Package: installation-reports Boot method: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner#Installing_from_an_SD_card_image Image version: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/ using firmware.A20-OLinuXino-Lime2.img.gz Date: 2021-10-01
Machine: Olimex A20 OLinuXino Lime 2 Processor: A20 Cortex-A7 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and dual-core Mali 400 GPU Memory: 1GB Partitions: /dev/<disk>2 btrfs 31G / + /dev/<disk>1 ext2 128M /boot Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [E] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect media: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup: [O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Overall install: [E] Comments/Problems: I'm trying to setup a fresh Debian with a BTRFS root and an EXT2 /boot with the netinstall disk on an OLinuXino Lime 2 (an A20 based SBC). When I install without BTRFS, but 2 EXT2 partitions, installation works flawlessly, when I try with BTRFS I only obtain a black screen with a blinking _ after the initial uboot screen. I know btrfs + ext2 works on my SBC because I also have a Freedombox (Debian pure blend) installed on other device of the same specs, the installation proccedure is different though (one just copies the img to an sd card). The unique difference I've found between stock Debian and a working FreedomBox is on the size of the initrd.img, and that the Debian installer creates a subvolume for root. I can't find any difference in the configuration for the image generation on /etc/initramfs-tools I've tried recreating the initramfs appending btrfs to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules but I get the same result. What could I do to identify the problem?
