Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from dvamg

    Hey, is it possible to install your LE to eMMC on s905?

    Sure, you can easily do this with the installtointernal script.

    Quote from dvamg

    If yes, would making a backup of eMMC with Armbian's ddbr or Khadas Rescue preserve the firmware and bootloader/config?

    Unfortunately, I haven't used these yet, so I can't comment.

    The uboot bootloader parameters can be checked with fw_printenv under my images. However, the installtointernal script does not modify the uboot bootloader or its parameters, it only modifies these partitions:

    • /dev/boot: kernel partition,
    • /dev/system: the SYSTEM file (root squashfs) goes here, it is mounted as /flash under LE,
    • /dev/dtb: the DTB's partition,
    • /dev/data: this is data particion, it is mounted as /storage under LE.
    Quote from dtech

    Sure, you can easily do this with the installtointernal script.

    Unfortunately, I haven't used these yet, so I can't comment.

    The uboot bootloader parameters can be checked with fw_printenv under my images. However, the installtointernal script does not modify the uboot bootloader or its parameters, it only modifies these partitions:

    • /dev/boot: kernel partition,
    • /dev/system: the SYSTEM file (root squashfs) goes here, it is mounted as /flash under LE,
    • /dev/dtb: the DTB's partition,
    • /dev/data: this is data particion, it is mounted as /storage under LE.

    Is installtointernal still heavily discouraged on random boards?

    New LE even dropped the command.

    Quote from dvamg

    Is installtointernal still heavily discouraged on random boards?

    New LE even dropped the command.

    This script was never present in the official LE images based on kernel 3.14, so according to the official statement it is not recommended. I do not see this situation as critical, but regardless, it cannot be guaranteed that there will be no problems.

    It is a known issue that some boxes may have problems overwriting the dtb partition when booting from external storage, so the operation may need to be repeated one more time to successfully boot from internal eMMC/NAND Flash.