Friends, as shown in the image, I am trying to install a Linux system on this BTV: OTT BOX, model B11 with an Amlogic S905X3 CPU. However, I am not succeeding because it cannot read the USB drive. I have already tried changing the .ext, attempted to burn the image using Rufus, Balena, and nothing worked. I am using a Multilaser USB drive which I believe is 2.0. At the moment I don’t have another USB drive or memory card to test. Any suggestions?

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The screen shot you have shows you are using the Ugoos X3 version of uboot.  That will not work as that is specific to that box.

Thanks for clarifying. And which would be the correct version of u‑boot for my BTV OTT BOX (model B11, Amlogic S905X3)? I admit I’m a bit lost at this point.

The s905x3 one.

 

Also, how are you booting this?  You say it doesn't recognize usb, so what are you using to boot Armbian?

I am trying to boot from a USB stick, but it shows the error you can see in the screenshot. I am using the update button on the back of the TV box. It does start the boot process from the USB, but according to the error message it seems unable to actually read the drive. I have been stuck on this issue for several days now.

Does the box have an sd card slot and have you tried booting from that?  (That is the common method).

 

Also are you sure the box has an s905x3?  Have you opened the box and inspected the chip?  You might want to try all the uboot binaries just in case.

"mmc1(part 0) is current device".

Is that really a usb? Never seen a usb be named that, sound more like an internal storage.

Yes, I opened it and it really does have the Amlogic chipset. However, it is still not booting from the USB stick. Do you have any recommendations? I’ve been stuck on this for a week and I’m quite new to this area.

15 minutes ago, confuseruser said:

Do you have any recommendations?

Have you tried all of the uboot binaries as I suggested above?

 

Also, you didn't answer my question about SD card.  Does the box have an SD card slot and have you tried that?

 

 

I don’t have an SD card for testing, only a USB stick. The idea is to turn this TV box into a KDS for a restaurant, it will only run this program. However, it needs to be done in Linux.

I downloaded a new image, it booted through Android, it detected the USB stick but reported that it couldn’t find the installation package.

Get an SD card.  That is what 95% of people use on these boxes.

 

Also if you want help, you need to be a lot more detailed than 'but reported it couldn't find the installation package'.  Logs/Screenshots are needed to even begin to help.

Well, with the new image there was some progress, but I will give up for now. I will look for an SD card and try again using it. I’m confident that I will finally succeed in this operation.

well now i using a sd card and get this situation....

You shouldn't be getting into android recovery.  How did you burn the image to the SD card?  On what platform?

 

The fact that I'm seeing things like "System Volume Information" and "box-config" which aren't directories that should exist on an Armbian image, it looks like something strange has happened to your SD card image.

I used Balena for the burning process, do I need another complementary program?

On 5/14/2026 at 4:23 PM, SteeMan said:

How did you burn the image to the SD card?  On what platform?

When I ask multiple questions, it is for a reason.  When you don't answer all of the questions, then I can't help you as I have to guess.

 

So here is a guess, that you are burning the SD card on Windows.  I have seen reports that on some versions of Windows, that windows will automount the FAT partition on the SD card after burning, and when it mounts it it alters it in ways that cause problems.  I haven't spent any time looking into that issue, but because of what I have seen repored, I would avoid doing the burn on windows.  Please try it on a linux box.

 

As for recommended burning tool, you should follow the Armbian documentation (https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started) and use Armbian Imager.