[Helios64 - Unable to transfer install from eMMC to SDCard]

How can I force it to boot from SD though?

[Helios64 - Unable to transfer install from eMMC to SDCard]

Hi all,

 

I am unable to login to OMV on my Helios64. A bit of sleuthing indicates that this is because the / fs is at 100% capacity. At first, I figured I'll just transfer the system install from the 8GB SD Card I started with to the 16GB internal eMMC. Turns out past unfnknblvbl already did that, and now I need to go the other way. 

 

The documentation on the old Kobol site isn't entirely accurate about how to do this. My SDCard is /dev/mmcblk1 and even though it's formatted ext4, it simply doesn't show in armbian-config. In fact, the only device that shows in the Install menu is /dev/md127, which is the RAID array itself. I'd rather not be booting from that for obvious reasons.

Assuming that I'm a bit of a Linux noob (I know just enough to be dangerous), is anyone able to tell me what am I doing wrong?

Thanks! 😃

[Helios64 at the end of 2025]

I've been using my Helios64 nonstop since i got it in 2020 (and the Helios 4 since 2018). It's been great the whole time; does exactly what I want it to do, and now I've made it my sole Plex server to save power. My only problem is that the internal eMMC is now 100% full (thanks to Plex), and I can't work out how to move the install back to the SDCard (Linux noob...), which is my I'm here.

I'm sad these guys had to shut down. This could have been a magnificent project