Hi all,
I am currently building a smart mirror project based on the Orange Pi 3B and I have encountered persistent booting (via sd card) issues - despite trying multiple recommended OS imgaed. I 'd like to document what I've tested so far and would appreciate any guidance.
Tested OS imaged (downloaded form offical Orange Pi forum):
1. Orangepi3b_1.0.8_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_linux6.6.0-rc5
2. Orangepi3b_1.0.8_ubuntu_focal_desktop_xfce_linux6.6.0-rc5
3. Orangepi3b_1.0.8_debian_bookworm_desktop_xfce_linuc6.6.0-rc5
Flashed using Balena Etcher and also verified by Etcher after write.
Common bahavior (on all tested images):
-Board power up
-HDMI output shows boot logs, but stops on:
"Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ..."
(power led stays solid, )
My sd card details:
-Sandisk
-SDSDQAB-xxxG (Speed Class 4)
-8GB
After typing blkid I get:
/dev/mmcblk1p2: UUID="04A9-000A" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL "rootfs" ....
I tried manually edit this orangepiEnv.txt to explicity set root device but still no change.
I also mounted rootfs to mnt to have a look if OS is really there so after typing:
ls /mnt/rootfs
I have all folders like bin, boot, dev ect.
I read on other forums that speed class 10 of sd card can be a difference - is this really a thing?
Does this kind of init-premount hang suggest filesystem issue, bootloader issued or somethig hardware-related?
Any advice or pointers to stable working images for this board would be greatly appreciated. I can provide photos, logs or serial debug if needed.
Thanks in advance,
Piotr
@laibsch It actually worked, ty for help :))