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pinebook pro : nvme utilization? #150

Closed PlasmaShift closed 3 years ago

PlasmaShift commented 3 years ago

I want to utilize the nvme in my pinebook pro as much as possible but I am unsure the best way to accomplish this. I would like to boot from the nvme but I can't tell if you can. You used to be able to boot with a moddified uboot, then mainline got support to boot from the nvme, than mainline dropped support? If I can't boot from the nvme I would like as much of the OS on the nvme as possible https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pinebook_Pro#Using_as_OS_root_drive

What would the best way to accomplish this with SkiffOS. This is a cool project reminding me of bedrock linux, Genode, Guix and NixOs

paralin commented 3 years ago

hi, welcome. You can probably boot from NVME by simply copying the contents of a SD card formatted with "format" and "install" commands in SkiffOS to the NVME with "dd."

I'd actually recommend instead booting to the emmc:

  1. Boot SkiffOS on a SD card
  2. Copy the contents of the sd card to the emmc with "dd"
  3. Delete the "persist" partition from the emmc
  4. Format the NVME with mkfs.ext4 -F -L persist /dev/pathtonvmehere
  5. Reboot

Skiff will mount anything labeled "persist" as the persist partition for all persistent data + docker images + etc.

PlasmaShift commented 3 years ago

I got NVME root partition working on Manjaro following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jcm-0gHC98 which was installed for testing as I want to run Debian or Gentoo over Manjaro. Now I am working on compiling SkiffOs and then figuring out SkiffOs