Re: Debian 11 on Sheevaplug?

[Gilles <codecomplete@free.fr>]

On 09/06/2022 15:48, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Gilles <codecomplete@free.fr> [2022-06-09 15:14]:
> > U-Boot 2011.12 (Mar 11 2012 - 18:59:46)
> > => Does Uboot support ext4, or just ext2? Or is the 2011.12 release too old,
> > and I should either upgrade or go back to ext2 instead?
> It might be worth upgrading u-boot just in case.  These instructions
> are still correct:
> https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade/
>
> (It's not the latest version of u-boot, but it is one that worked for
> a long of people.  Rick Thomas agreed to test the latest and report
> back.  I will update my web site accordingly.)
>
> I'm not sure about ext4, but we generally recommend a separate /boot
> partition with ext2 and that's IIRC what the guided partitioner
> creates.
I let the installer reformat and repartition the pendrive, with /boot as 
ext2 and / as ext4, and D11 installed successuflly.

Lessons learned:

1. If the pendrive has an MBR, convert it to GPT

2. On a computer, perform a full test to check for backblocks

3. Uboot might not support ext4, so either upgrade or use ext2 for /boot

Thanks all!