Hi everyone,
I'm having issues with the 'DietPi_ROCKPi4-ARMv8-Buster' image. Doesn't seem to load at all. Can anyone confirm this image works on their RockPi 4?
I have tested a debian 9 image on the same RockPI and the board does work. The Debian 9 image has a partition structure as shown in the below link.
https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/partitions
The DietPi_ROCKPi4-ARMv8-Buster image only has one partition and it's 16MiB off from the start of the media. Could the partition structure be a problem for the RockPi target?
rockpi image doesnt seem to boot
Re: rockpi image doesnt seem to boot
Hi,
many thanks for your request. We have a couple of messages on the board about working RockPi 4 systems
viewtopic.php?p=23214#p23214
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7898
If I'm correct @trendy is using one??
many thanks for your request. We have a couple of messages on the board about working RockPi 4 systems
viewtopic.php?p=23214#p23214
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7898
If I'm correct @trendy is using one??
Pls let us know if a solution is working. This could help others if they hit by similar situation. Your DietPi Team
Re: rockpi image doesnt seem to boot
I am using it without any issues since I installed the non-dev image. But I flashed it some time ago, not sure if the current image available is fine or broken.
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Re: rockpi image doesnt seem to boot
Hi Joulinar and trendy. Thank you for developing Dietpi. it's a great distro and have it on at least 2 other SBCs.
trendy, can you share your partition table on the working RockPi?
Here is the layout of the DietPi_ROCKPi4-ARMv8-Buster.img
and here is the the official Rasbian 9 img layout (that works)
I'm not exactly sure if the RockPi needs this structure but only working way i have seen yet is with the second way.
I can try shuffling the DietPi image around to look like the Rasbian 9, but figured I'd ask if someone can recognize an obvious problem.
trendy, can you share your partition table on the working RockPi?
Here is the layout of the DietPi_ROCKPi4-ARMv8-Buster.img
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$ sudo parted /dev/sdc print
Model: Generic STORAGE DEVICE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 31.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 16.8MB 531MB 515MB primary ext4
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sudo parted /dev/sdc print
Model: Generic STORAGE DEVICE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 31.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 32.8kB 4129kB 4096kB loader1 msftdata
2 8389kB 12.6MB 4194kB loader2 msftdata
3 12.6MB 16.8MB 4194kB trust msftdata
4 16.8MB 554MB 537MB fat32 boot boot, esp
5 554MB 2000MB 1446MB ext4 rootfs
I can try shuffling the DietPi image around to look like the Rasbian 9, but figured I'd ask if someone can recognize an obvious problem.
Re: rockpi image doesnt seem to boot
I guess that's fine. Raspbian 9 was based on Debian Stretch if I'm not mistaken. However the current DietPi image is based on Debian Buster.
I had a look to latest Armbian Buster (server) image. From structure (partition) point of view, this is looking same as DietPi image. If I'm not mistaken, DietPi is using Armbian as base image for RockPi SBC
DietPi Armbian Pls can you try downloading Armbian Server image. Just to check if it's working. https://www.armbian.com/rock-pi-4/
If yes, you could transfer the Armbian system into DietPi by following this guide: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/1285
I had a look to latest Armbian Buster (server) image. From structure (partition) point of view, this is looking same as DietPi image. If I'm not mistaken, DietPi is using Armbian as base image for RockPi SBC
DietPi Armbian Pls can you try downloading Armbian Server image. Just to check if it's working. https://www.armbian.com/rock-pi-4/
If yes, you could transfer the Armbian system into DietPi by following this guide: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/1285
Pls let us know if a solution is working. This could help others if they hit by similar situation. Your DietPi Team