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Support for Armbian in Amlogic, Rockchip and Allwinner boxes. Support a311d, s922x, s905x3, s905x2, s912, s905d, s905x, s905w, s905, s905l, rk3588, rk3568, rk3399, rk3328, h6, etc.
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missing environment variable bootfile #470

Closed tomjtoth closed 2 years ago

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

Before You Open ISSUE, Make Sure You have Read Armbian Firmware Instructions and Documentation

Describe the bug 1st boot stuck, probably missing microSD preparation steps, about 2 months ago I successfully booted up jammy with the newer kernel. I cannot boot either Bullseye/Jammy no matter which kernel I try, I get the same messages on 1st boot

To Reproduce

  1. burn the image to the microSD
  2. mount the image, set FDT=/dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q201.dtb in uEnv.txt
  3. copy u-boot-s905x-s912.bin as u-boot.ext a. and this is where I remember having +1 step a few months ago, having to do something with u-boot.sd b. I also remember something about usb and quirks and having to look up IDs from approx. lsusb
  4. I unmount the microSD safely, insert it into KM8 P
  5. connect ethernet, HDMI
  6. boot it up and see the errors

Expected behavior boot to login prompt

Screenshots 2022-08-07-191814_selection

Armbian Version

Device:

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

on the other hand when booting without ethernet plugged in I had time to capture the beginning of the output: image

# Error inserting "stdin" variable, errno=22 ... "bootfromsd" not defined

will retry booting from a USB stick

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

using a USB stick I get to this point, after the countdown the box reboots and I get back to the same countdown screen. Attaching the ethernet cable does not make a difference. image

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

I think the missing step was appending something on the APPEND=... line

ophub commented 2 years ago

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s912-m8s-pro-l has generated firmware, you use USB to test, do not use SD card, Some devices have problems with SD cards.

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

I tried Armbian_22.08.0_Aml_s912-m8s_jammy_5.15.59_server_2022.08.07 via both USB and microSD. USB seems to be more unstable, I was using microSD 2 months ago, too.

via USB the box reboots after this screen and the process repeats forever: 2022-08-08-202601_selection

via microSD I get the same behavior as with the non m8s-specific image:

What are the USB/microSD preparation steps exactly? It seems copying the u-boot.ext is also missing currently from the instructions page.

ophub commented 2 years ago

The 5.4/5.15 kernel does not need u-boot.ext/.emmc, and the scripts are automatically installed for other kernels. I found that this introduction has misunderstood many people, and some tutorials also directly teach you to change your name. First of all, don't change the name. If you change the name, there will be no such file. After updating other kernels such as 5.10/5.18/5.19, it will not be available due to lack of files. In addition, for unknown devices, copying may lead to failure to start.

ophub commented 2 years ago

https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/issues/158

tomjtoth commented 2 years ago

Without creating the u-boot.ext it boots now, I did:

And with the suggested m8s image:

Thank you very much!

ophub commented 2 years ago

Yes, the firmware with s912-m8s in the name is your dedicated firmware, you can use it without changing anything

Victorhtf commented 9 months ago

Hello, I'm experiencing this same issue while trying the first boot in my TX3 mini with S905w....Sometimes I get Kernel panic (when using a USB pendrive), but now I got this same error, error while inserting stdin followed by 'bootfromsd' not defined.

When I connect my ethernet cable it says 'missing environment variable: bootfile and 'serverip' not set and set'.

After burn the image with balenaEtcher I didnt do nothing, just checked the uEnv to see if dtb matches with my TVBox model.

Tanix TX3 mini 4GB/32GB S905w

Trying to boot from Armbian_24.2.0_amlogic_s905w_bullseye_6.1.69_server_2024.01.01.img