CSC Armbian for RK322x TV box boards

[jock]

6 hours ago, k405 said:

Now I intend to run Armbian on the SDCARD and use the eMMC as a swapfile and storage for cache and temporary files, is that possible?

Yes, but use a flash device as swap is the worst idea you can have

[Benedito Portela]

Hi, i have a R29_5G_LP3_V1.2 that i brick it, tried reduce the partition from internal emmc, i used rkdeveloptool to fix it, and dont worked! Can i remove the emmc chip and this can work just sdcard boot? 

Thanks

[k405]

@atleta I've been seeing that it's a bad idea, it has 8g and I didn't want to completely waste its use, I wanted to help the system's processing or speed in some way but I think it's difficult lol

[RaptorSDS]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb Benedito Portela:

sdcard boot

yes put armbian image like multiboot on a sdcard and than boot maybe you have to put another boot partionion on emmc but not more ,

you dont need to remove emmc for this

[RaptorSDS]

vor 15 Stunden schrieb k405:

How do I get the serial log?

you have to log at the bord direct for the pins or soldering point , than solder wire and connect to uart usb adapter , than you can get a log,

you say yyou can boot from emmc but its not stable ? or complete dead emmc

 

this are  cheap box , there is not many to speed up 

maybe use one box for one task is the goal than

[k405]

updating so far, i installed arch linux on tv box

@RaptorSDS I really want to learn how to do this, where are these pins? What adapter is this? Is this adapter the common one for reading electronic chips?

I will love to help you with the information, in return I receive the knowledge

Also, eMMC is unstable, I install and configure armbian normally, but when trying to update armbian, every now and then it freezes during the update and after restarting it no longer enters the system.

 

After reporting the system crash here on the forum recently, I found myself on a mission to install a system that I feel comfortable with, Archlinux.

 

With the idea of using the sdcard, with the command dd if=armbian-blabla.img of=device bs=1M oflag=direct status=progress I installed Armbian on the sdcard. With that, I already installed U-Boot and the Armbian boot, I just had to download the armv7 rootfs from archlinuxarm.org

 

 

I had problems with the root password and file permissions. After copying the arch rootfs to the card, I discovered after trial and error that the files were corrupted. The solution was to redo the entire process.

 

Now the system starts correctly, however, ssh would not start with the boot, and my board is an R29, I do not have HDMI access (and I suspect that not even the USB gadgets work, but I have not tested it yet). The solution was simple.

With Armbian on the internal eMMC, I mounted the sdcard along with the dev, proc, sys and run partitions, and in chroot with the sdcard I configured ssh, pacman with pacman-key --init and pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm, and installed sudo to be able to do the basics.

 

In addition, it was necessary to manually configure fstab and copy network settings (to make things easier) from armbian to arch.

[k405]

With this, I will use the box to run a simple file synchronization service.

I want to use the internal eMMc, what is the best way to use it?

[Benedito Portela]

@RaptorSDS, it do not boot from sdcard or flash usb, i think this box is die, only enter in Mask mode, but do not working any rkdeveloptool commands to rescue it!  I rememeber now, to be a emcp so the ram memory is the same chip, i do not remove it, this go to junk! 

Thank you by help-me!