PineTab2 install

sndwvs · 07-05-2023, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGB

Remember, I can't get a shell. My UART seems to have gone silent, the wired and wireless usb dongles don't detect and the Host-Host usb isn't workng, so I have been popping the microSD into my x86 laptop to alter the rc files.

Could I add the rebuild instructions to rc.local in PT2 and then reboot ?

yes.
new kernel (6.4.0) added screen support.

the kernel can also be upgraded to x86 via the ROOT=<path of the mounted card> (the only thing to remember is to mount 2 partitions first and then the first one in boot/)

BGB · 07-05-2023, 02:52 PM

Ok, this is getting beyond my knowledge. Step by step please?

so on the microSD in the x86 laptop I have

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/hd1
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/hd2

then do I do

chroot /mnt
rebuild-initrd.sh [ this takes stdin commands? ]
exit

BGB · 07-10-2023, 06:25 PM

Trick is, that my slackware-15 x86_64 does not have 'mkimage' so when I mount the slarm and run rebuild-initrd.sh
it dies on line 47 ... did I forget to install something? mkimage is not in https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/s...t/FILELIST.TXT

sndwvs · 07-12-2023, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGB

Trick is, that my slackware-15 x86_64 does not have 'mkimage' so when I mount the slarm and run rebuild-initrd.sh
it dies on line 47 ... did I forget to install something? mkimage is not in https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/s...t/FILELIST.TXT

mkimage is created when building images, you can build for x86

BGB · 07-13-2023, 09:03 AM

I will have to wait for the next img and hope it has everything for the host-host usb cable.

BGB · 07-19-2023, 11:51 AM

Ouch...

2) From pine64 sales "Serial debugging board for PINETAB2 will be available for sale around mid-late July 2023."

yes, they are $4.99 but shipping to CANADA is $30!

for now I am 'dead in the water'

BGB · 08-06-2023, 05:33 PM

Tried the 6.5.0-rc2 but usb host-host still a nogo.