I've had to come back here about twice a week as I keep trying to find a distro that's right for me. Thanks for sharing your information and experience, I really mean it.
The best tutorial I have seen on installation in Pinebook, very well explained saying all the possibilities that we could find. GREAT!!!!! Thank you very much from Spain you have a subscriber for life 👍
Seeing how I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get into Linux, the most true statement I have ever heard with Linux is "Installing and Reinstalling Linux" as I have found myself doing that over and over again. :)
Great video, only thing is my pinebook pro after clean install to emmc cannot boot to sdcard anymore afterwards. What gives? How do I restore boot priority to the micro sdcard?
Awesome video! Only problem I am having is... the only computer I have with a SD card is the PBPro. So I can't write to it, and like you I tried... glad I'm not the only one that had dependency fails. Maybe Amazon has some kind of SD to USB dongle thing. Can't tell you how much I appreciate you putting this video up.
Amazon does have quite a few of them. I got a UGreen usb 3.0 all-in-one, about a year ago, and it's come in handy. Now it might be overkill, considering all the module types it supports, but for less than $20, I'd say it's well worth the flexibility it gives you.
This video was helpful although it looks like Manjaro updated the way the os is flashed onto the pinebook pro. Now there is an arm flasher GUI app that you can install on Manjaro ARM. It made the process much more streamlined. I at first tried it using the method above but i guess I needed a special version of Manjaro so the OS would stay stuck booting up :(
Thanks for the info. I thought that I would need an adaptor to flash the eMMC module via a USB on a different computer if I wanted to change the included OS on my Pinebook Pro. Looking forward to the review.
The usb-to-eMMC module could have been used, but that would have required opening the case, and I suspect Jay wanted something a bit less hands-on (at least on the hardware side). If you *do* choose that route, maybe because you want say more (128Gb) internal storage, than just keep in mind that you need to be careful when actually opening that case: - keep track of the long/short screws, and where they go.. - *and* pull the back cover gently, because the speakers are taped to it, and you don't want to go ripping off wires in there. - there are 'sharp' edges in there (the eMMC module being one of them), so huh, don't cut yourself ;) On the other hand, going that route you don't actually need to download the OS image twice . You won't actually be saving any time here, but you'll be flashing the same image, using the same software, just on a different 'type' of device (eMMC instead of microSD).
Thanks for the video, very useful for installing an OS to the eeMC, although in my case I used Manjaro and managed to use USB storage to write an img to the drive.
Could I just file transfer the same distro that I put on the SD card to the Pinebook Pro rather than redownload it then run the same commands you use to flash it to the EMMC?
A little tip, you can add status=progress at the end of the dd command so that it actually shows you the current % of work done :)
I've had to come back here about twice a week as I keep trying to find a distro that's right for me. Thanks for sharing your information and experience, I really mean it.
Thank you, Jay. As others have noted, an excellent new intro.
Precise timing Jay! Exactly what I wanted to do today. Thank you for the clearly spoken and complete steps, sir! Greetings from Thailand!
I'm glad you found it helpful :)
The best tutorial I have seen on installation in Pinebook, very well explained saying all the possibilities that we could find. GREAT!!!!! Thank you very much from Spain you have a subscriber for life 👍
Seeing how I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get into Linux, the most true statement I have ever heard with Linux is "Installing and Reinstalling Linux" as I have found myself doing that over and over again. :)
Wow, thanks a lot. Probably wouldn't have a working Pinebook Pro with the OS I wanted on the emmc without this video. Now it is a great machine.
Great video. 👍 Tip: adding status=progress to the dd command line should display some feedback on how it's going.
Do we add this command at the end if his script ending in:
/mmcblk2 status=progress ?
Digging the new intro!
Thanks!
Absolutely perfect, thank you! I wanted to get Debian installed instead of the default Manjaro and this went on flawlessly.
thank you it worked ubuntu mate on pinebook pro
Great video, only thing is my pinebook pro after clean install to emmc cannot boot to sdcard anymore afterwards. What gives? How do I restore boot priority to the micro sdcard?
I booted off my sd card, used lsblk to view my emmc location, but its not showing up..help!!
Can't I just use the dd command to copy the ISO to the SD card ? Do I have to use Etcher?
Help Helpp Lolllzz black screen on pinebook pro and power light flashing .. somebody please suggested what i do
Awesome video! Only problem I am having is... the only computer I have with a SD card is the PBPro. So I can't write to it, and like you I tried... glad I'm not the only one that had dependency fails. Maybe Amazon has some kind of SD to USB dongle thing.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate you putting this video up.
Amazon does have quite a few of them. I got a UGreen usb 3.0 all-in-one, about a year ago, and it's come in handy. Now it might be overkill, considering all the module types it supports, but for less than $20, I'd say it's well worth the flexibility it gives you.
USB SD card readers are usually fairly cheap. I have a few that I use on my desktop.
@@LearnLinuxTV Indeed, got on on Amazon next day as was able to put Manjaro on the SD last night. So much better than the default OS from Pine.
This video was helpful although it looks like Manjaro updated the way the os is flashed onto the pinebook pro. Now there is an arm flasher GUI app that you can install on Manjaro ARM.
It made the process much more streamlined. I at first tried it using the method above but i guess I needed a special version of Manjaro so the OS would stay stuck booting up :(
Thanks for the info. I thought that I would need an adaptor to flash the eMMC module via a USB on a different computer if I wanted to change the included OS on my Pinebook Pro. Looking forward to the review.
The usb-to-eMMC module could have been used, but that would have required opening the case, and I suspect Jay wanted something a bit less hands-on (at least on the hardware side).
If you *do* choose that route, maybe because you want say more (128Gb) internal storage, than just keep in mind that you need to be careful when actually opening that case:
- keep track of the long/short screws, and where they go..
- *and* pull the back cover gently, because the speakers are taped to it, and you don't want to go ripping off wires in there.
- there are 'sharp' edges in there (the eMMC module being one of them), so huh, don't cut yourself ;)
On the other hand, going that route you don't actually need to download the OS image twice . You won't actually be saving any time here, but you'll be flashing the same image, using the same software, just on a different 'type' of device (eMMC instead of microSD).
With the SSD addon can you boot from SSD and would this be the similar process for installing the operating system on the SSD?
Thanks for the video, very useful for installing an OS to the eeMC, although in my case I used Manjaro and managed to use USB storage to write an img to the drive.
Is there a reason to use Belana Etcher over the USB Flasher provided by Pop!_OS?
I haven't actually used the one provided by Pop!_OS, it's probably fine.
Could I just file transfer the same distro that I put on the SD card to the Pinebook Pro rather than redownload it then run the same commands you use to flash it to the EMMC?
Can you please do a video on distros that has GNOME desktop on the Pinebook Pro.
I'll definitely consider it.
I have installed linux mint... I want to use my wd external hdd drive.... It is not support... What to do.... Plz
I would need more detail as far as the problem you're encountering.
Could anyone share download link for latest Ubuntu image that work with Pinebook pro please?
Very cool intro!
Thank you!
Hello kind sir. Thanks for the tutorial.
Is is possible to boot from a usb on the pinebook?
Good job! fellow!
The Pinebook Pro is awesome!
It sure is.
Thanks sir.
It would be nice if you could buy one. The Pinebook Store has been in 'Maintenance Mode' for a while now.
Ok nazi troll
Gotta buy usb flashdrive.