RK3399 does not boot from card

Shurman · Published in 2018-2-23 17:51:43

I got Orange Pi RK3399, trying to follow instructions and burn images downloaded from download area... Tried Ubuntu - no luck, it just does not start, even display is not turned on. Without the card it boots to emmc internal Android. Tried Android image from the downloads area - image writer warns that img is noot bootable, and indeed with card insterted board boots into internal Android, and I can see the card contents (that means card is ok and visible by the board). Anyone knows what could be done?

admin · Published in 2018-2-24 17:29:43

I think you could try to read the user manual about booting from SD card. Since if you have already boot from EMMC, the image is same, then it should also work.

constantius · Published in 2018-2-27 19:56:09

I also have problems with images. download from orange pi sources.; Ubuntu16.04LXDE, Debian 9, and Ubuntu16.04. When i use RK Android Tool, program does not recognize .img files? I also cant boot from SD card. Method from manual doest not work or difficult to use... Are these .img from orangepi sources for emmc or for SD card?

Shurman · Published in 2018-3-16 04:19:59

admin replied at 2018-2-24 17:29
I think you could try to read the user manual about booting from SD card. Since if you have already ...

Of course I read the manual - the problem is that it does not work as written in the manual :-(

DataMannen · Published in 2018-3-28 04:30:01

Edited by DataMannen at 2018-3-27 21:32

Shurman replied at 2018-3-15 21:19
Of course I read the manual - the problem is that it does not work as written in the manual :-(

I totally agree. I've now spent alot of time trying to get my RK3399 to boot from sdcard without success.

Yes, I have tried different sdcards. I even "borrowed" a card which I know to be working and is booting/running fine on my RPi3. I took a backup of it before overwriting it with different images for RK3399 without success. I tried the pre-built Debian and Ubuntu images from the download section and a custom built image I made using the Linux SDK. I have followed a number of different guides on the OrangePi WiKi, sunxi.org, opensource.rock-chips.com, http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot and many others. No success. When I later restored the backed up RPi3 image to the sdcard and put it into the RPi3 it boots right away, flawlessly. (Yes, i have also tried other cards).

The symptom is always the same; there is no HDMI output to my monitor at all (missing signal). If I boot my OrangePi RK3399 without any sdcard inserted, it boots fine into Android so it is not some cable or monitor issue.

I'm running out of both ideas and patience and I seriously wonder if you actually have tested your images on an sdcard at all (OrangePi-rk3399_Debian9_20171218.img and OrangePi-rk3399_Ubuntu16.04_20171227.img).

Still, it is definitely possible that it is me who have missed something or screwed up in some way so I'm not pointing fingers or playing the "blame-game".... I simply just want it to work. *sigh*

admin · Published in 2018-3-28 15:14:14

constantius replied at 2018-2-27 19:56
I also have problems with images. download from orange pi sources.; Ubuntu16.04LXDE, Debian 9, and U ...

RK Android Tool is for Android image.

constantius · Published in 2018-3-28 21:13:09

it is not the true admin. I have firefly RK 3399 and videostrong rk3399 and i used to RK android tool to flash these single boards. If you dont have any knowlage about single board please calm down

constantius · Published in 2018-3-28 21:14:41

when do you do img files ( not rootfs file ) for your SBC ? manual is unclear and have mistakes

Shurman · Published in 2018-4-21 23:40:50

still no way to use this piece of silicone

drgnus · Published in 2018-7-16 17:17:26

Looks like Ubuntu Server image is broken. I have tried to put it into SD card using dd command:
sudo dd if=OrangePi-rk3399_Ubuntu16.04-Server_20171227.img of=/dev/sde
where /dev/sde is a name of my SD cade device device. My Orange refuses to boot from that card!

After that I have tried to put the image into eMMC following instructions from pages 16 - 20 of manual. No luck! Here is the log:
drsys@swrrrr:~/orangepi/Linux_Upgrade_Tool$ ls
config.ini                   Linux┐к╖в╣д╛▀╩╣╙├╩╓▓с_v1.0.pdf  upgrade_tool
Linux_Upgrade_Tool_v1.24.zip  log
drsys@swrrrr:~/orangepi/Linux_Upgrade_Tool$ ls ../OrangePi-rk3399_Ubuntu16.04-Server_20171227.img
../OrangePi-rk3399_Ubuntu16.04-Server_20171227.img
drsys@swrrrr:~/orangepi/Linux_Upgrade_Tool$ sudo ./upgrade_tool
List of rockusb connected
DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x330c,LocationID=102 Loader
Found 1 rockusb,Select input DevNo,Rescan press <R>,Quit press <Q>:1

---------------------Tool Usage ---------------------
Help:          H
Quit:          Q
Version:       V
Clear Screen:    CS
------------------Upgrade Command ------------------
ChooseDevice: CD
SwitchDevice: SD
UpgradeFirmware: UF <Firmware>
UpgradeLoader: UL <Loader>
DownloadImage: DI <-p|-b|-k|-s|-r|-m image> [parameter file]
DownloadBoot: DB <Loader>
EraseFlash: EF <Loader|firmware>
LowerFormat: LF
----------------Professional Command -----------------
TestDevice: TD
ResetDevice: RD [subcode]
ResetPipe: RP [pipe]
ReadFlashID: RID
ReadFlashInfo: RFI
ReadChipInfo: RCI
ReadSector: RS  <BeginSec> <SectorLen> [-decode] [File]
WriteSector: WS  <BeginSec> <File>
ReadLBA: RL  <BeginSec> <SectorLen> [File]
WriteLBA: WL  <BeginSec> <File>
EraseBlock: EB <CS> <BeginBlock> <BlokcLen> [--Force]
-------------------------------------------------------

Rockusb>TD
Test Device OK.
Rockusb>UF ../OrangePi-rk3399_Ubuntu16.04-Server_20171227.img
Loading firmware...
Loading firmware failed!
Rockusb>

Are there any suggestions how to put Ubuntu (or other Linux) inside the board?