Starting kernel... after power losses Nanopi Neo Air

[whiteblaine]

Nanopi neo air stucks on "Starting kernel..." after some random power losses (2-50) during loading I think it's because of corruption of armbianEnv.txt.

Normal UART logs:


UART Logs with stucking on "Starting kernel"

U-Boot SPL 2024.01_armbian-202ns16550_serial serial@1c28000: p024.01-S866c-P7738-Hadc5-Vefe9-B2eb2-R448a (Feb 06 2026 - 03:49:45 +0000) Allwinner Technology
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Model: FriendlyARM NanoPi NEent from FAT... Unable to use mmc 1:1...
ial
Err:   serial
Net:   No ethernet found.
starting USB...
No working controllers found
1(part 0) is current device
Scacr
5475 bytes read in 2 ms (2.6 MiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
U-boot loaded from eMMC or secondary SD
MMC: no card present
* **
Failed to load '/boot/armbianEnv.txt'
Load fdt: /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nan13293004 bytes read in 419 ms (30.3 MiB/s)
10014752 bytes read in 317 ms (30.1 MiB/s)
ion
43400000 ...
   Image Name:   uInitrd
   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    13292940 Bytes = 12.7 MiB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree bloing Ramdisk to 49352000, end 49fOK
   Loading Device Tree to 49
Starting kernel ...


U-Boot SPL 2024.01_armbian-2024.01-S866c-P7738-Hadc5-Vefe9-B2eDRAM: 512 MiB
Trying to boot frns16550_serial serial@1c28000: p
CPU:   Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 168Core:  64 devices, 16 uclasses, mmc@1c0f000: 0, mmc@1c10000: 2, mmc@1c11000: 1
Loading Environment from FAT... In:    serial,usbkbd
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Autoboot in 1 seconds, press <Space> to stop
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc1(part 0) is current device
Sca/s)
## Executing script at 4310dary SD
MMC: no card present
** Bad device specification mmc 0Failed to load '/boot/armbianEnv.txt'
Load fdt: /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo-air.dtb
13293004 bytes read in 433 ms (29.3 MiB/s)
it Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 43400000 ...
   Image Name:   uux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    13292940 Bytes = 12.7 MiB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  0000b at 43000000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x43000000
Working Ramdisk to 49352000, end 49fff58c ... 2e0000, end 49351fff ... OK
Worns16550_serial serial@1c28000: p19


U-Boot 2024.01_armbian-22eb2-R448a (Feb 06 2026 - 03:49:45 +0000) Allwinner Technology
O Air
DRAM:  512 MiB
ent from FAT... switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc1(part 0) is current device
Scanning mmc 1:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr
/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
U-boot loaded from eMMC or secondary SD
MMC: no card present
** Bad device specification mmc 0 **
Failed to load '/boot/armbianEnv.txt'
13293004 bytes read in 447 ms (2ing Ramdisk to 49352000, end 49f ing USB...
No working controlleAutoboot in 1 seconds, press <Space> to stop
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc1(part 0) is current device
Sca0000
* Bad device specification mmc 0 **
Failed to load '/boot/armbianEnv.txt'
Load fdt: /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo-air.dtb
13293004 bytes read in 433 ms (29.3 MiB/s)
OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 43000000
   Booting using ing FDT set to 43000000
   Loading Ramdisk to 49352000, end 49fff58c ... OK
   Loading Device Tree to 492e0000, end 49351fff ... OK
Working FDT set to 492e0000

Starting kernel ...

I builded armbian image with compile.sh BOARD=nanopiair BRANCH=legacy RELEASE=bookworm BUILD_MINIMAL=no BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no CLEAN_LEVEL="make,debs,cache" OVERLAYS="analog-codec i2c0 i2c1 i2c2 usbhost2 usbhost3" COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=sha,gz WIREGUARD=yes NAMESERVER=8.8.8.8 DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="ubuntu:jammy" for Nanopi Neo Air. Image is flashed to eMMC. Is any way to solve it?

Edited 6 hours ago by whiteblaine