Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk. on S905 Minix U1 - random eth0 MAK address after every reboot.

[sailorbg]

I've installed and run a/m OS. BUT i have a problem with MAK address changing at every reboot. How to avoid that ? Is it possible to install the OS on the emmc instead of SD card?

[eselarm]

It all depends on that specific SBC and lowlevel init code. I don't know your board and maybe you changed U-Boot. But a high-level mitgation is to makes sure you set a MAC address in a NetworkManager connection file, see /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
 

 

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[ethernet]
cloned-mac-address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

 

 

[SteeMan]

2 hours ago, sailorbg said:

s it possible to install the OS on the emmc instead of SD card?

From the Installation Instructions post ( https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33676-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus)

"Note: It is not possible to install into emmc on boxes with the s905 cpu"

 

[sailorbg]

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"Note: It is not possible to install into emmc on boxes with the s905 cpu"

In that case is there any instructions how to move ROOT fs to the external USB attached HDD? As far as I understood that running from the SD card is not a good.

[SteeMan]

4 hours ago, sailorbg said:

In that case is there any instructions how to move ROOT fs to the external USB attached HDD? As far as I understood that running from the SD card is not a good.

I'd recommend looking at the script /root/install-aml.sh. This is the script that would copy from SD to emmc (if that was supported with your CPU).  It is a pretty simple script and you can see the logic it uses to copy the root partition to another medium.