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Merged Imported make on-device-installer work with pinephonepro
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TODO:

  • test that installing with "msdos" partition type still works
  • test installing from emmc to emmc
  • test installing from sd to emmc
  • test installing from sd to sd

How to test installing from emmc to emmc:

  • I tried the blockdevice mode built into tow-boot, but flashing with dd was slow (891 kb/s) and aborted after 655 MiB
  • After considering other various methods, the fastest was was:
    • create the installer image (pmbootstrap install --ondev)
    • flash a regular pmOS install to SD card (e.g. with UI=console so you have networkmanager to connect to wifi etc. if needed)
    • keep the SD plugged into your computer
    • (extend the root partition to fill the whole SD card)
    • copy the installer image to the SD card, e.g. to /root/installer.img
    • plug the SD into the PPP and boot
    • login via serial
    • dd if=/root/installer.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
    • unplug the SD (otherwise the initramfs may get confused, see #1531)

I tested this with kernel 5.16.7, and it showed the pmOS splash, but then continued booting into a black screen instead of Xorg with calamares. Calamares launched though, and reacted to touch inputs, I was able to move to the next page by hitting where the continue button would be. Maybe this magically is fixed with the 5.17.9 kernel already that was just merged, we'll need to try again and fix it if needed.

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Merged by AdministratorAdministrator 2 years ago (Jul 11, 2022 2:19pm UTC)

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  • Mentions issue #1531

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  • Administrator added device-pine64-pinephonepro label · Imported

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    • Administrator
      Administrator @root · Imported
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      Resolved by Administrator

      I tried running it on 5.17.9 and the display works fine. Testing the installer with an eMMC->eMMC install produced an error at the end of the installation process though:

      PXL_20220707_233633518

      State at that point:

      localhost:~$ mount
/dev/mmcblk0p3 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=792780k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,inode64)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=461807,mode=755,inode64)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,inode64)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=4096k,nr_inodes=1024,mode=755,inode64)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/elogind type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/libexec/elogind/elogind-cgroups-agent,name=elogind)
/dev/loop0 on /mnt/postmarketos-ondev-rootfs type ext4 (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/0 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=396388k,nr_inodes=99097,mode=700,inode64)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /mnt/install type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3 type ext4 (rw,relatime)
dev on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3/dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=461807,mode=755,inode64)
proc on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3/proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3/run type tmpfs (rw,relatime,inode64)
tmpfs on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3/run/udev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=792780k,nr_inodes=819200,mode=755,inode64)
sys on /tmp/calamares-root-sjzvqtz3/sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
localhost:~$ id
uid=1000(user) gid=10(wheel) groups=10(wheel),10(wheel)
localhost:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/loop0: LABEL="pmOS_root" UUID="7b9fcd78-4863-4b91-afaa-6abd5e8e5aad" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mmcblk0p3: LABEL="pmOS_deleteme" UUID="8a748807-be95-4243-bcba-7f0e9c1fbca2" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mmcblk0p2: LABEL="pmOS_root" UUID="13230a61-bf63-4263-9147-0ccb4b407f28" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mmcblk0p1: LABEL="pmOS_i_boot" UUID="BBD8-E9A6" TYPE="vfat"

      Edit: after rebooting the phone, it seems like the install was actually sucessfull. But the boot partition has the wrong label which somehow still produces a bootable system.

      By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-08T06:35:04

      Edited by Administrator
  • Administrator added 5 commits · Imported

    added 5 commits

    • 70386287...724f4dc8 - 3 commits from branch master
    • 05ed22e0 - pine64-pinephonepro: fix dev_internal_storage (MR 3280)
    • f4cdfcef - main/postmarketos-ondev: upgrade to 0.8.1 (MR 3280)

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    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-10T13:49:46

  • Administrator
    Administrator @root · Imported
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    I'm still getting the black screen, even with the 5.17.9 kernel :\ Created a separate issue #1603 for that.

    It happens almost every time. Once I was able to boot the on-device installer and go through the installation, but sadly I didn't use an image with the 0.8.1 version yet where I fixed the bug above and so I just ran into the same bug... then I build a new image with the bug fixed, but always got the black screen again.

    @MartijnBraam: updated the MR to include the fix for the bug above. Can you verify that these work?

    • eMMC -> eMMC
    • (better wipe partition tables from eMMC after this test, or else you may later on boot into that installation insted of the new installation. should work with tow-boot exposing the storage devices + wipefs.)
    • SD -> eMMC
    • (use wipefs)
    • SD -> SD

    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-10T13:55:04

    • Administrator
      Administrator @root · Imported
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      Resolved by Administrator

      Tried the eMMC -> eMMC install first, the install process works fine except that the rootfs isn't resized on boot, that should be an initfs issue though

      image

      SD -> SD has the same behavior

      By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-10T19:41:52

      Edited by Administrator
  • Administrator
    Administrator @root · Imported
    Author Owner

    SD -> eMMC install fails with mkfs.ext4 failing. It seems like the mkfs command runs into a timeout and gets killed

    09:04:03 [2]: Hunspell dictionarh paths ("/usr/share/qt5/qtvirtue/hunspell", "/usr/share/myspelldisabled in config): sshd
09:04:16 [6]: Skipping feature (disab
09:04:16 [6]: Navigating to screen: fde_confirm
09:04:18 [6]: Navigating to feature: installConfirm
09:04:18 [6]: Navigating to screen: install_confirm
09:04:18 [2]: QQmlExpression: Expression qrc:/install_ [2]:     Config::installFromExternalToInternal
09:04:19 [6]: Navigating to screen: wait

ProcessResult Calamares::Utils::Runner::run()
    WARNING: Process "sh" timed out after 120000 ice blocks26738688/30145done                            
Creating filesystem with 301block backups stored on blocks: 
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
        4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872

Allocating group tables: done                            
Wr610/920/920
09:06:27 [2]: QProcess: Destroyed while process ("env") is still running.
09:06:27 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFaile)
    ERROR: Installation failed: "Command failed:<br><br>'sh -c mkfs.ext4 -O '^metadata_csum,^huge_file' -L 'pmOS_root' /tmp/ondev-internal-storage'<br><br> with output:<br><br>''" 
    ..  - message: "Command failed:<br><br>'sh -c mkfs.ext4 -O '^metadata_csum,^huge_file' -L 'pmOS_root' /tmp/ondev-internal-storage'<
    ..  - details: 
09:06:28 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(e dialog closes. 

localhost:~$ ls -lah poot     root        4.0K Jan 18 09:04 .
drwxr-xr-x   21 root     root        4.0K Jul 10  2022 ..
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root        4.0t     root          11 Jan 18 09:03 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root        4.0K Jan 18 09:03 .X11-unix
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          14 Jan 18 09:04 ondev-internal-storage -> /dev/mmcblk0p2
-rw-r-----    1 root     root           0 Jan 18 09:03 qipc_sharedmemory_calamares57a313c31732669128ce49271614e1e88c7e8e7c
-rw-r-----    1 root     root           0 Jan 18 09:03 qipc_systemsem_calamares57a313c31732669128ce49271614e1e88c7e8e7c
-rw-------    1 root     root         108 Jan 18 09:03 serverauth.XXXXEijMFH
localhost:~$ fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.38).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

fdisk: cannot open /dev/mmcblk0: Permission denied
localhost:~$ p
-ash: p: not found
localhost:~$ fddo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
[sudo] password for user: 
 123731968000 bytes, 241664000 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 0FE3F82B-93DC-4304-A37A-07541C2D6EBE

Device          Start       End   Sectors  Size Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1   2048    499711    497664  243M EFI System
/dev/mmcblk0p2 499712 241661951 241162240  115G Linux filesystem

Command (m for help):

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-10T16:27:48

  • Administrator added 6 commits · Imported

    added 6 commits

    • f4cdfcef...0737d308 - 2 commits from branch master
    • f608015e - pine64-pinephonepro: fix dev_internal_storage (MR 3280)
    • aa996d27 - main/postmarketos-ondev: upgrade to 0.8.1 (MR 3280)
    • c798839c - pine64-pinephonepro: tweak kernel parameters (MR 3280)
    • 34519013 - temp/calamares-extensions: fork, increase timeout (MR 3280)

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    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-11T06:32:47

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  • Administrator
    Administrator @root · Imported
    Author Owner

    Thanks for testing! The resize and timeout should be fixed now. I don't have time to test myself right now, can you test again?

    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-11T06:34:17

  • Administrator added 1 commit · Imported

    added 1 commit

    • f50d8b96 - temp/calamares-extensions: fork, increase timeout (MR 3280)

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    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-11T06:39:24

  • Administrator resolved all threads · Imported

    resolved all threads

    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-11T06:40:22

  • Administrator marked the checklist item test installing from emmc to emmc as completed · Imported

    marked the checklist item test installing from emmc to emmc as completed

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-11T14:17:26

  • Administrator marked the checklist item test installing from sd to emmc as completed · Imported

    marked the checklist item test installing from sd to emmc as completed

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-11T14:17:28

  • Administrator marked the checklist item test installing from sd to sd as completed · Imported

    marked the checklist item test installing from sd to sd as completed

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-11T14:17:29

  • Administrator
    Administrator @root · Imported
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    All the combinations with and without FDE seem to work great now for me :D

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-12T05:28:48

    Edited by Ghost User
  • Administrator approved this merge request · Imported

    approved this merge request

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-11T14:18:33

  • Administrator marked this merge request as ready · Imported

    marked this merge request as ready

    By Martijn Braam on 2022-07-11T14:18:35

  • Administrator merged · Imported

    merged

  • Administrator mentioned in issue #1613 (closed) · Imported

    mentioned in issue #1613 (closed)

    By Oliver Smith on 2022-07-17T14:10:42

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