lcapriotti

@Energokom is your box a 905x4 as per the picture? if so, pls share the info and possibly the binaries that work for you, TIA.

I kinda recall having wiped the emmc by mistake, and had to boot from SD on which I installed you mainline u-boot. I then recovered the emmc u-boot using the one on the SD, risky but hey it worked....

I took my time, apologies, but here is the boot log via serial. boot.txt

Keep in mind I have one of the first TX3 boxes, maybe HW changed between my version and newer ones.

There you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zq9sjetlb49wyc2/u-boot.zip?dl=0

1) I am using meson-sm1-sei610.dtb 2) I am using the default from Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0.img 3) my uboot.emmc is 765,142 bytes long

What I *think* I have done is: use sm1-u-boot.bin from https://github.com/hexdump0815/u-boot-misc/releases/tag/200926-01 dd the file to an SD card and boot from it dd the file to the emmc once booted from the SD card Not 100% sure though

Note that since then I was able to have a rock solid boot from emmc, but I lost track on how I was able to achieve it... If there is anything I can provide pls let me know

On my s905x3 (Tanix TX3) I have used sm1-u-boot.bin replacing u-boot.ext on the SD card, and have consistent success in booting from SD card - something that it not the case with the original u-boot from Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0.img. I can access the emmc once booted from the SD card. However, the box does not boot after installing into emmc, as the emmc is not recognised.

tks! There are two possible candidates: install-aml-s905-emmc.sh and install-aml.sh, which one shall be used on our box?

this is the driver I was referring to: openvfd

I figured out a combination of bad SD cards and possibly the CD card reader that is not 100% reliable is creating the above situation, hence I started investigating the install to emmc following the instructions available here BUT the install script seems to be missing from Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0.img.xz, am I mistaken? this would need these drivers, I wonder if they are available in armbian, there is also another thread in the forum but nobody answered.

I messed up my emmc and after having restored it using Burn_Card_Maker_V2.0.3 with both factory images and custom images (slimbox) I have lost ability to boot from SD and USB Is it because the u-boot is broken or not the one I had before? Does an armbian image that I could use with Burn_Card_Maker exist ?

can anyone confirm a "shutdown -h now" results in a reboot instead?

out of curiosity: is there any chance to interact with the front panel LCD and use it to display something more useful than "boot"?