boot Ubuntu from sd card

Dear friends , i had recently bought a firefly - rk3288 . i want to install a more complete version of linux ubuntu 14 in sd card for testing, than the one in the firefly wiki .
I tried to install using the tuturial from Ian MORRISON but there is an error at the end of the installation and was unable to create the image.
Can anyone provide me a .img file fully functional for firefly of ubuntu 14 for sd card and or a place where i can get one ?

?but there is an error at the end of the installation and was unable to create the image.

What are the command and error?

Thanks for your reply.?the steps I took were these:

the files:knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/xxx$ ls
boot-linux.img linux-rfs.img rkcrc
create-android-sdcard mkkrnlimg rkunpack
create-linux-sdcard parameter-linux sdboot_rk3188.img
create-sdcard.7z README.txt sdboot_rk3288.img
downloadable-rfs-examples resource-linux.img split_bootimg_pl

kernel-linux.img RK3288Loader_uboot_V2.17.02.bin Tools

the commands:knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sda2/xxx$./create-linux-sdcard
./create-linux-sdcard: Is your?SD card?loaded as ‘/dev/sdc’ (y/n)? n
./create-linux-sdcard: Do you want to use a different device? y
./create-linux-sdcard: Enter new device name? /dev/sdb
./create-linux-sdcard: Is your?SD card?loaded as ‘/dev/sdb’ (y/n)? y
./create-linux-sdcard: Unmounting partitions on ‘/dev/sdb’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Formatting?SD card?‘/dev/sdb’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Flashing bootloader ‘sdboot_rk3288.img’ to ‘/dev/sdb’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Updating partition table on ‘/dev/sdb’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Calculating partition size for ‘/dev/sdb’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Creating ‘linux’ partition as ‘/dev/sdb1’ on /dev/sdb …done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Making ‘ext4’ file system for ‘linux’ partition on ‘/dev/sdb1’ … done.
./create-linux-sdcard: Creating ‘parameter-linux.img’ from ‘parameter-linux’ … ./create-linux-sdcard: line 116: /media/sda2/xxx/Tools/rkcrc: cannot execute binary file
done.

./create-linux-sdcard: Cannot create ‘parameter-linux.img’ … exiting.

there is an error at line 116 of ?rkcrc bin file!

Can you help me? Is there any thing wrong in my steps?
Thanks
João Xavier

I also try the comand:

su ./create-linux-sdcard

as superuser boot it gives the same error at line 116

Can any one help me or give me a link with a complete ubuntu 14.04 sd image for firefly (full functional!)

thanks

From the message, it seems that rkcrc is not able to execute.

Either it is corrupoted, or you’ll need to “chmod 755 rkcrc” first.

yes I also checked had execute permissions as root but had no restrictions .I gave up that idea and installed a dual boot firmware version of Ugoos and I was glad for the linux version is very complete . And the android is also complet with google play and every thing.the only problem is that the internet interface and VGA do not work!Thanks a lot

Please try to run rkcrc. In my case, it should output something like this:

$ ./rkcrc
usage: ./rkcrc [-k|-p] infile outfile

If it is not the case, please paste the result. Maybe you’re not installing some i386 libs??

You can compile it from the “rkflashtool” (search github) project.

I can confirm the tip from busybee.
I had the same problem but if you download rkflashtool from git and you build it via make (if libusb-1.o is missing just install it via:

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

You just copy the created files rkcrc and rkunpack to the Tools folder of the create-linux-sdcard-usb folder.
Everything works fine after.

I have also succeeded booting Ubuntu from a 2G uSD card to USB-125G SSD. I can remove the SD card and reinsert my 32G sd card and reboot my Firefly back into Android. Loving the best of two worlds. I can play with kernel images for both builds and also do the same for the the Linux systems RFs. Loving it, found the perfect platform. Ian Morrison’s (Linuxium) sd card to usb scripting.

I would also like to try but I have no computer with Linux , only have a live cd of knoppix but it don′t let me create the image, and so i can not test…Can anyone provide me a more complete image file of ubuntu 14 (than the one in firefly wiki) that works well in Firefly ? one that supports wifi, lan and vga ? A image file that is possible to create a bootable sd with Win32DiskImager in Windows .Thanks for your helpBest Regards

Now i tried in firefly basic ubuntu with the steps that you  provide and this>

root@firefly:/media/firefly/6572-827D/Download/SD# ls

boot-linux.img             linux-rfs.img
create-android-sdcard      parameter-linux
create-linux-sdcard        resource-linux.img
create-sdcard.7z           RK3288Loader_uboot_V2.17.02.bin
downloadable-rfs-examples  Tools
kernel-linux.img
root@firefly:/media/firefly/6572-827D/Download/SD# ./create-linux-sdcard
bash: ./create-linux-sdcard: Permission denied
root@firefly:/media/firefly/6572-827D/Download/SD#

i have no lucky! I think I’ll give up…

any help_

and i am root and the commands

[code]chmod 777 filename or
[code]sudo chmod 777 -R /path/to/someDirectory dont change the atributes of the files/directory in firefly ubuntu!
[code]I know a litle of linux but even the litle I know does not work (the problem must be the firefly!!!)

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chmod 777 file_on_FAT_file_system_on_SD_card
and
chmod 777 file_on_Linux_file_system_such_as_ext4

make different result.

Linux on PC(x86) and Linux on Firefly(ARM) are different too.

I don’t recommend to assume Firefly(or anything) must be wrong, otherwise you’ll lose a chance to learn more about Linux…

Thanks you are right!

finally i create the image on the sd card . But I had to do in a pc with linux because  live cd or in firefly i can]t creat. But I am disappointed because the wi-fi or bluetooth dont work!
i think that this rfs is based on firefly kernel!!! or not!
as I am a hardware guy 'll be waiting for a better and more complete img file....
thanks


Please, anybody can share link a IMG file to fully functional ubuntu 14 for firefly for my sd card?

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