regor

Actually the difference seems to be the initrd file, not the kernel file: The jessie build doesn't boot under qemu, but the older bananian image does. The jessie armbian build initrd: # file: uInitrd: u-boot legacy uImage, uInitrd, Linux/ARM, RAMDisk Image (gzip), 4007052 bytes, Thu May 5 17:27:58 2016, Load Address: 0x00000000, Entry Point: 0x00000000, Header CRC: 0x3899A90A, Data CRC: 0x0C613615 The older - bananian initrd # file initrd.img-3.2.0-4-vexpress initrd.img-3.2.0-4-vexpress: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Tue Jan 29 16:04:38 2013 Any insights? Regor

sorry: vmlinuz-4.5.3-sunxi: Linux kernel ARM boot executable zImage (little-endian) I am using a newer version. It appears it is not booting, but I wonder if it is booting and the console under qemu is not set up to report the boot process?

file reports: vmlinuz-4.2.3-sunxi: Linux kernel ARM boot executable zImage (little-endian) vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-vexpress: Linux kernel ARM boot executable zImage (little-endian)

Yes. Older is 3.2.0-4. I don't understand why I cannot run the zImage. Here is the command for the bananian: qemu-system-arm -m 1024M -sd ./LeMedia_v1504.img -M vexpress-a9 -cpu cortex-a9 -kernel vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-vexpress -no-reboot -initrd initrd.img-3.2.0-4-vexpress -append "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:fa:ce:13 does vmlinuz-3.2.0-4 tell you anything? Is there something I can do to get it to run in a vm? Thanks, Regor

After several crashes, I was able to build an armbian for my banana pi M1. It works wonderfully! I have mounted the image and copied out the kernel (vmlinuz-4.5.3-sunxi) and uInitrd files. However, I am unable to start it with: qemu-system-arm \ -M vexpress-a9 \ -kernel vmlinuz-4.5.3-sunxi -initrd uInitrd \ -append root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 \ -drive if=sd,cache=unsafe,file=Armbian_5.11_Bananapipro_Debian_jessie_4.5.3.raw \ -net nic -net tap Being able to update the image from a 'live' system would save me a great deal of time, I think. I am able to run an older bananian image with similar commands. Do you have any suggestions? thanks, Regor