Install Armbian on the internal eMMC storage - Tutorial

[queeks]

NOTE: This will overwrite the Android ROM on the eMMC flash and attempt to install Armbian. Before beginning, make sure you have a backup of the stock Android ROM in the event the installation fails or you want to revert back to Android in the future. Proceed at your own risk.

 

You can copy the working Armbian environment from SD card/USB drive to eMMC using the install-aml.sh script. This file does a physical copy of whole system to eMMC. You can install Armbian to eMMC by running the shell script in the /root directory. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

 

sudo su
cd /root/
sudo ./install-aml.sh

 

Once the Armbian finishes copying to the eMMC, shutdown Armbian, unplug power from the box, remove the SD card/USB drive from the box, power the box back on to boot from the eMMC storage, if everything worked as expected, Armbian should boot from the internal eMMC storage and no longer require the SD/microSD card.

Edited December 13, 2023 by queeks

[SteeMan]

This is already specified in the FAQ:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus/#comment-168724

 

We shouldn't have multiple places with the same/similar information or over time they will get out of sync.