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Yeah, I found the original uboot under /usr/lib and also compiled it from the source using armbian build, but it seems it's built without env support. Any ideas on how to enable it? I need to extend the usb init timeout so the external ssd has time to initialize. EDIT: nevermind, setting usb_pgood_delay to 10000 instead of 1000 fixed the issue EDIT2 : for future reference: remove sdcard if any, remove 1 jumper lead, rember where it was (it's needed to boot the device into FEL mode) connect serial adapter to board, with 115200 baud connect usb-c to computer (if working in a VM pass the allwinner device to the VM) go to the latest official build, extract it and under it go to: {extracted_path}/usr/lib/linux-u-boot-current-orangepizero2 or simmilar u-boot path use: "sudo sunxi-fel -v -p spiflash-write 0 u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin" to write u-boot into device reconnect the previusly removed jumper lead (this allow for the device to boot from it's memory chip also known as SPI) restart the device and monitor the serial (tty) output if it fails to detect the usb ssd, increase the usb_pgood_delay envoiroment variable using the serial console: editenv usb_pgood_delay -> input a number, bigger than the exsting (ms) saveenv if it boots succefully, remove serial cables and close

I could to kernels I suppose, but not full images No, the sd has 2024.01-armbian-2024.01-S866c-P7079-Ha9af-V2dce-Bda0a-R448a while the spl 2024.07 . I guess I could maybe copy the sd one into the spi? But would it boot the usb? How would I even extract the uboot?

never mind. wrong kernel....

I've tinkering with this board, and trying to boot from spl, but the boot halts after reading the temperature sensors, which does not happen when booting from the sd card. After booting from the sd card I read the sensor that causes the problem # cat /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp 51740 I found in a forum some kernel patches to mitigate this: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/support-for-orangepi-zero2-h616-ddr3-zero3-and-zero-2w-h618-lpddr4/154679 Why does it fail when booting from spl, and not when booting from the sd? Here is the system info: # cat /etc/armbian-release # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BOARD=orangepizero2 BOARD_NAME="Orange Pi Zero2" BOARDFAMILY=sun50iw9 BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=89476e86f LINUXFAMILY=sunxi64 ARCH=arm64 BOOT_SOC= IMAGE_TYPE=stable BOARD_TYPE=wip INITRD_ARCH=arm64 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image KERNEL_TARGET=current,edge KERNEL_TEST_TARGET=current FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE=yes FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE= OVERLAYDIR="/boot/dtb/allwinner/overlay" VENDOR="Armbian" VENDORDOCS="https://docs.armbian.com" VENDORURL="https://www.armbian.com/" VENDORSUPPORT="https://forum.armbian.com" EDIT: I am booting the same install in both cases from the sd card, but from the spl I do it manually since I have to take the sd card out to get into the spl VENDORBUGS="https://www.armbian.com/bugs" BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="yes" BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd" VERSION=24.8.4 REVISION=24.8.4 BRANCH=current # uname -r 6.6.36-current-sunxi64

here is a more detailed boot log with verbose 7: https://pastebin.com/cnujd1Lu Edit: the same error happens when I try to boot from the sd card from U-boot

bump!! It also happens when copying the files using armbian-install

Hi, I have managed to install u-boot on the spl flash, and it properly runs and detects everything, but i've run into a bit of an issue, while loading the kernel, it gets stuck. To create the usb drive I just cloned the partition of the sd card (not the whole card, just the ext4 partition), I don't know if that can be the issue. here is the full log: https://pastebin.com/jPEkMnYq Any ideas?