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Cannot install debian to rockpro64

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ljones0
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Cannot install debian to rockpro64

#1 Post by ljones0 »

Hello!

I'm having a problem with installing debian onto emmc on my rockpro64 device. I can only get so far and the process fails.

First of all I'm using the newer bookworm debian installer for the rockpro64. I can write the two images as stated in the "README.concatenateable_images" file successfully by using:

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$ zcat firmware.rockpro64-rk3399.img.gz partition.img.gz > out.img
And then write that file to out.img and in turn write that file onto a micro sd card and boot from it. I have tried several micro sd cards (I can confirm they work) as does the small emmc device connected to the rockpro64 (It's rated for 64GB capacity).

Unfortunatly I get these errors while installing. Firstly in the "partition disks" phase of the installer I get these two errors pop up;

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* Software RAID not avaliable
* Current kernel dosen't support logical volume manager - load lvm-mod module
During the partitioning I also get the following error (unfortunatly I can't get past this point);

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"The attempt to mount a filesystem with type ext4 in mmc/sd card 3 partition 2 mmcblk2p2 at / failed".
The error happens regardless of what I choose - either guided install, largest free space or manual.

Does anyone know if this is a bug in the installer at all?

Thanks
ljones


nexion
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Joined: 2023-01-31 03:05

Re: Cannot install debian to rockpro64

#3 Post by nexion »

I run into the same issue using the installer as directed here: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_ ... _Installer

I have tried the MrFixit pre-built system, but I prefer to roll my own. Typically the debian installer does not stop at this point. It is a first for me. I am using a 16GB emmc installing from a micro sd.

Anyone have some suggestions to try beyond dropping to a shell and running fdisk on it? It came back clean.

nexion
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Re: Cannot install debian to rockpro64

#4 Post by nexion »

Digging a bit further it seems to be a bug in post Debian11 current net install images. The net boot image I was having trouble with mentioned something about certain modules not being present during the initial setup process.

I've since had success with a net install boot made from these files specifically: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/Deb ... rd-images/

Hopefully I can update/upgrade my way to something more current. This is a forum that clued me into the bug being at issue and will have more detail: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9744&page=9

They are suggesting the user make a formal bug report here.

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