On 2/1/2018 1:13 AM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
Stretch is based off of u-boot 2016.11, the upstream version available at the time stretch froze. I don't see any mention of utilite models in upstream u-boot, so it's not possible to provide pre-built bootable debian-installer images. If you have a vendor-provided u-boot, you might be able to get it to work with the debian-installer images, possibly manually loading the kernel+initrd+dtb from the u-boot prompt and booting. You'll likely need a serial console connected to troubleshoot. Good luck! live well, vagrant
Thanks Vagrant,Curious if I am overlooking a U-Boot option/parameter/command for loading initrd.
From the vendor-provided U-Boot prompt, I could not load initrd.gz into memory without first wrapping with mkimage. After debian installation, I found the same case when configuring U-Boot to use bootcmd. I ended up wrapping initrd.img-4.9.0-4-armmp. I suspect his will be a problem when updating kernel. Aptitude already shows a security update available for kernel/image.
The debian-installer appears to have worked correctly with Utilite Pro. The installed state had an issue with a usb device constantly resetting. Not sure if hardware issue or debian installation. Could not get U-Boot to recognize usb storage. Using device without usb, so turned it off.
Scott