Works with flash boot select, switches            00 Flash

won't boot directly from microSD, switches   01 SD

 

 

Edited April 13, 20233 yr by bigtreeman

the boot dip switches select where u-boot is loaded from afaik.
to boot from sd the image would have to contain two extra partitions with u-boot and the firmware like the sdcard.img from starfive https://github.com/starfive-tech/VisionFive2/releases

Edited April 17, 20233 yr by valium
misread first reply

I'd suggest renaming this topic to clarify armbian boots from an microSD but not with the dip-switches set to sd as this makes a big difference...

Hello

I bought a Starvision Five 2 and now I wanted to test the Armbian software. I downloaded the image and wrote it to the sd card with balena etcher and once with win32 diskimager. I inserted the card and switched the Starfive to boot from sd but nothing happened.

My question is what am I doing wrong, is there anything else I should be aware of?

Thanks for your answers.

try setting the switches to 11 (UART) or 00 (Flash).

The boot mode selctor tells the board which bootloader should be used. armbian images don't contain the bootloader (u-boot) on the sd card so this setting won't work.

if you still run into issues try booting the sdcard.img provided by the manufacturer and update the bootloader per their description.

Edited April 25, 20233 yr by valium

Hi FH87,

My first post wasn't a question, but a solution

don't set your switches to 11 (UART) unless you know what you're doing

 

building the sdcard image without boot partitions was lazy

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