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

[Teddybee]

Good news: I was able to run the armbian on my T95u pro. My only problem is the lack of hardware video acceleration(test.mp4 is very slow in full screen) and I can't change the resolution above 720p. If I change it to fullhd in the .sh file, it doesn't boot.
P.S.: Libreelec is working with 1080p

[Teddybee]

I found this, maybe somebody could compile a kernel with it.
Unfortunately there is no user-space driver for Mali T820.

[Jefken3]

Hi, balbes150 . I was able to install Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce_2017 0323.img.xz on my new S905x device, can I do without worrying in bricking my device sudo apt-get upgrade?
Thanks, Jefken3

[balbes150]

I checked the behavior of the two images 20170323 Ubuntu Mate and Xfce Debian (run from a USB flash drive) to execute commands. "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". In Debian no updates yet, Ubuntu was updated few files. No problems I have not yet discovered. Additionally checked out one option over the old installation of Ubuntu Mate to eMMC on s905x (about February). The upgrade was without problems, updated a lot of files (firefox samba libraries, etc.). For safety I recommend that before you upgrade the internal memory to perform a full system backup to external media (for this you can use the script dd_backup_x).

[Jefken3]

I checked the behavior of the two images 20170323 Ubuntu Mate and Xfce Debian (run from a USB flash drive) to execute commands. "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade". In Debian no updates yet, Ubuntu was updated few files. No problems I have not yet discovered. Additionally checked out one option over the old installation of Ubuntu Mate to eMMC on s905x (about February). The upgrade was without problems, updated a lot of files (firefox samba libraries, etc.). For safety I recommend that before you upgrade the internal memory to perform a full system backup to external media (for this you can use the script dd_backup_x).

Thanks for your answer, my image is not running on emmc but is still on sdcard, in ssh session the system tells me [ 15 updates to install: apt upgrade ]

[balbes150]

Run the command "apt-get update". Here is a screenshot from my current flash drive. Any updated packages are not visible by the system.

[Jefken3]

Sorry, the updates where from deb-multimedia repo that I had added to sources.list in order to install TVheadend.

[gizmomelb]

Hi balbes150

Thank you for the hard work and time spent developing armbian for these s905/s905x chipset devices - should we be asking questions here or on the armbian website please?

I'm new at this so please excuse a basic question, but I've successfully installed the "Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce _201 70323.img" file on USBand can boot into it, however on first run the video display was ''garbled'' which I recognised as an unsupported resolution, so I edited the s905 script and changed the video to 1080p 60HZ and video displayed unscrambled after that.

However there is still an error with the video output (or it might be my monitor - a Dell P2417H) where the displayed text / console is only in the top quarter of the monitor. IE: I try to log in FOR THE FIRST boot, and I am required to change the password from '1234' - but I have to press RETURN half a dozen times before the screen scrolls up and I can see what I was trying to type. Can someone please suggest a fix or where I should be looking in the armbian config files?

Secondly - (and I apologise if this is documented) - can I install armbian to the on board flash and wipe android / run armbian without needing an SD card or USB stick to boot from?

Thank you.

[Jefken3]

Hi balbes150

Thank you for the hard work and time spent developing armbian for these s905/s905x chipset devices - should we be asking questions here or on the armbian website please?

I'm new at this so please excuse a basic question, but I've successfully installed the "Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce _201 70323.img" file on USBand can boot into it, however on first run the video display was ''garbled'' which I recognised as an unsupported resolution, so I edited the s905 script and changed the video to 1080p 60HZ and video displayed unscrambled after that.

However there is still an error with the video output (or it might be my monitor - a Dell P2417H) where the displayed text / console is only in the top quarter of the monitor. IE: I try to log in FOR THE FIRST boot, and I am required to change the password from '1234' - but I have to press RETURN half a dozen times before the screen scrolls up and I can see what I was trying to type. Can someone please suggest a fix or where I should be looking in the armbian config files?

Secondly - (and I apologise if this is documented) - can I install armbian to the on board flash and wipe android / run armbian without needing an SD card or USB stick to boot from?

Thank you.

Hi, the first question I can answer I can help You because I had the same problem, You should change the screen-size within the menu of Your tv, You are not seeing the entire text! The second question I know it's possible but neither do I know how.
Jefken3

[balbes150]

Hi balbes150

Thank you for the hard work and time spent developing armbian for these s905/s905x chipset devices - should we be asking questions here or on the armbian website please?

I'm new at this so please excuse a basic question, but I've successfully installed the "Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce _201 70323.img" file on USBand can boot into it, however on first run the video display was ''garbled'' which I recognised as an unsupported resolution, so I edited the s905 script and changed the video to 1080p 60HZ and video displayed unscrambled after that.

However there is still an error with the video output (or it might be my monitor - a Dell P2417H) where the displayed text / console is only in the top quarter of the monitor. IE: I try to log in FOR THE FIRST boot, and I am required to change the password from '1234' - but I have to press RETURN half a dozen times before the screen scrolls up and I can see what I was trying to type. Can someone please suggest a fix or where I should be looking in the armbian config files?

Secondly - (and I apologise if this is documented) - can I install armbian to the on board flash and wipe android / run armbian without needing an SD card or USB stick to boot from?

Thank you.

2. Yes, this is possible. How to install in the eMMC already been discussed many times.



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Added to the website test option image-4.11.1. Pay attention - video output NOT working (monitor NOT working). Management connection via SSH.

[nosmokingbandit]

I just ran apt-get update and now I can't get an ssh connection. I'd advise not attempting to update unless you have a backup handy.

edit:
Nvm, I can ssh via ip address, but my hostname isn't recognized. At least that is easy to figure out.

[Jefken3]

Hi, is it safe to resize the partition off the sd card to dd (copy-backup) the system.
I would like to clone my system but alltough I have two identical sd cards, same brand, the one I like to write seems to be I little smaller.

System;

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 14.9 GiB, 15931539456 bytes, 31116288 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x17291ccd

sdcard to write;

Disk /dev/sdb: 14.5 GiB, 15523119104 bytes, 30318592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x9172873e

result;

root@amlogic-s905x:~# dd if=/dev/mmcblk1 of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device
3702+0 records in
3701+0 records out
15523119104 bytes (16 GB, 14 GiB) copied, 1477.1 s, 10.5 MB/s

thanks,
Jefken3

[Nofan Tasi]

Hi, is it safe to resize the partition off the sd card to dd (copy-backup) the system.
I would like to clone my system but alltough I have two identical sd cards, same brand, the one I like to write seems to be I little smaller.

System;

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 14.9 GiB, 15931539456 bytes, 31116288 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x17291ccd

sdcard to write;

Disk /dev/sdb: 14.5 GiB, 15523119104 bytes, 30318592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x9172873e

result;

root@amlogic-s905x:~# dd if=/dev/mmcblk1 of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
dd: error writing '/dev/sdb': No space left on device
3702+0 records in
3701+0 records out
15523119104 bytes (16 GB, 14 GiB) copied, 1477.1 s, 10.5 MB/s

thanks,
Jefken3

Do you have a Linux computer and adaptors to fit in the SD cards? If so:
You could just dd upto the last block of 1st partition and create 2nd partition ext4 empty. Next you could rsync (or tar, or otherwise exactly copy) 2nd partition content.

[balbes150]

Gathered test a system image using the kernel 4.11 and GUI SATO. As the source code use GIT meta-meson (Neil Armstrong). To use the TV box must be already activated multiupload. 1. Download
2. Unpack
3. Burn image on SD card
4. To add to the recorded media dtb file from the site (with the name "dtb.img").
Pay attention while you can only use two files (for the two platforms), which is on the site next to the image. The dtb files included in the image don't work. Additionally you need to download and copy to the media script s905_autoscript. On the platform s905X not working USB, so you can only manage via SSH or the console UART. On the platform s905 (tested on Vega S95) has one port USB\otg (on the Vega models it's near the SD card), which can connect either the mouse or the keyboard, or you can burn the image to a USB flash drive and use the flash drive as a carrier (when all control is only possible through SSH or the UART conosle). Pay attention after burning the image and running the system will NOT automatically expand the partition to the entire media, it must be done manually on the PC. The root password is missing when you login to terminal from login. Wired network works on both platforms (s905 and s905x). When you start the graphic shell SATO perhaps from its damping, as will be brought down hours, you must reboot (WITHOUT turning off) , or activate the mouse.

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[Jefken3]

Do you have a Linux computer and adaptors to fit in the SD cards? If so:
You could just dd upto the last block of 1st partition and create 2nd partition ext4 empty. Next you could rsync (or tar, or otherwise exactly copy) 2nd partition content.

Hi, nice to see You here again Nofan Tasi,

Thanks mate, meanwile i found another sd card that was big enough.
I do have some updates to do, should I take the risk?

"[ 56 updates to install: apt upgrade ]"

Greetings