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You can use Aptik and save apps and settings (also files) and restore them after a flash. I didnt try it but i use it everytime on ubuntu.

lol, I just wanted to quote what you wrote before linking this video, so I tried making the kernel only, and it didnt work, copying the new dtb from xdarklight (that I used also for kernel building), didnt work. I wonder if there are some links to help me figure how to make images for my board like you did. Meanwhile, I'll be trying your image and give feedback. (FYI: I tried lib from balbes150 and armbian's main repo, the first one gives me errors and gave it up, but i'm still working my way on the second one, although I know it doesnt have any of the boards we are using)

I got that, that's why I use chromium. But for 4.12 it doesnt load, also the dtb folder has less files than 3.14's. What I'm saying is that in 4.9 and 4.12, it doesnt get past the kernel loading (or what I guess it does, as I see it reading something for a long time, then stops and the screen goes black, I tried a 16GB usb disk and even my laptop's SSD, same result). Also the load times on the HDD is quite fast, the partition expansion takes only some seconds but it loads quite fast, compared to my 30MB/s (claimed) USB disk, I recorded the same boot time on my SSD (I guess usb 2.0 limitation? but it was quicker at loading apps and stuff). Also, how can I know which dtb armbian loaded after booting?

Hey guys So I tried some distros from balbes150 on my beelink GT1 A912 (2GB + 32GB) Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20170705.img.xz << Boots correctly, lan, wifi (wifi_dummy), BT, audio, hdmi, usbs, all work "correctly" (I dont know what else should I check but this is what I got), video playback lags and even freezes the box (sometimes), however on chromium it played some videos correctly but lags a lot! S9xxx_ArchLinux_20170617_3_14_29.img.xz << Boots correctly, I tried lan and wifi (which works apparently after installing iw wpa_supplicant and dialog for wifi-menu), I didnt continue any further because installing a gui got me into a black screen (could only get through ssh) Armbian_5.27_S905X-S912_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.26+_mate_20170519.img.xz AND Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_4.12.0+_mate_20170711.img.xz as well as S905X_S912_ArchLinux_20170519_4_9_26.img.xz << DID NOT BOOT, for some reason, I see my drive's LED blinking when I start the box, after that, the beelink logo disappears and I stay with a black screen. I tried putting beelink_gt1_g2.dtb / vega_s96 as dtb.img and in dtb folders but same results. Can someone explain why or show me how to workaround this? LibreElec 8.0.2e << everything works oob but a bit sluggish I use an external USB3.0 160GB HDD drive (I swapped the internal HDD with another one), and the image is written (img.xz) with gnome-disk-utility. Just for information: I just found out that I can boot directly to any USB drive (ofc with the correct OS/files) without the toothpick method just by inserting the USB disk before plugging the power cord, the box should load the content of the USB automatically. I dont know if this happens for others but it's good to know.