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The start system in Coreelec is not compatible with LibreELECE Armbian etc. If you run coreelec on your TV box, you will no longer be able to run LE and Armbian normally until the full recovery of the standard firmware via the USB Burn Tool and the new activation of the universal multi-boot, which is used in all new systems.
The new version 5.55 of images. In this version, images with a single DE (XFCE) and a server in composition are as close as possible to the official versions. Version with a Mate and Icewm will probably be later and the gathering will be from another branch GIT (specially adapted for this DE). Since now all the images will be collected using the main kernel "4.1 x", have a common structure for the entire line of s9xxx and differ significantly in steps when configuring the system, I open a separate topic for this direction.
The primary steps to capture an image, activate multi-boot, and select a dtb file are common with the previous images.
Please note that starting with the version number version 20180928.
Major change. A new algorithm for the use of the dtb. Starting with this version, you no longer need to copy the dtb files and rename it to "dtb.img." In order to specify which dtb file to use, you need to edit the file 'uEnv.ini" (specify the desired file name for use dtb). This is a plain text file and can be easily edited. This change will make it easy to update the kernel from the "deb" file in the future. The new algorithm is now used in the eMMC system installation script.
Be sure to activate multi-boot using the new image. If multiboot previously activated is required to repeat activation using files in a new image.
Pay attention. To use the system with
u-boot-2015 (regular firmware Android), you need to edit the file "uEnv.ini"
When using
u-boot-2018, you need to edit the file "/extlinux/extlinux.conf"
For those who doubt or do not know what u-boot is used, you can specify the desired name in both files at the same time.
To change the used MAC address.
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You can add the required parameter to the startup files (uEnv.ini and extlinux.conf). To do this, at the end of the line with the launch parameters, you need to add a parameter specifying the desired MAC address.
For example,
mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
or
ethaddr=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Install Armbian to eMMC.
1. Be sure to activate multi-boot using the new image. If multiboot previously activated is required to repeat activation using files in a new image.
2. Run Armbian from external media, run "ddbr" and create full backup eMMC.
3. install Armbian on eMMC execute script “/root/install.sh”.
Please note, this is a test installation, which was tested only on a few models. Possible errors (Armbian will not boot) when you are working on unverified models which used non-standard distribution of partitions in the eMMC. Therefore, be sure to back up the "ddbr" utility before running the scripts.
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