PinePhone Pro/Create a multi-distribution image using rk2aw
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How to Flash Rk2Aw BootLoader and Setup Multi-Distro on PinePhonePro
Flash Rk2Aw BootLoader to SPI & Multi-Distro SDcard
References: https://xff.cz/kernels/rk2aw/rk2aw-rk3399-pinephone-pro/INSTALL and https://xnux.eu/rk2aw/
Requirements: SSH connection from linux machine to PinePhonePro, internet connection.
Note: Preloader and userspace utility to flash it are non-free.
Thanks: Megi at https://xnux.eu/log/
Download and Run rk2aw SPI Flasher
- Connect PinePhonePro to linux machine and start a ssh connection
ssh <user>@<phoneip># set a connectioncd ~/Downloads# enter to directorycurl -O https://xff.cz/kernels/bootloaders/ppp.tar.gz# download installertar -xvzf ppp.tar.gz -C ~/Downloads# extract# scp -r ~/Downloads/ppp <user>@<phoneip>:~/Downloads# copy to phone, non neededsudo ./spinor-flash-initial-setup.sh# flash SPI
Build multi-distro SD Card
- Get distro compressed images and decompress them. (i.e. Manjaro.phosh.beta34, Mobian.6.1, ArchLinux)
- Mount distro images both partitions "/boot", "/root" for each distro
lsblk# find /loop, /sd references. Useblkidto see the UUID for the partition- ├─loop0p1 /media/xxx/BOOT_MNJRO
- └─loop0p2 /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO
- ├─loop1p1 /media/xxx/boot
- └─loop1p2 /media/xxx/rootfs
- ├─loop2p1 /media/xxx/52CA-6165
- └─loop2p2 /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441
- └─sdb disk (after each dd command you'll see the partition id name to adjust into scripts.)
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=945728 bs=32768 status=progress# quick erase sd card. i.e. # 32GB SDcard (30989615104bytes/32768dim=945728volte)- or
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=32768 status=progress# slow erase sd card. i.e. # 32GB SDcard (30989615104bytes/32768dim=1volta) ) - Partition sd card (min
6432GB)
sudo sfdisk /dev/sdb <<EOF label: gpt first-lba: 64 table-length: 8 start=64, size=32704, type=D7B1F817-AA75-2F4F-830D-84818A145370, name="loader", attrs=RequiredPartition size=10G, name="ALARM", attrs="RequiredPartition,LegacyBIOSBootable" size=10G, name="MANJARO", attrs="RequiredPartition,LegacyBIOSBootable" size=+, name="MOBIAN", attrs="RequiredPartition,LegacyBIOSBootable" EOF
lsblk# list partitions on sd and mounted distro images- Device Start End Sectors Size Type
- /dev/sdb1 64 32767 32704 16M unknown
- /dev/sdb2 32768 16809983 16777216 8G Linux filesystem
- /dev/sdb3 16809984 33587199 16777216 8G Linux filesystem
- /dev/sdb4 33587200 60524543 26937344 12.8G Linux filesystem
- Copy files for Arch Linux ARM
sudo dd if=/dev/loop2p2 of=/dev/sdb2 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync# copy rootfs to sd part2sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441sudo scp -r /media/xxx/52CA-6165/* /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441# copy bootfs to to part2/boot1/bootsudo mv /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441# hide auto-menu item1/boot/boot.scr /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c4411/boot/boot.scrORIGsudo nano /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441# add PARTLABEL=ALARM and delete UUID=xxx from second line, delete /boot entry1/etc/fstabsudo mkdir /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441# add directory1/boot/extlinuxsudo nano /media/xxx/3d99072c-9fd6-4316-8526-9192e192c441# add file1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
#/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf MENU TITLE Pinephone Pro Boot Menu LABEL l0 MENU LABEL ALarm FDT /boot/dtbs/rockchip/rk3399-pinephone-pro.dtb KERNEL /boot/Image INITRD /boot/initramfs-linux.img APPEND root=PARTLABEL=ALARM console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0 loglevel=4 rw rootwait fbcon=rotate:0 pinephone_keyboard.disable_input
- Copy files for ManJaro
sudo dd if=/dev/loop0p2 of=/dev/sdb3 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync# copy rootfs to sd part3sudo mount /dev/sdb3 /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/sudo scp -r /media/xxx/BOOT_MNJRO/* /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/boot# copy bootfs to to part3/bootsudo nano /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/etc/fstab# change UUID=xxx to PARTLABEL=MANJARO, delete /boot linesudo mv /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/boot/boot.scr /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/boot/boot.scrORIG# hide auto-menu itemsudo mkdir /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/boot/extlinux# add directorysudo nano /media/xxx/ROOT_MNJRO1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf#add file
#/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf MENU TITLE Pinephone Pro Boot Menu LABEL l0 MENU LABEL ManJaro FDT /boot/dtbs/rockchip/rk3399-pinephone-pro.dtb KERNEL /boot/Image INITRD /boot/initramfs-linux.img APPEND root=PARTLABEL=MANJARO console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0 loglevel=4 rw rootwait fbcon=rotate:0 pinephone_keyboard.disable_input
- Copy files for MObian
sudo dd if=/dev/loop1p2 of=/dev/sdb4 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync# copy rootfs to sd part4mount /dev/sdb4 /media/xxx/rootfs1/sudo scp -r /media/xxx/boot/* /media/xxx/rootfs1/boot# copy bootfs to to part4/bootsudo nano /media/xxx/rootfs1/etc/fstab# replace UUID=xxx with PARTLABEL=MOBIAN and delete UUID=xxx from second line. Delete /boot linesudo nano /media/xxx/rootfs1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf# edit path from /bootfs to /part4/boot
>linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-rockchip >initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.1-rockchip >fdtdir /boot/dtb-6.1-rockchip/ APPEND root=PARTLABEL=MOBIAN console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0 loglevel=4 rw rootwait fbcon=rotate:0 pinephone_keyboard.disable_input
Flash rk2aw BootLoader to SPI & multi-distro eMMC
Make sure you boot from the SDcard in your PPP as we are going to be building the eMMC. Note that below, arch is booted from the SDcard and the SDcard shows as /dev/mmcblk1
Download and Run rk2aw SPI Flasher
Same as above. Note this installs rk2aw and a bootloader to SPI NOR flash. Resulting SPI status is as follows:
# ./rk2aw-spi-flasher Machine: Pine64 PinePhonePro (pine64,pinephone-pro) SPI NOR Flash: - Total size: 16384 KiB - Erase block size: 4 KiB - Write size: 1 - Manufacturer: gigadevice - Part name: gd25lq128e - JEDEC ID: 257018 Bootable images currently present in SPI NOR flash: Idx Header Off 1 Size 1 Off 2 Size 2 Notes/content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 0 2048 6144 0 0 (padded) 0='rk2aw' 5 131072 133120 67584 200704 124928 0='U-Boot TPL' 1='U-Boot SPL' 7 524288 526336 147456 673792 124928 0='ddrbin' 1='U-Boot SPL' Auto-calculated layout for rk2aw dual bootloader scheme: Area Offset Size --------------------------------------------------- rk2aw primary 0 65536 rk2aw backup 65536 65536 spl fallback 131072 393216 spl primary 524288 389120 itb fallback 913408 2097152 itb primary 3010560 2097152
Build multi-distro eMMC
In this example we are going to build 2 partitions on the eMMC, the first with Arch/phosh and the second with Arch/sxmo. We have already downloaded the images from Danct12 and decompressed them.
Mount the images
[me@PPP Downloads]$ sudo su [sudo] password for me: [root@PPP Downloads]# losetup -P /dev/loop0 archlinux-pinephone-pro-phosh-20230203.img [root@PPP Downloads]# losetup -P /dev/loop1 archlinux-pinephone-pro-sxmo-20230203.img [root@PPP Downloads]# ls -l /mnt/ total 0 [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/phosh [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/sxmo [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/phosh/boot [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/phosh/root [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/sxmo/boot [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/sxmo/root [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/ephosh # e for the partition on the eMMC [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/esxmo # e for the partition on the eMMC [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt/phosh/boot/ [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/loop0p2 /mnt/phosh/root/ [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/loop1p1 /mnt/sxmo/boot/ [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/loop1p2 /mnt/sxmo/root/ [root@PPP Downloads]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS loop0 7:0 0 5G 0 loop ├─loop0p1 259:0 0 122M 0 part /mnt/phosh/boot └─loop0p2 259:1 0 4.9G 0 part /mnt/phosh/root loop1 7:1 0 3.5G 0 loop ├─loop1p1 259:2 0 122M 0 part /mnt/sxmo/boot └─loop1p2 259:3 0 3.4G 0 part /mnt/sxmo/root mmcblk2 179:0 0 115.2G 0 disk ├─mmcblk2p1 179:1 0 122M 0 part └─mmcblk2p2 179:2 0 115.1G 0 part mmcblk2boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk2boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk1 179:96 0 59.6G 0 disk ├─mmcblk1p1 179:97 0 122M 0 part /boot └─mmcblk1p2 179:98 0 59.5G 0 part / zram0 254:0 0 1.5G 0 disk [SWAP]
Prepare eMMC
[root@PPP Downloads]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk2 count=32768 bs=32768 status=progress # overwrite the front to clear any bootloaders 985759744 bytes (986 MB, 940 MiB) copied, 3 s, 329 MB/s 32768+0 records in 32768+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 8.14441 s, 132 MB/s [root@PPP Downloads]# sfdisk /dev/mmcblk2 << EOF > label: gpt > first-lba: 64 > table-length: 8 > size=32G, name="PHOSH", attrs="RequiredPartition,LegacyBIOSBootable" > size=+, name="SXMO", attrs="RequiredPartition,LegacyBIOSBootable" > EOF Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... OK Disk /dev/mmcblk2: 115.23 GiB, 123731968000 bytes, 241664000 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>> Script header accepted. >>> Script header accepted. >>> Script header accepted. >>> Created a new GPT disklabel (GUID: 7EB4B1E0-5F49-4F30-9F1E-E9E1F305D461). The maximal number of partitions is 8 (default is 128). /dev/mmcblk2p1: Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 32 GiB. /dev/mmcblk2p2: Created a new partition 2 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 83.2 GiB. /dev/mmcblk2p3: Done. New situation: Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 7EB4B1E0-5F49-4F30-9F1E-E9E1F305D461 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/mmcblk2p1 2048 67110911 67108864 32G Linux filesystem /dev/mmcblk2p2 67110912 241661951 174551040 83.2G Linux filesystem The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. [root@PPP Downloads]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS loop0 7:0 0 5G 0 loop ├─loop0p1 259:0 0 122M 0 part /mnt/phosh/boot └─loop0p2 259:1 0 4.9G 0 part /mnt/phosh/root loop1 7:1 0 3.5G 0 loop ├─loop1p1 259:2 0 122M 0 part /mnt/sxmo/boot └─loop1p2 259:3 0 3.4G 0 part /mnt/sxmo/root mmcblk2 179:0 0 115.2G 0 disk ├─mmcblk2p1 179:1 0 32G 0 part └─mmcblk2p2 179:2 0 83.2G 0 part mmcblk2boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk2boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk1 179:96 0 59.6G 0 disk ├─mmcblk1p1 179:97 0 122M 0 part /boot └─mmcblk1p2 179:98 0 59.5G 0 part / zram0 254:0 0 1.5G 0 disk [SWAP]
Build phosh partition
[root@PPP Downloads]# dd if=/dev/loop0p2 of=/dev/mmcblk2p1 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync 5225054208 bytes (5.2 GB, 4.9 GiB) copied, 215 s, 24.3 MB/s5238685696 bytes (5.2 GB, 4.9 GiB) copied, 215.606 s, 24.3 MB/s 4996+0 records in 4996+0 records out 5238685696 bytes (5.2 GB, 4.9 GiB) copied, 218.565 s, 24.0 MB/s [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/mmcblk2p1 /mnt/ephosh/ [root@PPP Downloads]# scp -r /mnt/phosh/boot/* /mnt/ephosh/boot [root@PPP Downloads]# mv /mnt/ephosh/boot/boot.scr /mnt/ephosh/boot/boot.scrORIG [root@PPP Downloads]# nano /mnt/ephosh/etc/fstab # set PARTLABEL for / and comment /boot [root@PPP Downloads]# cat /mnt/ephosh/etc/fstab # Static information about the filesystems. # See fstab(5) for details. # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> PARTLABEL=PHOSH / ext4 rw,relatime 0 1 # UUID=52CA-6165 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2 [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/ephosh/boot/extlinux [root@PPP Downloads]# nano /mnt/ephosh/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf [root@PPP Downloads]# cat /mnt/ephosh/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf #/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf MENU TITLE Pinephone Pro Boot Menu LABEL l0 MENU LABEL phosh FDT /boot/dtbs/rockchip/rk3399-pinephone-pro.dtb KERNEL /boot/Image INITRD /boot/initramfs-linux.img APPEND root=PARTLABEL=PHOSH console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0 loglevel=4 rw rootwait fbcon=rotate:0 pinephone_keyboard.disable_input
Build sxmo partition
We have unmounted all the phosh devices, so
[root@PPP Downloads]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS loop0 7:0 0 5G 0 loop ├─loop0p1 259:0 0 122M 0 part └─loop0p2 259:1 0 4.9G 0 part loop1 7:1 0 3.5G 0 loop ├─loop1p1 259:2 0 122M 0 part /mnt/sxmo/boot └─loop1p2 259:3 0 3.4G 0 part /mnt/sxmo/root mmcblk2 179:0 0 115.2G 0 disk ├─mmcblk2p1 179:1 0 32G 0 part └─mmcblk2p2 179:2 0 83.2G 0 part mmcblk2boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk2boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk1 179:96 0 59.6G 0 disk ├─mmcblk1p1 179:97 0 122M 0 part /boot └─mmcblk1p2 179:98 0 59.5G 0 part / zram0 254:0 0 1.5G 0 disk [SWAP] [root@PPP Downloads]# dd if=/dev/loop1p2 of=/dev/mmcblk2p2 bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync 3613392896 bytes (3.6 GB, 3.4 GiB) copied, 153 s, 23.6 MB/s3628072960 bytes (3.6 GB, 3.4 GiB) copied, 153.543 s, 23.6 MB/s 3460+0 records in 3460+0 records out 3628072960 bytes (3.6 GB, 3.4 GiB) copied, 156.292 s, 23.2 MB/s [root@PPP Downloads]# mount /dev/mmcblk2p2 /mnt/esxmo/ [root@PPP Downloads]# scp -r /mnt/sxmo/boot/* /mnt/esxmo/boot [root@PPP Downloads]# mv /mnt/esxmo/boot/boot.scr /mnt/esxmo/boot/boot.scrORIG [root@PPP Downloads]# nano /mnt/esxmo/etc/fstab # set PARTLABEL for / and comment /boot [root@PPP Downloads]# cat /mnt/esxmo/etc/fstab # Static information about the filesystems. # See fstab(5) for details. # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> PARTLABEL=SXMO / ext4 rw,relatime 0 1 # UUID=841C-F9DD /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2 [root@PPP Downloads]# mkdir /mnt/esxmo/boot/extlinux [root@PPP Downloads]# nano /mnt/esxmo/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf [root@PPP Downloads]# cat /mnt/esxmo/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf #/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf MENU TITLE Pinephone Pro Boot Menu LABEL l0 MENU LABEL sxmo FDT /boot/dtbs/rockchip/rk3399-pinephone-pro.dtb KERNEL /boot/Image INITRD /boot/initramfs-linux.img APPEND root=PARTLABEL=SXMO console=ttyS2,115200 console=tty0 loglevel=4 rw rootwait fbcon=rotate:0 pinephone_keyboard.disable_input
Follow-up comments
- On first boot neither phosh nor sxmo resized their partition - sudo resize2fs sorted that.
- Any time an update rebuilds the initramfs it is necessary to delete /boot/boot.scr again to keep the rk2aw menu clean.
- The end result is a boot screen as follows:
