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RG353M Boot to Linux

I wondered if there was any help for me on the forum with an issue I'm having with the RG353M. The console always boots to Android. I read that that is an option in the Linux OS that comes with the console. However, now I have ARK OS i don't know how to deselect this option? I can get to Retro Arcade 0.4 fine by first booting to android and then restarting with the "select" button pressed but its a slow start-up process.

Anyone know how I can get back to the default option where it will boot to Linux by default if there is a SC card in TF1?

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waeggy123

Mar 11

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I tried now to reproduce this issue since i have four RG353M but no chance to get it just boot from android 😂

I used a device with Anbernic Android and Anbernic Linux OS .

How could you manage that to get the boot only to Android?

MashTec

Mar 11

Hi guys, nice to see you‘re already digging into this problem. I need to get myself a device running to test this, but i‘m on limited time atm.

I think this could be related to some boot priority. Maybe a GRUB bootloader setting? Or some script that needs to be created on the system to set the right boot partition when the sd card gets mounted by the system.

Seems like such a mechanism is existing on stock but missing for ArkOS.

waeggy123

Mar 11

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To overcome this issue, you can simply install GammaOS https://github.com/TheGammaSqueeze/GammaOS-RK3566

In my opinion the better android version

SlOgAn

Mar 11

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From what i recall about GammaOS we must have different definition of "simply" 😁

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waeggy123

Mar 11

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😂 yeah…maybe…but it is true, to install Gamma OS is not so easy at all, there are two points to mess everything up.

But if you want i can guide you, just for the case 😉

waeggy123

Mar 11

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This is a good point to check. I know that with the stock OS there is an option to switch between Android and Linux using F button, when booted up to android, but not sure if the button combination vol+ and Power will boot android while Linux OS in TF1 slot.

I will try to figure it out the next days.

SlOgAn

Mar 12

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@waeggy123 thank you for all your time (wasted) on this. I simply never considered the SD card as (a) it was working (if working is defined as able to run the OS and all games etc) and (b) brand new (c) sandisk being decent brand.

Everyday is a school day as they say!

waeggy123

Mar 12

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No worries…😃 we are one big community and we will always help each other.

This issue and your experience with it will help many other people for better troubleshooting. 😎👌

Defective SD cards can happen, even with trustful brands. 😉

In your case I would try to detect the corrupted block on SD card and repair or ignore this section, that you can still use it for other things or if possible, still for the stock OS 😃

MashTec

Mar 12

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Good job you two! I‘m glad to read that the issue got found. Too bad it was a hidden thing like a bad sd card. Always hard to figure out.

Take your right hands and clap them 3 times to your left shoulders ;)

SlOgAn

Mar 11

I experimented with the original Anbernic image for the RG353M and that does auto boot to Linux with the SD card in TF1 so at this point I'm stuck thinking that this is an issue I can't fix :(