Stuck in login loop during first boot

[tast ky]

Using Jun 26's Sid_vendor_server-kali, my Zero 3W is stuck in a loop.

 

1. I can't "Create a loop password" as it'll instantly jump to the "armbian-security login:" prompt.
2. If I login with the default root:1234, I'll briefly see the welcome screen, followed by a very brief "waiting for the system to finish booting", then it's back to 1.

 

This occurs regardless of internet access (provided by a USB-C ethernet adapter, for which Armbian reports a valid LAN IP address).

[Werner]

7 hours ago, tast ky said:

waiting for the system to finish booting"

How long did you wait for this? if you for example use a quite large microsd card that however has a slow pace this may take a few minutes.

[Tomas Catone]

Probably worth a shot - I had an install one time that gave me fits at initial boot.  For giggles I expanded the FS using Gparted in linux to fill the entire card.  It solved that problem for me.