February 12, 20251 yr @Igor: Thank you very much for this fast fix! It works for me! My System is an Odroid HC1, booting from SD with rootfs on HDD: I wrote the minimal image to a new SD card, copied the required files from the boot directory to my “real” SD card and adjusted the UUID of the rootdev in boot.ini. The NAS is running again ... quick and dirty. Stay healthy, the flu is around I found the new image here: https://armbian.nardol.ovh/dl/odroidxu4/archive/ Edited February 12, 20251 yr by else.ganz link for the minimal-Image
February 12, 20251 yr 9 hours ago, pauet said: I have downgraded kernel on my odroid xu4 and now is booting again. Which host OS did you use? I struggle with a fresh debian install and passing your commands as root, I stuck with `chroot` (`bash: chroot: command not found`)
February 12, 20251 yr Hi, I can confirm the fix. It upgraded (apt-get upgrade) from the last working version. Great commitment! See you
February 12, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, boat said: maybe that's a problem? Debian has some weird behaviour when using "su" because $PATH lacks /sbin for whatever reason. /sbin/chroot instead of chroot might work
February 13, 20251 yr For combination sd card only for boot and usb flash drive for OS is copy "new" boot folder from sd card to usb flash drive way to go or I must do something else ?
February 13, 20251 yr Is there any routine/process description available for getting the improved kernel, a runinng OMV? As I'm not an software expert, more a user, it seems to me too complicate to repair my HC1. Probably a complete new installation of OMV7 is the easier way as the data at my HDD are safe. Edited February 13, 20251 yr by Valsi
February 13, 20251 yr I cant go on.. root@debian:/# apt install linux-image-current-odroidxu4=24.11.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: linux-image-current-odroidxu4 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 30.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 14.2 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Err:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Could not resolve 'apt.armbian.com' E: Failed to fetch http://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-6.6.60/linux-image-current-odroidxu4_24.11.1_armhf__1-S6ed4-D0531-P1633-C3a73H5845-HK01ba-V014b-B59f0-R448a.deb Could not resolve 'apt.armbian.com' E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? ....E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? - did not help 🤕 Edited February 13, 20251 yr by odroidhc2
February 13, 20251 yr I did it in one Odroid HC2 and it is up agin: v25.2.1 for Odroid XU4 running Armbian Linux 6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 One more to fix...
February 13, 20251 yr This looks like DNS problem / or lack of apt update command before installation.
February 13, 20251 yr Second Odroid HC2 is up. This one boot from sd card and OS is on USB stick. I did all steps on sd card and did not copy anything to USB stick. Boot is ok and all my files and folder are ok. I did all that with local downloaded files without problem. Maybe it is DNS problem... Tnx @pauet for fix 👍 Edited February 14, 20251 yr by odroidhc2
February 13, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, odroidhc2 said: apt install linux-image-current-odroidxu4=24.11.1 I used this command on a HC running OMV (armbian) which was not restarted with success! root@armbianomv:~# apt install linux-image-current-odroidxu4=24.11.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: linux-image-current-odroidxu4 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 30.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 14.2 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://netcup.armbian.com/apt bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 [30.7 MB] Fetched 30.7 MB in 4s (8521 kB/s) dpkg: warning: downgrading linux-image-current-odroidxu4 from 25.2.1 to 24.11.1 (Reading database ... 34762 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-current-odroidxu4_24.11.1_armhf.deb ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.75-current-odroidxu4': 'prerm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.75-current-odroidxu4': 'prerm' finishing. Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.60-current-odroidxu4': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.60-current-odroidxu4': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking linux-image-current-odroidxu4 (24.11.1) over (25.2.1) ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.75-current-odroidxu4': 'postrm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.75-current-odroidxu4': 'postrm' finishing. Setting up linux-image-current-odroidxu4 (24.11.1) ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.60-current-odroidxu4': 'postinst' starting. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 update-initramfs: Armbian: Converting to u-boot format: /boot/uInitrd-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 Image Name: uInitrd Created: Thu Feb 13 12:50:07 2025 Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 13361420 Bytes = 13048.26 KiB = 12.74 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 update-initramfs: Armbian: Symlinking /boot/uInitrd-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 to /boot/uInitrd '/boot/uInitrd' -> 'uInitrd-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4' update-initramfs: Armbian: done. Remove unused generated file: /boot/uInitrd-6.6.75-current-odroidxu4 Remove unused generated file: /boot/initrd.img-6.6.75-current-odroidxu4 Armbian: update last-installed kernel symlink to 'zImage'... '/boot/zImage' -> 'vmlinuz-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4' Armbian: Debian compat: linux-update-symlinks install 6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 boot/vmlinuz-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.6.60-current-odroidxu4 Armbian 'linux-image-current-odroidxu4' for '6.6.60-current-odroidxu4': 'postinst' finishing. root@armbianomv:~#
February 13, 20251 yr 18 hours ago, Werner said: /sbin/chroot instead of chroot might work That did the trick indeed! Thanks a million Werner! 4 hours ago, odroidhc2 said: Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Ign:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Err:1 http://apt.armbian.com bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-odroidxu4 armhf 24.11.1 Could not resolve 'apt.armbian.com' E: Failed to fetch http://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-6.6.60/linux-image-current-odroidxu4_24.11.1_armhf__1-S6ed4-D0531-P1633-C3a73H5845-HK01ba-V014b-B59f0-R448a.deb Could not resolve 'apt.armbian.com' E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? Now I'm stuck here as well 😢 2 hours ago, Igor said: This looks like DNS problem / or lack of apt update command before installation. I tried running "apt update" but the problem persists. How could I solve DNS problems? I'm first time doing chroot and I actually have around 0 clue what I do... I tried nslookup in the chroot shell but that is not available... Trying ping on google does indeed indicate hostnames cant be resolved 😭 I guess quickest fix would be just to download the package files from server via IP address and install them manually? Edited February 13, 20251 yr by boat
February 13, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, odroidhc2 said: I did all that with local downloaded files without problem. Could you drop a line or two on how to do this please? I can see wget is available but I don't even manage to localize the .deb packages with a IP address to download 😭 Thank's a lot! Edited February 13, 20251 yr by boat
February 13, 20251 yr I was simple download from link with Firefox ... .....Failed to fetch http://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-6.6.60/linux-image-current-odroidxu4_24.11.1_armhf__1-S6ed4-D0531-P1633-C3a73H5845-HK01ba-V014b-B59f0-R448a.deb Could not resolve 'apt.armbian.com'... And then install from download folder Edited February 13, 20251 yr by odroidhc2
February 13, 20251 yr Thank's for your answer. If I understand correct you downloaded outside of chroot then and copied the files over? What command did you use in the terminal to install the deb packages inside chroot please?
February 13, 20251 yr Help in improving our recovery instructions is also warmly welcome https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Recovery/ We are too small for "everything"
February 13, 20251 yr Thank's Igor! I tried the docs but didn't find a hint on manual installing deb packages... with google fu I found the command "dpkg -i" that I tried but sadly failed: Forums are always great so users can help other users... specially who are in the same boat 🚣♂️ Keep up the great work with armbian!
February 13, 20251 yr It looks a bit better with "apt install ./filename.deb" but for whatever reason I get a permission denied error despite being root. Maybe some chroot specialty I'm not aware of? So close to get the system working again but also so far.... 😫 Also tried chmod 777 on the deb files (root is already owner) but still the permission denied error.... I'm out of clue with a big headache trying since two days getting this thing working again just hitting about every tree on the way 😣 @odroidhc2 how did you manage installing the deb files in chroot? Edited February 13, 20251 yr by boat
February 13, 20251 yr 25 minutes ago, boat said: Forums are always great so users can help other users... Yes of course. But documentation or FAQ should be somewhere and up2date. Its a lot of work / impossible for our small team to cover all aspects of a Linux system. But for at least Armbian specifics - which this is - we might have somehting. Thanks!
February 13, 20251 yr 5 minutes ago, odroidhc2 said: I give read/write permisions direct in Debian Thank's, did this but wasn't enough. But now I found the secret as it now installed after issuing this weird command https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/674661
February 13, 20251 yr I was using this command (with sudo): sudo apt install... Edited February 13, 20251 yr by odroidhc2
February 14, 20251 yr Made yesterday a complete new installation OMV7 on microSD card and now HC1 is running as before the kernel issue. As long as data are safe and back-up is available, it is the easiest way. Hope this will not happen again with the next update.. Edited February 14, 20251 yr by Valsi
February 14, 20251 yr yup, just to report back, it works with the latest images. thanks for the quick fix 👍
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