Hi, Diego Roversi <diegor@tiscali.it> (2017-06-05): > Package: debian-installer > Version: 20170525 > > The sd-card images of debian-installer for arm-hf don't have a kernel > image inside, and they can't boot from sd. > > To reproduce the problem: > > #wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.A10-OLinuXino-Lime.img.gz > > #wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz > > #zcat firmware.A10-OLinuXino-Lime.img.gz partition.img.gz > image_a10.img > > # ls -lrt > total 63628 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23891122 May 25 12:21 partition.img.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 224112 May 25 12:21 firmware.A10-OLinuXino-Lime.img.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40960000 Jun 4 21:57 image_a10.img > > # losetup /dev/loop0 image_a10.img > # fdisk -lu /dev/loop0 > Disk /dev/loop0: 39.1 MiB, 40960000 bytes, 80000 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 > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x0eded707 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/loop0p1 * 2048 79999 77952 38.1M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > > # partprobe /dev/loop0 > # mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt/card > # ls -l /mnt/card/ > total 20732 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1575 May 25 10:50 boot.scr > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 41984 May 25 10:50 dtbs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21185369 May 25 10:50 initrd.gz > > The boot from this sd image give this error: > > Scanning mmc 0:1... > Found U-Boot script /boot.scr > reading /boot.scr > 1575 bytes read in 25 ms (61.5 KiB/s) > ## Executing script at 43100000 > Mainline u-boot / new-style environment detected. > reading vmlinuz > 3701008 bytes read in 391 ms (9 MiB/s) > reading dtbs/sun4i-a10-olinuxino-lime.dtb > 27941 bytes read in 621 ms (43 KiB/s) > reading initrd.gz > ** Unable to read file initrd.gz ** > SCRIPT FAILED: continuing... I'm not familiar with those images, but they should contain u-boot configuration and needed bits. From the log above, it looks like a vmlinuz was found, but initrd.gz couldn't be read. Cc'ing debian-arm@ since I don't know much more about this. KiBi.
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