2017-10-21 19:35 GMT+03:00 Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.korni...@gmail.com>:
> 2017-10-20 18:02 GMT+03:00 Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.korni...@gmail.com>:
>> 2017-10-20 17:37 GMT+03:00 Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de>:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20.10.17 16:21, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
>>>> 20.10.2017 17:12, Alexander Graf пишет:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20.10.17 13:57, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just received EspressoBin 1G. Any success stories how to run 
>>>>>> openSUSE?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you'll basically have to somehow flash a working U-Boot with
>>>>> distro boot onto it and then just dd the tumbleweed/42.3 iso onto a usb
>>>>> stick and cross your fingers that gets you to a point where you can
>>>>> install :)
>>>>
>>>> It has microsd card, I think it should be able to boot from sd, no?
>>>> I also need to to find serial console pins on the board :)
>>>
>>> There seems to be a lengthy discussion on the mailing list. I guess you
>>> can select the boot device using DIP switches though?
>>
>> Yes, I can. I think it is preferred way. Need to find expected layout
>> to place u-boot image.
>
> Well, at least while booting from SATA, they say that BootRom looks
> for code starting with zero offset, which implies that there can not
> be any GPT partition table.
> Probably, it is similar for SD. If so, we need to flash our EFI-aware
> u-boot instead of upstream one.
>

Well, SATA flash image from here

http://wiki.espressobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=Boot+ESPRESSObin+from+SATA+drive&highlight=sata

suits for booting from microsd card, when it is flushed from zero
offset and boot selection switchs are set to 7.

At least, there is non-destructive way to check out u-boot image.

>>
>>>
>>>   http://espressobin.net/forums/topic/how-to-flash-u-boot/
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> With best regards,
>> Matwey V. Kornilov
>
>
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Matwey V. Kornilov



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