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First of all, thanks for your reply. Even though you said there are no "vendor-lockin" i felt like so that's why i created a post on this forum as this issue came only after armbian os flash. As i said, after flashing armbian os, i was not able to use MASK button to bypass emmc boot and about a dozen of different os other than armbian failed to boot from SD card. Then i experimented on different methods including the PC connectivity but changing bootloader or os image didn't work as the mask communication is getting lost during flash command run. I deleted boot files from armbian boot partition to check if that fall back to SD card, but there was no luck. However armbian SD card boot still worked. So i confirmed that it is the change in bootloader that armbian made. Then i re installed armbian os inside emmc and used dd command to write the original bootloader images which is taken from the nanopi r6s official eflasher download link. It worked! Now i am able to install other os than armbian. Kindly fix this issue and acknowledge the same, otherwise people like me will think twice before testing latest armbian os next time. Best regards

Hi There, Board: NanoPi R6S I've flashed armbian OS via armbian imager tool + microSD card and installed the os into emmc using armbian-install. Os was working fine then i realize that the minimum required kernel drivers are not available (npu/tpu/gpu). I have tried to install more than a dozen operating systems including that I used before, but the booting process doesn't work. After lots of try I realized that only armbian os is getting booted from the SD card. Mask button which should bypass emmc and force to boot from microSD card is not working after flashing armbian os. I couldn't connect the NanoPi R6S via USB A to A link for direct flashing. When i flash os other than armbian, it does not boot and no output at HDMI. When MASK button is pressed before boot, the device seems using somewhat 3W current and stays on with red led, connected keybords will get power but no HDMI output. How to restore the bootloader and other required partitions with its original version so that i can start booting os other than armbian. Please help.