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Please read: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
So you understand the level of TV Box support currently
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2 hours ago, boxmeister said:
If anyone can point me to what fille/script i need to run id be more than happy.
This is covered in the last paragraph of the TV Box FAQ entry: Installation Instructions for TV Boxes with Amlogic CPUs
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There is only one image available if you are following the instructions in the FAQ.
What images are you trying and what instructions are you following? You have provided no useful information for anyone to help you.
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13 hours ago, MX10.AC2N said:
How can we solve this problem with the / boot partition in FAT during updates??
Thank again..
You should report that as a bug to the maintainer of the code you are onstalling. I have reported (and submitted patches) for similar issues in Armbian code.
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TV boxes are not supported by the Armbian project. Thus you posted this originally in the wrong forum. I moved your post to the TV Box forums.
You don't mention much in the way of useful debugging information, like what build are you using. But I would recommend reading through the threads in this forum for your cpu and you should find help there.
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You can't use an android dtb. dtbs are kernel specific. So a dtb coded to a vendor supplied android kernel isn't going to work with a mainline kernel.
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13 hours ago, Massive Box said:
So I wonder if I could just erase the boot partition on my eMMC
Do not do that as you will brick your box. Amlogic based TV Boxes only boot from emmc (except in rare cases).
20 hours ago, Massive Box said:I've found in my armbian-config settings an "Edit boot.ini script", which currently shows this:
Could this be the way?
No. boot.ini isn't even used by the balbes multiboot process.
I asked earlier if you could boot from an sd card (as that should work since you originally booted that way before installing on emmc). Again, I will repeat myself, don't expect to be able to boot from usb, that doesn't work on many amlogic based boxes.
13 hours ago, Massive Box said:the Windows utility I'm running in a Virtual Box with USB passthrough
What utility are you running?
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What version do you currently have installed? (armbian and kernel versions)
If you don't have a reset button, how did you enable multiboot in the first place?
Have you ever run armbian from usb on this box? (not all boxes will support booting from usb)
Does booting armbian from sdcard work?
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OK, now that you have the latest build, I would recommend that you start over. Reinstall a fresh android firmware and then try again. Because you used an old build, that caused you to set uboot variables that are not correct for the latest build.
Also, it looks like you are using either the wrong dtb or the wrong u-boot.ext. Since the dtb you mentioned above is for an s905x cpu (meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb) but you are using the s905x2 uboot.ext (rename u-boot-s905x2-s912 to u-boot.ext)
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If you aren't going to follow the instructions on this site, which would include running the version the instructions point to, then I'm not able to help you. You are trying to run a version that is different in many ways than the one the instructions are designed for. Please try again with the correct build if you would like my help.
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I'm still not understanding what instructions you are using nor what build you are using.
I want to correct a couple of items in your previous post. You don't seem to be looking at the correct aml_autoscript as the 20.10_xxx_5.9.0 build doesn't have a line like setenv bootfromnand 0.
You mention modifying boot.ini, but that isn't a step that needs to be done.
So again, I ask, what build are you using and what instructions are you trying to follow?
Finally, if you have a working console that you can access the u-boot command line from, then you should be able to just enter the commands one by one as they appear in the aml_autoscript file.
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There won't be any compatible bootloader for your box so there isn't any boot loader to install.
You need to get multiboot working. If you don't have a reset button (are you sure? what is the thing in the upper right corner of your first picture?), then you are going to need to run the update through android. Have you tried the update app method of installing multiboot?
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Why are you not using the build linked to in the posted instructions? Please follow the instructions as listed in the FAQ, starting with a freshly reinstalled working android firmware. Does your board have a reset button to use the 'toothpick' method?
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Please read the two FAQ items in the TVBox forum FAQ, one being the amlogic instructions. Your box should have an s905x or s905w CPU. I would start by trying the meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb
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It would be helpful if you provided at least some basic information. Like what build you are using and what instructions you are following. Have you read the two TVBox forum faq items?
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@nobuteru Welcome to the Armbian community. I will first direct you to read the TVBox forums FAQ items:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
Note that the amlogic install FAQ item is for s9xx based cpus, not the s8xx series. I don't own any 8xx based boxes so I have no experience with the installation specifics for them (if the do or do not differ from the s9xx instructions)
However there is an entire thread dedicated to the s8xx that likely has the information you need burried in it:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/3023-armbian-for-amlogic-s805-and-s802s812
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Please read the following FAQ item: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
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moved to the correct subforum
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@tt_soft Have you read the TV Box club faq post on the current status of TV Boxes in the Armbian community? https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
The only TV Box cpu that has an active 'maintainer' is the Rockchip cpu. While I try my best with amlogic cpu questions as I have a number of amlogic based boxes, no one currently active in the forums is helping others with allwinner questions.
To answer your question on dtbs, yes that is probably the most difficult part of supporting these TV boxes. I have been involved for about two years with armbian, and while I have learned a lot during that time, dtbs are still the area that i have no functional knowledge about. The problem lies in the fact that to construct a proper dtb you need intimate knowledge of the hardware, but no tv box manufacturer publishes or offers the information about the boxes they build. So it is all guess work which no one has the desire to waste their time on when there are so many needs elsewhere in the armbian community for development resources.
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Moved topic to correct Allwinner subforum
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Often there is an 'update' app in Android that will do the same thing as the reset button. But note that not all apps named 'update' will do what is needed. But check if you have an update app and see if you can use it to run the aml_autoscript.zip located in the /boot directory of your armbian sdcard. This should cause the box to reboot and have the same effect as the reset button.
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Are you sure your box has emmc and not cheaper nand? A lot of boxes cut costs by using cheaper nand instead of true emmc, and nand storage is not supported in the 5.x kernel. I would suggest you open the box and look up the specs of the chips you find on the board to confirm what you actually have. (I own TV boxes that have identical markings on the outside, but one will have emmc and the other will have nand).
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Nexbox A95x - Can't install
in Amlogic CPU Boxes
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It could be either CPU. Manufacturers produce many varients of a tv box over time, changing the components to what's cheapest at the moment. So two identically labeled tv boxes can have different components. I would recommend opening the box and looking at the physical CPU to get your answer.