[Boot from USB having Armbian on eMMC]

I'm also troubled by this boot issue.

 

For older images balbes150 offers with uEnv.txt, such as Armbian_20.06.0_Arm-64_buster_current_5.7.2_20200619.img.xz, I can always boot from USB no matter what's been installed on the emmc. This is extremely useful because I can easily restore emmc to original Android using ddbr.

 

However, when it comes to the newer images without uEnv.txt, such as Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0.img.xz, everything changed. I cannot boot from usb anymore unless the system on emmc is original Android. I've been seeking for solution since April 2021 but no answer could be found by now.

 

 

[How to change the boot order?]

3 hours ago, SteeMan said:

@zhuceluntan Please read the following FAQ post: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first

As is indicated there balbes is no longer involved in supporting Amlogic s905x cpu based boxes. 

Please do not direct posts directly to a specific user as that is a bad practice.  That sends the message the you are expecting a specific volunteer to provide you support and that runs counter to the Armbian community support model.  Volunteers help the project in the ways they can, and may use their time to answer the posts they feel they have time to.  Obviously if you are engaged in a conversation with a specific person in a thread it is fine to tag them, but to log a new post tagged to a specific person is not good form.

 

Thank you for the knowledge. I will pay attention from now on.

[How to change the boot order?]

@balbes150 Please let me know if any information you need is missing.

[How to change the boot order?]

@balbes150The original topic.

 

I just use Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz and find out that I cannot boot from USB anymore after installing the Armbian into EMMC. My device is phicomm-n1, and my steps were:

 

1. Edit /extlinux/extlinux.conf

2. Rename u-boot-s905x-s912 to u-boot.ext

3. ./install-aml.sh

 

Now the EMMC is at the highest priority.

 

However, the USB was always the highest when using previously published images such as Armbian_20.06.0_Arm-64_buster_current_5.7.2_20200619.img.xz

 

What could I do to make it boot from USB first?

 

Thank you.