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== Using a MicroSD card == | == Using a MicroSD card == | ||
This example shows using a SD card as temporary boot location. | This example shows using a SD card as temporary boot location. | ||
== Partitioning the eMMC == | |||
As user "root", perform the following steps: | |||
* Wipe the existing partition table | |||
* Create new, empty GPT partition table | |||
* Create the boot support partitions; | |||
<pre> | |||
# sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 --wipe always --label GPT <<EOF | |||
unit: sectors | |||
first-lba: 64 | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p2 : start= 64, size= 16320, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=1B5A4130-0958-455D-B9AB-C1F2E232FFF8, name="IDBLoader", attrs="RequiredPartition" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p3 : start= 16384, size= 8192, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=D0972B65-4091-4E34-9A4C-8BD949C35E16, name="U-Boot", attrs="RequiredPartition" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p4 : start= 24576, size= 8192, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=6C5329F3-9A03-4664-A15C-44E869EDE05C, name="TrustedFirmware-A", attrs="RequiredPartition" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p1 : start= 32768, size= 524288, type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, uuid=3956C6AC-1AC8-4E45-A2A5-FD3CCA60D0CD, name="Linux-boot" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p5 : start= 557056, size= 8388608, type=0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F, uuid=C1565C17-D5C2-410C-892E-7371CB22947D, name="Linux-swap" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p6 : start= 8945664, size= 56598481, type=B921B045-1DF0-41C3-AF44-4C6F280D3FAE, uuid=E55D2252-DAC4-4EEB-AD41-D47F52B9889F, name="Linux-root" | |||
/dev/mmcblk1p7 : start= 65544192, size= 56598481, type=B921B045-1DF0-41C3-AF44-4C6F280D3FAE, uuid=FB2E55D1-EA3B-418F-BB54-B9E92DF813F7, name="Linux-root-alternate" | |||
EOF</pre> | |||
Revision as of 02:16, 23 January 2020
Repartitioning your Pinebook Pro
There are multiple reasons to desire a different file system layout.
Make a backup
Backup your existing OS and data. Multiple times if it's important data.
Read about recovery options
Worse case, you may have to open up your Pinebook Pro and perform a boot with
Understand the risks
If you perform the steps wrong, you could end up with an un-bootable laptop. Even using a SD card may not help. If the eMMC thinks it's good enough to boot, it may not try the SD card.
Using a MicroSD card
This example shows using a SD card as temporary boot location.
Partitioning the eMMC
As user "root", perform the following steps:
- Wipe the existing partition table
- Create new, empty GPT partition table
- Create the boot support partitions;
# sfdisk /dev/mmcblk1 --wipe always --label GPT <<EOF unit: sectors first-lba: 64 /dev/mmcblk1p2 : start= 64, size= 16320, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=1B5A4130-0958-455D-B9AB-C1F2E232FFF8, name="IDBLoader", attrs="RequiredPartition" /dev/mmcblk1p3 : start= 16384, size= 8192, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=D0972B65-4091-4E34-9A4C-8BD949C35E16, name="U-Boot", attrs="RequiredPartition" /dev/mmcblk1p4 : start= 24576, size= 8192, type=8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908, uuid=6C5329F3-9A03-4664-A15C-44E869EDE05C, name="TrustedFirmware-A", attrs="RequiredPartition" /dev/mmcblk1p1 : start= 32768, size= 524288, type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, uuid=3956C6AC-1AC8-4E45-A2A5-FD3CCA60D0CD, name="Linux-boot" /dev/mmcblk1p5 : start= 557056, size= 8388608, type=0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F, uuid=C1565C17-D5C2-410C-892E-7371CB22947D, name="Linux-swap" /dev/mmcblk1p6 : start= 8945664, size= 56598481, type=B921B045-1DF0-41C3-AF44-4C6F280D3FAE, uuid=E55D2252-DAC4-4EEB-AD41-D47F52B9889F, name="Linux-root" /dev/mmcblk1p7 : start= 65544192, size= 56598481, type=B921B045-1DF0-41C3-AF44-4C6F280D3FAE, uuid=FB2E55D1-EA3B-418F-BB54-B9E92DF813F7, name="Linux-root-alternate" EOF