[Failing to Boot]

Well an identical error happened again............

 

I am getting really frustrated with this machine - I am not touching it and it just stops working. I have had a helios4 stable for 2-3 years (or however long we have had them) and never had a hiccup. 

 

This machine randomly reboots, the software / hardware does not seem stable. Am I doing something wrong? 

[Failing to Boot]

Thanks for your help - I played around with that for a while, but ended up just reinstalling. It was pretty annoying actually, but fast. 

How does something like this go wrong in a system that is just sitting there?? Anyhow back on deck.

[Failing to Boot]

Hi All, 

 

My helios64 died the other day - well failing to boot. It had been solid for quite some time, then I might have made the mistake of updating it....

 

This is from putty on booting:

DDR Version 1.24 20191016
In
channel 0
CS = 0
MR0=0x18
MR4=0x1
MR5=0x1
MR8=0x10
MR12=0x72
MR14=0x72
MR18=0x0
MR19=0x0
MR24=0x8
MR25=0x0
channel 1
CS = 0
MR0=0x18
MR4=0x1
MR5=0x1
MR8=0x10
MR12=0x72
MR14=0x72
MR18=0x0
MR19=0x0
MR24=0x8
MR25=0x0
channel 0 training pass!
channel 1 training pass!
change freq to 416MHz 0,1
Channel 0: LPDDR4,416MHz
Bus Width=32 Col=10 Bank=8 Row=16 CS=1 Die Bus-Width=16 Size=2048MB
Channel 1: LPDDR4,416MHz
Bus Width=32 Col=10 Bank=8 Row=16 CS=1 Die Bus-Width=16 Size=2048MB
256B stride
channel 0
CS = 0
MR0=0x18
MR4=0x1
MR5=0x1
MR8=0x10
MR12=0x72
MR14=0x72
MR18=0x0
MR19=0x0
MR24=0x8
MR25=0x0
channel 1
CS = 0
MR0=0x18
MR4=0x1
MR5=0x1
MR8=0x10
MR12=0x72
MR14=0x72
MR18=0x0
MR19=0x0
MR24=0x8
MR25=0x0
channel 0 training pass!
channel 1 training pass!
channel 0, cs 0, advanced training done
channel 1, cs 0, advanced training done
change freq to 856MHz 1,0
ch 0 ddrconfig = 0x101, ddrsize = 0x40
ch 1 ddrconfig = 0x101, ddrsize = 0x40
pmugrf_os_reg[2] = 0x32C1F2C1, stride = 0xD
ddr_set_rate to 328MHZ
ddr_set_rate to 666MHZ
ddr_set_rate to 928MHZ
channel 0, cs 0, advanced training done
channel 1, cs 0, advanced training done
ddr_set_rate to 416MHZ, ctl_index 0
ddr_set_rate to 856MHZ, ctl_index 1
support 416 856 328 666 928 MHz, current 856MHz
OUT
Boot1: 2019-03-14, version: 1.19
CPUId = 0x0
ChipType = 0x10, 254
SdmmcInit=2 0
BootCapSize=100000
UserCapSize=14910MB
FwPartOffset=2000 , 100000
mmc0:cmd8,20
mmc0:cmd5,20
mmc0:cmd55,20
mmc0:cmd1,20
mmc0:cmd8,20
mmc0:cmd5,20
mmc0:cmd55,20
mmc0:cmd1,20
mmc0:cmd8,20
mmc0:cmd5,20
mmc0:cmd55,20
mmc0:cmd1,20
SdmmcInit=0 1
StorageInit ok = 67777
SecureMode = 0
SecureInit read PBA: 0x4
SecureInit read PBA: 0x404
SecureInit read PBA: 0x804
SecureInit read PBA: 0xc04
SecureInit read PBA: 0x1004
SecureInit read PBA: 0x1404
SecureInit read PBA: 0x1804
SecureInit read PBA: 0x1c04
SecureInit ret = 0, SecureMode = 0
atags_set_bootdev: ret:(0)
GPT 0x3380ec0 signature is wrong
recovery gpt...
GPT 0x3380ec0 signature is wrong
recovery gpt fail!
LoadTrust Addr:0x4000
No find bl30.bin
No find bl32.bin
Load uboot, ReadLba = 2000
Load OK, addr=0x200000, size=0xdd6b0
RunBL31 0x40000
NOTICE:  BL31: v1.3(debug):42583b6
NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 07:55:13, Oct 15 2019
NOTICE:  BL31: Rockchip release version: v1.1
INFO:    GICv3 with legacy support detected. ARM GICV3 driver initialized in EL3
INFO:    Using opteed sec cpu_context!
INFO:    boot cpu mask: 0
INFO:    plat_rockchip_pmu_init(1190): pd status 3e
INFO:    BL31: Initializing runtime services
WARNING: No OPTEE provided by BL2 boot loader, Booting device without OPTEE initialization. SMC`s destined for OPTEE will return SMC_UNK
ERROR:   Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast
INFO:    BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
INFO:    Entry point address = 0x200000
INFO:    SPSR = 0x3c9

U-Boot 2020.07-armbian (Nov 27 2020 - 21:56:51 +0100)

SoC: Rockchip rk3399
Reset cause: POR
DRAM:  3.9 GiB
PMIC:  RK808
SF: Detected w25q128 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
MMC:   mmc@fe320000: 1, sdhci@fe330000: 0
Loading Environment from MMC... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Helios64
Revision: 1.2 - 4GB non ECC
Net:   eth0: ethernet@fe300000
scanning bus for devices...
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
Card did not respond to voltage select!
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0(part 0) is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr
3185 bytes read in 19 ms (163.1 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 00500000
Boot script loaded from mmc 0
166 bytes read in 13 ms (11.7 KiB/s)
15756730 bytes read in 1512 ms (9.9 MiB/s)
81913 bytes read in 41 ms (1.9 MiB/s)
2698 bytes read in 34 ms (77.1 KiB/s)
Applying kernel provided DT fixup script (rockchip-fixup.scr)
## Executing script at 09000000
Bad Linux ARM64 Image magic!
SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...
starting USB...
Bus usb@fe380000: USB EHCI 1.00
Bus dwc3: usb maximum-speed not found
Register 2000140 NbrPorts 2
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 1.10
scanning bus usb@fe380000 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus dwc3 for devices... cannot reset port 4!?
4 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found

Device 0: unknown device
scanning bus for devices...

Device 0: unknown device
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.232 (1026 ms)
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Cannot autoload with TFTPGET
missing environment variable: pxeuuid
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/01-64-62-66-d0-04-8c
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A801E8
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A801E
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A801
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A80
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0A
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C0
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/C
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm-rk3399-helios64
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm-rk3399
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
missing environment variable: bootfile
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default
Speed: 1000, full duplex
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Config file not found
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.232 (23 ms)
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Cannot autoload with TFTPGET
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.232 (18 ms)
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Cannot autoload with TFTPGET
 

 

Any chance of recovery or start again? Any help would be much appreciated. 

 

Cheers
Scott

[ZFS or normal Raid]

Hi All, 

I am on my Helios64 (already have a Helios4). 

I am running 2 x 8TB, 1x 256 M2, OMV5 debian etc.

 

I have ZFS running (from the wiki instructions) in a basic mirror format, and if I add a few drives I think it would still be a mirror, however I have the following question. It seems far more complicated than MDADM, and potentially more unstable (not in terms of the underlying technology, but in terms of changing these kernals etc every week). 

Do you think for an average home user that this is really worth it or will constantly need work? To change it would mean starting again, but I do not want to change the setup every month and would intend to keep it stable for media, and backing up some stuff for the next few years. Or if it is working it should be fine for the long term?

 

Cheers
Scott

[ZFS on Helios64]

On 12/4/2020 at 7:05 PM, Igor said:

There are tho paths - currently build with 0.5.8. but the same goes for 2.0.

https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2410 (works automagically, slow to build, overhead)

https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2414 (need a bit more attention and help to put it together but its better solution)

Hi Igor, 

I have been going down this path for the Helios and it is a pain. I am the type of user who knows enough about linux to need to reinstall :)

 

Are you able to suggest actually putting this into practice? Is it as simple as editing the various files listed in the repos here? if you update won't this be overwritten?