel-41x-ver-555/

[bcb]

I would like to run Armbian on mecool K3 pro. It has S912 on it.
I made an SD card witn debian from

https://yadi.sk/d/pHxaRAs-tZiei/5.98_20191008/default/Armbian_5.98_Aml-g12_Debian_buster_default_5.3.0_desktop_20191008.img.xz

but when I restart the tvbox with SD card in it it still boot to Android.
I've changed boot.ini and uEnv.ini to use meson-gxm-s912-kiii-pro.dtb file.

What am I missing?

[RISCy Dude]

I think you must activate multi-boot. Not sure how you go about that on the K3 Pro. The same method you use to update the box from SD card will probably work.
With the Armbian SD card inserted, attempt to put the K3 in to update mode.

The old way was to use the Android update app in Android, point the update app to the SD card, locate aml_autoscript.zip and run the app.

[bcb]

I think you must activate multi-boot. Not sure how you go about that on the K3 Pro. The same method you use to update the box from SD card will probably work.
With the Armbian SD card inserted, attempt to put the K3 in to update mode.

The old way was to use the Android update app in Android, point the update app to the SD card, locate aml_autoscript.zip and run the app.

I've managed to start it after powering the device with reset button pressed. Now it works OK.

[RISCy Dude]

Good to hear. BTW, The procedure only has to be done once.

[tranceyard]

hello.

Can´t install aml_autoscript.zip.

Always this error (see picture)

Box a95x f3 2gb ram

[thanghn90]

hello.

Can´t install aml_autoscript.zip.

Always this error (see picture)

Box a95x f3 2gb ram

Are you using the latest img (20200220)? If so, try the 19.11.5 version:

https://yadi.sk/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/19.11.5/20200127

I also have trouble with 20200220 version. Burnt image to sd card, didn't boot with toothpick method for my mini m8s ii. Do the same for 19.11.5 and it works!
Just to clarify: I did attempt to run aml_autoscript.zip in 20200220 version. Not sure if it works because of this failed attempt, but the 20200220 image never boots...
Beside, 20200220 image is HUGE after extraction (>5GB, compared to 1.7GB for 19.11.5 image). I guess this is a work-in-progress.