Install to/update boot loader not working

[Wilson Wilson]

I'm trying to install the system to external usb drive on my OrangePi PC + using armbian-config tool but I get this error 

 

### Board installation issue: File /usr/lib/nand-sata-install/exclude.txt does not exist or is not accessible!

 

OS installed Armbian 23.8.1 with 6.1.53-current-sunxi kernel

[Igor]

Is this a new install, upgrade from, ... 

This is always needed to understand better what is going on:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/5699-how-to-provide-and-interpret-debug-output/

[Wilson Wilson]

Apologies. 

It's not new install. I update OS regularly.  

 

https://paste.armbian.com/cozawuhebi

Edited November 26, 2023 by Wilson Wilson

[Igor]

Everything looks OK and I can't find a problem at our side at short notice.

Workaround. Create this file (/usr/lib/nand-sata-install/exclude.txt) with following content:

 

/boot/*
/dev/*
/proc/*
/sys/*
/media/*
/mnt/*
/run/*
/tmp/*
/ddbr/*
/var/log/journal

 

And try again.

[Wilson Wilson]

I get following error

 

### Board installation issue: File /usr/lib/nand-sata-install/a20/bootloader does not exist or is not accessible!

 

I poked around and found folder /usr/lib/armbian-install which contains file with same content you mentioned above along with 3 subfolders titled a10, a20, a13.

Would copying all content from armbian-install to nand-sata-install help?

Edited November 27, 2023 by Wilson Wilson

[Igor]

5 minutes ago, Wilson Wilson said:

Would copying all content from armbian-install to nand-sata-install help?

 

Probably, if not something else is also missing from the system ... worth trying. 
 

This is the content at sources:

https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian-install

[Wilson Wilson]

Worked like charm. Now I can try to install system to USB stick. Cheers! 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Wilson Wilson