How to install ubuntu / debian on Orange Pi 3 eMMC?

jamespo

I can boot the "official" debian off the SD Card but can't work out how to install it to eMMC.

Thanks

monty

I am also unable to boot off the eMMC. Without an SD card it boots to Android in Chinese or a similar language.

Also, I had issues booting the non-desktop versions of Debian and Ubuntu (may be the same behavior in the desktop environment too but hidden).


Looking forward to seeing these little issues resolved.

jamespo

OrangePi_install2EMMC.sh apparently from the manual

deanna

jamespo replied at 2019-2-19 17:16
OrangePi_install2EMMC.sh apparently from the manual

I´ve the same problem with my RK3399. No idea how I could install any image on emmc card.
Where can I find the OrangePi_install2EMMC.sh? That is not mentioned in manual for the RK3399 I guess.
Help is appreciated. Thanks!

igorpec

any image on emmc card.

https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-rk3399/

As written in the docs: https://docs.armbian.com/

BrianG

deanna replied at 2019-2-22 02:18
I´ve the same problem with my RK3399. No idea how I could install any image on emmc card.
Where c ...

I am a bit of Noob at the PI but these could be the files you are looking for - getting confirmation from more experienced members would be very wise -

https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/OrangePiH3_scripts

The naming conventions are different though.

I'll be checking them out tomorrow ( to late tonight ) I'll let you know how it goes.

BrianG

BrianG replied at 2019-3-6 13:04
I am a bit of Noob at the PI but these could be the files you are looking for - getting confirmati ...

I tried two of the scripts
fs_resize.sh : this worked well and I am now using the full space available on SD card.
install_to_mmc.sh : unfortunately this just returns "EMMC not found". I have be messing about with this though and I'm not convinced this is not down to me at the moment.

aivaras

BrianG could you paste lsblk output from our device on which you have run script? as I understand currently running linux from emmc is kinda in work in progress status. i guess easiest way would be to boot kernel from sd card and specify that root is on emmc.

example
---
orangepi@OrangePi:~$ cat /boot/uEnv.txt
console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 no_console_suspend
kernel_filename=orangepi/uImage
initrd_filename=initrd.img
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
-----

/dev/mmcblk0p2 is emmc partition 2 where all linux stuff should be copied from their provided image

igorpec

aivaras replied at 2019-3-14 20:03
BrianG could you paste lsblk output from our device on which you have run script? as I understand cu ...

No, Linux from eMMC works just fine (with Armbian), but Linux support for this board is rather under development.

sypperpit

to install debian

1. install_to_emmc

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