install Ubuntu server on u1

f3nrir said:
So I've managed to steal some hours of sleep and investigate a little more on this... I've tried armbian and several other arm based linux distros (debian, arch, kali) have been a disappointment for the Neo U1. Their device tree blobs (dtb) come from the linux-meson implementation and so far none of them work without issues (closest one was the meson-gxbb-p201.dtb) , most critical problems for me were the network and wifi, first one apparently ok but not responsive at all and wifi wasn't even detected. Look into in the Jan 13 entry from 79bass in armbian forum which is pretty much the same experience I had with this versions.

On the other hand the ELEC distros work quite well on the U1. I have booted CoreElec on it with wifi and ethernet working without major configuration... Problem with these distros is that they are very limited and it looks challenging to install a compiler and package manager, but the good thing is that their dtb has an exact profile for our U1s (gxbb_p200_2G_minix_neo_u1.dtb)

Now I'm looking around for a linux distro that has dtb from the CoreElec branch but with a full set of tools to make it usable.

I'll update if a find something else.
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Ok, with the x6 almost everything works when upgrading.
I have another suggestion.
Try the Limbo Qemu emulator in Pl.St ..
In the top right corner in Settings go to HD and ISO Images.
There you get a lot of OS images provided by git. Possibly. there is the possibility to find a correct Linux image that works. Qemu is an emulator.
If the ISO cannot be started, create a dvd / cd boot image and add it to the ISO.
I do that with WinIso and ImgBurn.
Start in qemu do it from CD.
Don't know if it could work?
Please test this for me too, I don't have a U1.
 
Hello, I would like to briefly. add something to linux deploy. If you have installed a ubuntu img, you have to edit a file with Multiverse and Universe hi. I've done it successfully. I have looked for something for you, but I can’t find anything quickly. Monthly volume of internet already expired. I'll try again when the new month comes, sorry please. But I think this info will help you further. The update and upgrade addresses have changed. This is a basic image to expand and for me the xenial version was the best. I hope I can help
 
Hello again, I just wanted to give the Deploy Linux apk that I had to adapt the download address of the older Xenial to a file with Multi and Universe to make a newer upgrade.
Since I did this a long time ago, I can only give this information. Please google afterwards, I will only have internet volume again next month. I hope I can help something and hope you still like it?
 
Googled a lot for this topic and this thread always came out at the top, I'll just post it here.

The latest Armbian release has everything it needs to run on our Minix U1. Before this, multiple issues like no rootfs (need SD card and USB to boot) and no ethernet (but USB ethernet do works).

- Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_buster_current_5.8.7.img
- Flash to SD card
- Rename 'u-boot-s905' to u-boot.ext
- Edit 'extlinux.conf' in the extlinux folder
- Uncomment the desired lines and comment out or delete unused ones (we need the # aml s9xxx one and remove the rk and aw lines)
- Everything working with meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb while if I use meson-gxbb-p200.dtb (default dtb for Minix U1), no ethernet but USB ethernet do works

Link - Armbian forum
 
f3nrir said:
So I've managed to steal some hours of sleep and investigate a little more on this... I've tried armbian and several other arm based linux distros (debian, arch, kali) have been a disappointment for the Neo U1. Their device tree blobs (dtb) come from the linux-meson implementation and so far none of them work without issues (closest one was the meson-gxbb-p201.dtb) , most critical problems for me were the network and wifi, first one apparently ok but not responsive at all and wifi wasn't even detected. Look into in the Jan 13 entry from 79bass in armbian forum which is pretty much the same experience I had with this versions.

On the other hand the ELEC distros work quite well on the U1. I have booted CoreElec on it with wifi and ethernet working without major configuration... Problem with these distros is that they are very limited and it looks challenging to install a compiler and package manager, but the good thing is that their dtb has an exact profile for our U1s (gxbb_p200_2G_minix_neo_u1.dtb)

Now I'm looking around for a linux distro that has dtb from the CoreElec branch but with a full set of tools to make it usable.

I'll update if a find something else.
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Hi f3nrir

I have a minix NEO U1, still with the Android 5.1.1 and Im trying to use a logitech K830 bluetooth Keyboard and touch pad, the touch works but not the double click, checking some forums I learned using a different driver work in linux, but any suggestion under Android Lollypop 5.1 FW13? thanks in advance.



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bijan said:
Googled a lot for this topic and this thread always came out at the top, I'll just post it here.

The latest Armbian release has everything it needs to run on our Minix U1. Before this, multiple issues like no rootfs (need SD card and USB to boot) and no ethernet (but USB ethernet do works).

- Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_buster_current_5.8.7.img
- Flash to SD card
- Rename 'u-boot-s905' to u-boot.ext
- Edit 'extlinux.conf' in the extlinux folder
- Uncomment the desired lines and comment out or delete unused ones (we need the # aml s9xxx one and remove the rk and aw lines)
- Everything working with meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb while if I use meson-gxbb-p200.dtb (default dtb for Minix U1), no ethernet but USB ethernet do works

Link - Armbian forum
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bijan, I am new to this and would absolutely love to get my Minix U1 working with Armbian. Howerver, I get stuck at the first step since I cannot find a suitable image from Armbian. You refer to "Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_buster_current_5.8.7.img" but I cannot fins anything similar. I have to choose a board and there is no option for Minix U1 or Arm-64. Witch one should I chose?

I tried with Odroid C2 since it seems to have similar hardware configuration and flashed it to a SD card. It seems the newer images (20.11.3 now) have a different file structure as I can't find the u-boot-s905 file or the extlinux folder. Help please!
 
JohanB said:
bijan, I am new to this and would absolutely love to get my Minix U1 working with Armbian. Howerver, I get stuck at the first step since I cannot find a suitable image from Armbian. You refer to "Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_buster_current_5.8.7.img" but I cannot fins anything similar. I have to choose a board and there is no option for Minix U1 or Arm-64. Witch one should I chose?

I tried with Odroid C2 since it seems to have similar hardware configuration and flashed it to a SD card. It seems the newer images (20.11.3 now) have a different file structure as I can't find the u-boot-s905 file or the extlinux folder. Help please!
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Nevermind. I found a link to the correct image in this thread: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8/

I got it working now.
 
JohanB said:
Nevermind. I found a link to the correct image in this thread: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8/

I got it working now.
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JohanB said:
bijan, I am new to this and would absolutely love to get my Minix U1 working with Armbian. Howerver, I get stuck at the first step since I cannot find a suitable image from Armbian. You refer to "Armbian_20.09_Arm-64_buster_current_5.8.7.img" but I cannot fins anything similar. I have to choose a board and there is no option for Minix U1 or Arm-64. Witch one should I chose?

I tried with Odroid C2 since it seems to have similar hardware configuration and flashed it to a SD card. It seems the newer images (20.11.3 now) have a different file structure as I can't find the u-boot-s905 file or the extlinux folder. Help please!
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Hi Everybody:

I try to get my Minix U1 working with Armbian. I flash in sd card Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img
I Rename 'u-boot-s905' to u-boot.ext.
This is my extlinux.conf
LABEL AML s9xxx
LINUX /zImage
INITRD /uInitrd
FDT /dbt/amlogic/meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0

When I can not boot:
Skipping Armbian for failure retrieving fdt
...
*** No pertition table - mmc 2 **

Device 0 unknown device

Bootp broadcast 1
Bootp broadcast 2..........


Thanks in advance!!!
 
Cotolo said:
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Hi Everybody:

I try to get my Minix U1 working with Armbian. I flash in sd card Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img
I Rename 'u-boot-s905' to u-boot.ext.
This is my extlinux.conf
LABEL AML s9xxx
LINUX /zImage
INITRD /uInitrd
FDT /dbt/amlogic/meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0

When I can not boot:
Skipping Armbian for failure retrieving fdt
...
*** No pertition table - mmc 2 **

Device 0 unknown device

Bootp broadcast 1
Bootp broadcast 2..........


Thanks in advance!!!
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So please check the function with Linux Deploy first. You can start Linux systems directly in Android. But it also works with Qemu Limbo Emulator apk. With this you can start x86,x64,arm,arm64 systems. Go to the original Limbo page, it's not in the Play Store, it's just a virtual system in Android. ESXi.arm is also something similar.
Somehow I've found that these systems are more likely to run.
Just have a look. Multibootloader for Androiid devices would be cool? I'm waiting for it because the first Windows version 11 for Arm processors has been publicly released.
This runs fairly quickly with less memory, too. The boxes with the graphics are a bit further on cheap device
 
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