Unable to boot pcDuino

[WebReflection]

following these instructions multiple times and with different kind of SD cards (8Gb class 4, 10, and extreme)
http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/pcduino

no way I could see a thing on the screen with my pcDuino board.

I've tried with old and most recent kernel, I had at some point to re-flush the lubuntu after kernel due some error I don't know.

So, I wonder if whoever created those steps could be so nice to review them (last step is a duplicated of the one before) or create an image to re-flush pcDuino as it is for the lubuntu one.

I've used Ubuntu 12.10 fully upgraded following those steps and no errors, the SD card looks perfectly created, partitioned, formated, dd'ed, tarred , etc etc ... lights on pcDuino are not even blinking so ... maybe something else is missing?

Thanks a lot for any help

[xenoxaos]

I would start from scratch:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/{sdX|mmcblkX} bs=1M count=16')
then fdisk to create two partitions, and mkfs.vfat & mkfs.ext4 and then start over.

[WarheadsSE]

I see no duplicated steps... I tell you how to create/what is in the uEnv.txt I have already prepared. In the event you delete it.

[WebReflection]

thanks xenoxaos but I am not sure I follow you. So your suggestion is to do that $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/{sdX|mmcblkX} bs=1M count=16') first, then make partitions, then $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=pcduino/sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1024 seek=8
dd if=pcduino/u-boot.bin of=/dev/mmcblkX bs=1024 seek=32') and then keep going with the rest?

WarheadsSE the duplicated step is at the end, the Creating a uEnv.txt part, which is already done in the latest one of the SD Card Creation ... am I wrong?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'cp pcduino/pcDuino.bin /tmp/boot/
cp pcduino/uEnv.txt /tmp/boot/uEnv.txt')

being that already available after
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /tmp/boot') I believe the last part is not necessary .

So here all my steps, I might have done something in the wrong order though, I am not familiar with this stuff

• unmount and drop all SD Card partitions
• create 16 MB FAT (16) partition, calling it boot, and formatting it
• create the rest of available space as Ext4, calling it arch, and formatting it
• sudo dd if=~/pcduino/sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/sdb0 bs=1024 seek=8
• sudo dd if=~/pcduino/u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdb0 bs=1024 seek=32
• mount both partitions ( as /media/sample/boot and /media/sample/arch ) and ...
• sudo tar -zxf ~/Downloads/ArchLinuxARM-sun4i-latest.tar.gz -C /media/sample/arch
• sudo cp ~/pcduino/pcDuino.bin /media/sample/boot/
• sudo cp ~/pcduino/uEnv.txt /media/sample/boot/uEnv.txt
• sync

Reboot/Reset/Start the pcDuino with that SD Card ... and finally, wait forever a miracle happens but it doesn't, nothing on the screen.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks again!

[pepedog]

mmcblkX was supposed to be mmcblk0 in your case
X represents your number (gleaned possibly from dmesg)

[WarheadsSE]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'I') tell you how to create/what is in the uEnv.txt I have already prepared. In the event you delete it.

[WebReflection]

pepedog not familiar does not mean completely dumb

Also, if you read the whole post:

• sudo dd if=~/pcduino/sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/sdb0 bs=1024 seek=8
• sudo dd if=~/pcduino/u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdb0 bs=1024 seek=32

so, yes, all paths are correct, still nothing, pcDuino shows a black screen and TX ad the other led do not even switch on.

WarheadsSE I've got that ... do you have actually a hint/idea about why following steps nothing happens?

thanks

[WarheadsSE]

Where is the first sector of the first partition?

You should be getting at least something. There will be nothing on the HDMI. At all. You have a serial hooked up to the right pins, yes?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'W')here is the first sector of the first partition?

[kmihelich]

The distro is complete. Arch Linux is designed for competent Linux users. We provide the base system on install, you do the rest.