sgjava Posted October 9 Posted October 9 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. 0 Quote
sgjava Posted October 13 Author Posted October 13 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. 0 Quote
sgjava Posted Friday at 07:15 PM Author Posted Friday at 07:15 PM 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. 0 Quote
Igor Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Long time no see! On 10/17/2025 at 9:15 PM, sgjava said: initramfs only loads usbhid. This doesn't look right. I checked docents of commits and so far couldn't find anything that would stand out. nand-sata-install only copies / rsync file-system, recreate boot scripts and flash boot-loader if necessary. If usb_storage is missing from initird, its normal that it doesn't boot. Its as module: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/kernel/linux-odroidxu4-current.config#L1274 I would say its something to do with initird generation. Could be on the build / distro tools side. @belegdol perhaps knows something? 0 Quote
belegdol Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) What does lsinitramfs say? Is the usb_storage in? This is how it looks here: $ lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-6.6.108-current-odroidxu4 | grep usb usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/aqc111.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/asix.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/catc.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/cdc_eem.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/ch9200.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/int51x1.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/mcs7830.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/sr9700.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/host usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/host/fsl-mph-dr-of.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/uas.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-alauda.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-cypress.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-datafab.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-eneub6250.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-freecom.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-isd200.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-jumpshot.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-karma.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-onetouch.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-realtek.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-sddr09.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-sddr55.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/ums-usbat.ko usr/lib/modules/6.6.108-current-odroidxu4/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko usr/lib/systemd/network/73-usb-net-by-mac.link usr/lib/udev/rules.d/50-usb-realtek-net.rules Edited 2 hours ago by belegdol 0 Quote
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