I have an orange pi 5b running Armbian_24.2.1_Orangepi5_bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_cinnamon_desktop on EMMC just fine. i wanted to try a newer version with hardware acceleration so i tried Armbian_24.11.2_Orangepi5_bookworm_current_6.12.0_cinnamon-backported-mesa_desktop. I edited the file in the boot folder and could see the EMMC on reboot. i did a sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade. then an armbian-install to install it to the EMMC. it would not boot from the EMMC but i could at least still see it.
Then i tried Armbian_24.11.2_Orangepi5_bookworm_vendor_6.1.75_cinnamon-backported-mesa_desktop and did the same but now i cant see the EMMC even with the original Armbian_24.2.1_Orangepi5_bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_cinnamon_desktop
i had another orange pi 5b so i tried to do the same thing, but this time not do an update and upgrade before the armbian-install and again i cant see the EMMC.
Is there anyway i can get the EMMC back. both of them run fine off the micro SD card but i prefer running off the EMMC if possible.
I am assuming it may have corrupted the EMMC and when Linux boots it doesn't add the drive. Is there a way to manually add it after boot and reformat.