Hi,
I have three Rock64 v2.0. They have been running different debian versions solid and stable as rock for years. Actually all them run debian 12 on micro sd cards. I’ve been updating for years from different debian versions without any issues fron an usb installer image to write a micro sd card thanks to spi u-boot that I’ve flashed long time ago with an Ayufan script.
Yesterday I’ve tried to install a fresh debian 13 but couldn’t make installer boot. I’ve connected by serial console to see an error message about kernel panic. I couldn’t boot any installer neither configured images included diet pi image. So i’ve decide to erase u-boot from spi with Ayufan erase script. After spi erase i can make diet pi and any image boot from sd card. I’ve know about the new u-boot from diet pi and tried to flash it to spi from Diet-pi config → update SPI bootloader to spi, but after some time and this message:
[ INFO ] DietPi-Config | Checking for required APT packages: mtd-utils
4153856 bytes (4.2 MB, 4.0 MiB) copied, 8 s, 519 kB/s4161536 bytes (4.2 MB, 4.0 MiB) copied, 8.012
21 s, 519 kB/s
It returns to dietpi-config window without any results. I’ve tried it several times with same results. If I connect a serial console without any sd card there is no output. With an bootable sd card it boots normally.
How can i write u-boot to spi flash?
Thanks in avance
. Booting via SPI (from USB or such) should work now.