nand-sata-install hoses XU4 rev 1

[sgjava]

Using Armbian_25.8.1_Odroidxu4_noble_current_6.6.102.img I can boot off SD. Then when I run nand-sata-install it sharts and comes up with initramfs prompt. I'll try to fix it there next time, but I'm just using a 3.5" SATA laptop disk with USB controller.

 

.oading, please wait..
.tarting systemd-udevd version 255.4-1ubuntu0.11
.begin: Loading essential drivers ... done.
.begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
.begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
.begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... done.
.begin: Waiting for root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
done.
Save up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
 - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
 - Check rootdelay=(did the system wait long enough?)
 - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! UUID=546a0798-29c9-4f3c-beea-1563d848abd0 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

BusyBox v1.36.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) _

 

I had old image Armbian_23.11.1_Odroidxu4_jammy_current_6.1.63.img and it works fine.

[sgjava]

OK, tried build my own full server image and the same error. It cannot find SSD, but nand-sata-install  had no problem copying the file system over from the SD. The fstabs and boot.ini looks fine. I guess no one has tested this for a while. I'm just going to use Jammy version for now since it still works.

[sgjava]

OK, good thing I don't give up easily. I found the cause, but now I need to figure out a fix. Using Armbian_23.11.1_Odroidxu4_jammy_current_6.1.63.img I changed the setenv rootdev to a bad UUID. I get the same error as latest image, but cat /proc/modules shows what's happening.

 

Armbian_23.11.1_Odroidxu4_jammy_current_6.1.63.img initramfs loads:

 

Module             Function
------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------
scsi_mod           Core SCSI subsystem. (Crucial)
sd_mod             SCSI disk driver (used for all block devices like SD, USB, SATA). (Crucial)
t10_pi             T10 Protection Information (disk data integrity).
crc64_rocksoft_generic CRC algorithm.
crc64_rocksoft     CRC algorithm.
sg                 SCSI Generic (raw access to SCSI devices).
uas                USB Attached SCSI (Driver for USB-to-SATA adapter). (Crucial)
usb_storage        Generic USB Mass Storage driver. (Crucial)
scsi_common        Common SCSI routines.
zram               Compressed RAM block device.
zsmalloc           ZRAM memory allocator.
sch_fq_codel       Network queue scheduler.

 

Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_Odroidxu4_noble_current_6.6.108.img initramfs only loads usbhid. Not sure how nand-sata-install works, but I'm assuming the something is hosed in initrd.img. Maybe @Igor knows where to look. I'm going to see if I can get the SD initrd.img on the SSD.