Broken Image???

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Before reading,know that i will make a lot of assumptions, so please bear with me. i did try to google this problem first, but it kept refering me the ordion version, not mine. i know basic linux, but only really simple stuff...
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Ok,
I have a cubox-i2ex, and this is the weird part...
It started with an ignition setup and for a little while it was working.
Now, after switching to several other images:
OpenElec, Geexbox, debian(jessie and the 5.00 armbian), xbian(kodi with min. debian), lukka.

Now, LibreElec wont boot, and what make no sense is after i rewrote the image for the ~4 time,
i alter the uEnv.txt to remove the "quiet" option and added a "progress" option to "see" what it was doing...

Sometimes it wouldnt resize the second partition( which i think is linked to storage)
on the times where it did resize storage, i would see a line in red such as
"Failed to start setting the machine-id" and when i check the System file, i saw that there were no folders created in
storage other than lost+found(a.k.a mmcblkp2) and system had several link to places in storage(that weren't created like they were suppose to)...
i also saw one or two line involving failed and a journel system i think.

after the problem started, it only boot a couple more separate times. if kodi showed up, i couldn't connect to the wifi (i suspect it's because the cubox has no "machine name") and with/without adjust any settings on the reboot, it mount storage, and system, and then hangs.
on a few of those "hanging" sometimes after say ~15 mins, it says its mounting a "debug filesystem". on a sidenote, i want to ask (but i think i know the answer): can i wireless ssh into libreelec without wifikey?

So, my main question is this: after mulitple attempts and downloads, does libreelec hate cubox? i asks this because i have written the images to several cards of different sizes and companies. 5.00 debain and Geexbox works, but geexbox doesn't shutdown correctly, and i have grown to like the bluetooth interface( especially with wiimote). debian:i can't even getting xbmc to work with that.
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update: no matter the version:7.0 , 7.1 , 7.2 , 6.9*

It still wont boot....

well, after more messing around, i think one of the images flip a switch or toggle or something...now it seem to work.
although i would like to know what caused the "failed to start setting machine-id" error though.

For the moment, yes.
thinking back, i did notice that debian and geexbox were both single partition OS (EXT4) , where OE and LE are dual partitioned(one FAT16 and one EXT4).
i think what might have happened is that while working in debian, i did tried to get handbrake, xbmc, and retroarch in one system,
and i think this toggled something in the cubox itself. i not sure what fixed it, but i glad it's fixed.
that said, i still would like to know if that machine-id error was script-related
or maybe it couldn't find the second partition even though it said it did....