Boot method: hd-media/sd-card-images + usb (fat32) with

debian-cd debian-10.6.0-armhf-xfce-CD-1.iso.

I was using uart (pl2303).
Image version: https://mirror.yandex.ru/debian-cd/10.6.0/armhf/bt-cd/debian-10.6.0-armhf-xfce-CD-1.iso.torrent
Date: 2020-10-01 20:12 MSK

Machine: cubietech cubietrick plus (cubieboard 5)
Processor: soc A83t (2GHz ?)
Memory: 2GiB (DDR3 at 672MHz)
Partitions:

df -Tlx tmpfs:

Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 1010732 0 1010732 0% /dev
/dev/sda3 ext4 24639824 885236 22479916 4% /
/dev/sda1 ext2 1032088 30632 949028 4% /boot
/dev/sda4 ext4 263174212 770396 248965660 1% /home

fdisk -l /dev/sda:

Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072931328 bytes, 625142444 sectors
Disk model: 00BEKT-60PVMT0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xfdb06b7f
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 2099199 2097152 1G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 2099200 10487807 8388608 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 10487808 60819455 50331648 24G 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 60819456 597690367 536870912 256G 83 Linux

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
(empty output)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect media:           [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [E]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Overall install:        [E]

Comments/Problems:

No sdcard demonstrated, only usb and sata.
No dp or hdmi.
Installation to sata (manually prepared dos partitioning, just select filesystems) sucsessed.
Installation of u-boot climed sucsess yet failed (system was not bootable).

By main pc:
1. copyed boot partition (from sata) to sdcard.
2. installed by dd u-boot (from u-boot-sunxi_2020.10~rc5+dfsg-1_armhf.deb) to sdcard.
3. insertied sdcard to cb5.

System worked.
But no video, no network, no sdcard.
Uart work fine.
Usb came up after long delay (with some errors).

I assume system is unusable.

Kernel update yet again claim no errors, but bootloader is stil to be installed.

I regret sdcard not showed up.

Control: tag -1 moreinfo

Acknowledge

"System worked" as:   The installer came alive and showed behaviour as
seen at other installs ???

Please rerun the installer, find a shell,  do  `lsblk`
and pretty please report back.



Regards
Geert Stappers

Ah, yes that command

/dev/sda, /dev/sdb  and /dev/loop0.

No /dev/mmcblk

I'm not sure about that. I don't know what is attached to the
cubieboard. But /dev/sdb1, labelled BLACK16G, is something I would
inspect closer.

Mmm, chips.  So a working Debian system,
but getting that far was NOT that easy as expected.


Regards
Geert Stappers

P.S.
Please keep the BTS, the Bug Tracking System, in the loop.

HI,
Good day.
Kindly confirm to me if this is your correct email Address and get
back to me for our interest.
Sincerely,
Donald

HI,
Good day.
Kindly confirm to me if this is your correct email Address and get
back to me for our interest.
Sincerely,
Davids