Coowell V5 Libreelec NAND install failed (SOLVED)

  • Tim_Taylor,

    As I wrote in my first post

    I use use the card slot (the only one) so I can play media from the card.

    But this is not possible if LE is installed on the card:!:

    Greetings Herman:)

  • I use use the card slot (the only one) so I can play media from the card.

    But this is not possible if LE is installed on the card:!:

    It´s possible to play media from the card if LE is installed on sd card

    It´s possible to play media from usb stick

    It´s possible to play media from usb hdd

    It´s possible to play media from network connected devices

  • Hello Tim_Taylor,

    It's not possible to play media from the usb stick or HDD, the controller is taking this slot.(the coowell V5 have no Bluetooth no IR control):!:

    The media I will take with me occupy's more than the available space left on the LE cart.

    The place where I use the stick has no internet connection and no computer is available:(

    So the options you give are not usable for me.:(

    Greetings Herman

  • Hermankodi Try using this command before running installtointernal:

    dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/sys/class/dtb/nfdtb bs=256k count=1

    Remember that you don't have to reinstall Android between your trials, simply continue using LE from SD card while trying to find a solution. ;)

  • Hello kszaq,

    after running installtointernal and the system reboots the Coowell splashscreen is not displayed anymore

    And the following tekst is displayed

    *** Error in mount_flash: mount_common: Could not mount LABEL;=LIBREELEC ***

    ### Starting debugging shell ... type exit to quit ###

    sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

    when I type exit

    the libreelec splash screen is displayed and after a few seconds

    the same tekst is displayed

    *** Error in mount_flash: mount_common: Could not mount LABEL;=LIBREELEC ***

    ### Starting debugging shell ... type exit to quit ###

    sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

    then after a minute or so the screen go's black and later the following tekst is displayed

    *** Error in prepare_sysroot: mount_common: could not mount /flash/SYSTEM ***

    ### Starting debugging shell ... type exit to quit ###

    sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

    when I type exit

    the following tekst is displayed

    mount: mounting /flash on /sysroot/flash failed: No such file or directory

    mount: mounting /storage on /sysroot/storage failed: No such file or directory

    *** Error in prepare_sysroot: final_check: Could not find systemd! ***

    ### Starting debugging shell ... type exit to quit ###

    sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

    when i type exit more than a screen full of error message's are display'd containing some tekst and A lot of hex codes

    When I use your installtointernal_test20171231

    the screen remains black

    I hope you can use this info?

    Greetings Herman:)

  • Hello kszaq

    the are the result from your installtointernal

    I have attached the backup device tree

    dtb20180102120517.zip

    LibreELEC:~ # dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/sys/class/dtb/nfdtb bs=256k count=1

    0+1 records in

    0+1 records out

    40695 bytes (39.7KB) copied, 0.988845 seconds, 40.2KB/s

    LibreELEC:~ #

    LibreELEC:~ # ./installtointernal_test20171231

    This script will erase BOOT, SYSTEM, DATA and DTB on your device

    and install LE that you booted from SD card/USB drive.

    It will create a backup of device tree and recovery partition on your boot media.

    The script does not have any safeguards!

    Type "yes" if you know what you are doing or anything else to exit: yes

    Backing up device tree...done.

    Backing up recovery partition...done.

    Formatting SYSTEM partition.../dev/system contains a ext4 file system

    e2fsck 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017)

    /dev/system: clean, 11/98304 files, 15524/393216 blocks

    done.

    Writing kernel image...done.

    Copying SYSTEM files...done.

    Copying remote.conf...done.

    Writing device tree image...done.

    Formatting DATA partition...done.

    Do you want to copy your user data to internal data partition? [Y/n] n

    All done!

    WARNING: If your internal memory layout is different from standard Amlogic, you have to perform this operation again!

    Your system will continue booting from SD/USB until you remove it.

    Would you like to reboot now [y/N]? y

  • Hello kszaq,

    Yes your assumption is correct.

    the steps I took are

    just to be clear I have installed a fresh copy of coowell android

    Made sure this works ok

    booted from card (containing LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.2.2)

    replaced the DTB with gxl_p212_1g_nand.dtb renamed as dtb.img

    open putty did:

    1. wget installtointernal_test20171231
    2. chmod +x installtointernal_test20171231
    3. dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/sys/class/dtb/nfdtb bs=256k count=1
    4. ./installtointernal_test20171231
    5. result only black screen

    even after rebooting LE and run your installtointernal again no success.

    to be sure when must I remove the card when rebooting?

    Please take your time.

    I am glad for your help:)

    Greetings Herman

  • Hallo kszaq

    This was the file I have used

    But to be sure I have taken the file from your last post this time

    But the Coowell stil do not boot from internal:(

    I took the following steps to install LE

    clean install Coowoll V5 android 6 using AMBurning tool

    sd card formatted and put install of LE s905.arm-8.2-8.2.2.2 on this card

    replaced dtb.img with new one from your last download

    started LE

    Configured SSH reboot LE

    Connected to LE using Putty

    get the installtointernal from your post

    dd if=/flash/dtb.img of=/sys/class/dtb/nfdtb bs=256k count=1

    wget installtointernal_test20171231

    chmod +x installtointernal_test20171231

    ./installtointernal_test20171231

    answer yes

    answer n to copy user data

    let device reboot

    Coowell splashscreen has gone

    LE booted from card

    run ./installtointernal_test20171231

    answer yes

    answer n to copy user data

    let device reboot

    shut down device

    removed card

    power device on

    only black screen


    Greetings Herman:)

  • Hello Kszaq and others,

    I finally have installed A version of LE to NAND:thumbup:

    But it is A old version

    These are the specs of the system

    CPU AArch64 Processor rev 4 (aarch64)

    Hardware amlogic

    Revision 020a

    kodi16.1

    compiled Nov 6 2016

    LibreELEC (COMMUNITY)

    VERSION 7.02.009

    ARCH S905.AARCH64

    Can I now upgrade this version to the latest version :?:

    The version I have now running works ok but some add ons like uitzending gemist needs A new version of KODI.

    But I can now use the card for movies and other media

    Greetings Herman

    I have attached the DTB file used and the backup

    I hope Zszaq wil now have a clue what was wrong