ODROID C4 - run from usb sata using petitboot?

[EarBiteR]

(Sorry this tagged as C2 since C4 tag not available) - Not trying to ruffle any feathers mentioning dietpi.

 

I have an Odroid C4 with petitboot on sd for booting os's.  I have a couple usb3>sata cases with 120g ssd's installed.  Blazing fast and about $25usd 🙂

I can then download images and write them to the drives.  Dietpi 9.11 and using the netboot function builtin to petiboot a few different flavors of other os's including debian 12.

 

I have Armbian on SD as well.  My problem is that it is incredibly slow running from sd on my c4.   It runs VERY WELL though and detects audio properly on my tv through hdmi (shows as unknown display).

Where Debian 12 and Dietpi DONT. I get NO SOUND from them.  I just shutdown, swap usb and each boots nicely from petitboot.

 

Is there a way to make Armbian like dietpi where its disk format is recognized by petitiboot?  Then you would no longer have to do any u-boot configuration.

 

I searched the forums and saw a post about using armbian-config to install to usb and did that.  But petitboot does not see the drive so will not boot from it. I booted from the armbian sd and it appears to be using the usb drive but upon upgrade (of 37 pkgs) from 12.9>12.10 It fails with many file size/hash sum mismatch.  It mentions mirror-sync in progress so I will try again later.

 

And now that I am using usb storage on Armbian there is NO SOUND.  So it appears that my sound problem on the C4 is usb related.

I unplugged the usb and thought it would launch Armbian from sd but apparently uboot was changed so that fails.

 

I will start hunting for odroid usb/sata sound issues and see if i have any luck.

 

Just wondered if you have any ideas on this?  Thanks.

 

 

[c0rnelius]

 

Last I checked PBOOT looks for a BOOT partition. By default Armbian uses a ROOTFS, which is probs why it can't find it.

 

[Igor]

2 hours ago, EarBiteR said:

I have an Odroid C4 with petitboot on sd for booting os's.

 

We have invested considerable effort in ensuring a seamless experience without relying on the proprietary Petitboot boot-loader. While our solution has the potential to support additional operating systems, our primary focus has been on achieving the current functionality. Expanding support for other OSes is certainly possible (similar as done by Petitboot), but it would require external contributions from users or third parties, as we will not be undertaking this development ourselves. However, we have no problems to merge it and provide it by default.
 

We understand that certain features may be desirable, but the resources required to implement them have already been substantial. By supporting Hardkernel customers, we have already dedicated months of effort without any return. Additionally, it appears that DietPi may be repackaging an official Hardkernel Debian image rather than Armbian, or potentially a hybrid of both. If we were to develop full-featured support, there is a strong likelihood that DietPi would adopt and integrate our solution almost immediately.

 

2 hours ago, EarBiteR said:

searched the forums and saw a post about using armbian-config to install to usb and did that. 

This is the way to go. It runs fine from USB without any Petitboot. And once you have our bootloader on SPI flash, you can directly flash Armbian to USB key and it should boot off directly.

 

2 hours ago, EarBiteR said:

It mentions mirror-sync in progress so I will try again later.

 

It is what it said.

 

This occasionally occurs due to the complexity of maintaining our extensive mirroring infrastructure. Our goal is to ensure fast and reliable downloads and upgrades for users worldwide, minimizing issues related to slow speeds.

 

2 hours ago, EarBiteR said:

And now that I am using usb storage on Armbian there is NO SOUND.  So it appears that my sound problem on the C4 is usb related.

It's unlikely. The kernel plays a crucial role in system functionality - if sound worked on one version, an upgrade (or different kernel) could potentially break it, which is a common occurrence. This is normal MO in open-source development.