On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 06:19:29PM -0400, David Niklas wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 13:21:56 +0200 > > Actually, my PC has a kernel fault
It took me a moment to guess that you abbreviate PocketChip as "PC". My mind went like: "What? Why is he talking about his Personal Computer now?" :) > (It's a long story of ntc's evil > doing), Why do you believe that ntc is evil? > and the Linux kernel claims that it is not tainted. > I don't know if that covers firmware, but at least there are no modules > that are non-free. I don't understand the paragraph above. Do you talk about mainline linux kernel, ntc's kernel fork for Chip, ... Can you please clarify? > > > Best bet is to use libre-linux mainline and besides that just attempt > > > to deblob ntc's components by hand, which shouldn't be a problem long > > > term cause it doesn't look like they maintain any of this stuff at all > > > anyway and it's very likely the only blobs are in the kernel anyway > > > however not a sure one. > > > > I ditched all the custom NTC stuff and went for vanilla Debian. I have > > managed to install Debian Stretch (current Stable) on a USB stick using > > Debian Installer. I am using a self-compiled mainline U-Boot via > > sunxi-fel to circumvent the U-Boot version on NAND provided by the > > manufacturer which can not boot from USB. > <snip> > > I've found two faults that cannot be traced without a postmortem and I'm > really sick of accidentally causing this thing to manifest said problems > and then loosing all the work that I did in between my backup periods. How can you be sure it is a kernel bug and not another problem? Can you give us some details. Did you ask on ntc's user forum or did you file a bug report Can't you improve you backup strategy - for example commit to an external git repo; or synchronize with another stable working computer? > I'm in need of a way to boot PC without flashing the NAND I there a way > to do this? So far my search results have been unsuccessful. 1. Well, you can take your Chip out of the housing and install the distro of you choice on a USB-stick and use it as a regular Chip. 2. Can you get PocketChip into fel-mode without taking it out of the enclosure? Ntc's documentation claims it is not possible but there is a forum thread about a reboot option into fel-mode. I have no PoketChip and leave it up to you to research the answers to this questions. Another point is if the distro of you choice on a USB-stick will support PocketChips hardware (e.g. Keyboard, LCD-Screen) out of the box. Do you have a serial-to-usb-cable to interact with PocketChip? kind regards Pablo _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk