Linux Distributions for Orange PI H3 boards

blindpet · Published in 2015-9-3 05:00:57

So for each image I need uImage and 2 script.bin files? I thought I only needed 1 and it had to be called script.bin, are you saying you can have 2 script bin files, one for 720 and one for 1080 and they can just keep their original file names?

loboris · Published in 2015-9-3 05:22:55

blindpet replied at 2015-9-2 22:00
So for each image I need uImage and 2 script.bin files? I thought I only needed 1 and it had to be c ...

You need only 1 script.bin (u-boot reads the file named script.bin from mmcblk0p1 to configure the hardware).
You can put on the fat partition 2 script.bin.xxx files for two different resolutions. One of them has to be copied/renamed to script.bin before boot.

blindpet · Published in 2015-9-3 05:41:55

loboris replied at 2015-9-3 05:22
You need only 1 script.bin (u-boot reads the file named script.bin from mmcblk0p1 to configure the ...

That's what I thought, thank you for the clarification. Any idea when SATA drivers will be better, currently only getting 27 MB/s still even with the new kernel

loboris · Published in 2015-9-3 05:57:45

Edited by loboris at 2015-9-2 23:00

blindpet replied at 2015-9-2 22:41
That's what I thought, thank you for the clarification. Any idea when SATA drivers will be better, ...

I've got maximum of 32 MB/sec with USB 3.0 drive (HD & Flash). I think it is good enough, you can't expect much better un USB 2.0
There is no SATA on H3 board, on OPI-PLUS(2) you have USB2SATA adapter integrated on board.

raid3868 · Published in 2015-9-3 09:23:10

loboris replied at 2015-9-2 20:52
It is problem of your x2go client, try to use another. I'm always using pyhoca-gui as x2go client.
...

Hi loboris

Yes you are right, after installed pyhoca-gui it connected

. Thank you very much.

rdg.

blindpet · Published in 2015-9-3 13:23:42

Edited by blindpet at 2015-9-3 13:26

loboris replied at 2015-9-3 05:57
I've got maximum of 32 MB/sec with USB 3.0 drive (HD & Flash). I think it is good enough, you can't ...

That is strange, which board has USB 3.0? To be clear I am not interested in dd tests, I am interested in the network throughput. The Orange Pi Plus I have has a SATA port (looks just like the one on the official Aliexpress page), I know we can't expect full SATA speeds but I expected to get closer to 50 MB/s like the Banana Pi.

Vladimir55 · Published in 2015-9-3 14:38:53

Hi Loboris!
I wanted to boot from USBFlash
I downloaded the all new archives
save sd "Debian_jessie_mini.img"
load sd card,
"sudo install_to_usb /dev/sda1 [btrfs]|[noformat]"
"sudo: install_to_usb: command not found"

Could you describe in more detail
I'm not really an expert.

loboris · Published in 2015-9-3 15:52:23

blindpet replied at 2015-9-3 06:23
That is strange, which board has USB 3.0? To be clear I am not interested in dd tests, I am interes ...

The Orange PI-PLUS has SATA connector only which is connected to the SATA2USB bridge. Quote from sunxi:

Be aware that the H3 SoC used on the Orange Pi Plus isn't SATA capable and therefore the SATA port is provided by an USB-to-SATA-bridge. This means you can neither expect SATA performance nor full SATA functionality. While the used GL830 bridge supports S.M.A.R.T. attributes it does not support S.M.A.R.T. status notification (overall health indicator of the disk – instead of PASSED or FAILED you will only get SMART Status not supported: Incomplete response, ATA output registers missing).
If you wish to connect a SATA drive (2.5" mobile harddisk or SSD) to the Orange Pi Plus: Make sure your power supply is connected to the "DC-IN" port, and can deliver sufficient current (e.g. 5V/2000mA). Using the OTG port or an inadequate power supply might result in your board not being working.

None of the OPI boards has USB 3.0.

If you need the board with with USB 3.0 you can try Odroid XU4, it has no SATA, but the drives attached to USB 3.0 port works at ~150 MB/sec.

loboris · Published in 2015-9-3 16:15:29

Edited by loboris at 2015-9-3 13:53

Vladimir55 replied at 2015-9-3 07:38
Hi Loboris!
I wanted to boot from USBFlash
I downloaded the all new archives

It is realy hard to describe in more details, but let me try.

You must have Linux installed on your OPI.
Boot to it.
Download script_kernel.tar.gz extract to BOOT (fat) partition.
if you have OPI-2 or OPI-PC copy uImage_OPI-2 to uImage

sudo cp /media/boot/uImage_OPI-2 /media/boot/uImage

Copy code

if you have OPI-PLUS copy uImage_OPI-PLUS to uImage

sudo cp /media/boot/uImage_OPI-PLUS /media/boot/uImage

Copy code

Download desktop_scripts.tar.gz, extract to /usr/local/bin
Run install_to_usb :
sudo install_to_usb /dev/sda1 to format /dev/sda1 as ext4 and copy your Linux installation to it, OR
sudo install_to_usb /dev/sda1 btrfs to format /dev/sda1 as btrfs and copy your Linux installation to it, OR
sudo install_to_usb /dev/sda1 noformat to copy your Linux installation to /dev/sda1 without formating it

Your USB drive must already have the partition created (if not, you can create one with fdisk or gparted)

Niarbagem · Published in 2015-9-3 16:19:52

blindpet replied at 2015-9-3 13:23
That is strange, which board has USB 3.0? To be clear I am not interested in dd tests, I am interes ...

It seems BananaPi has true SATA (100-120 Mb/s), bad to see.

I had 31 Mb/s through external USB<>SATA bridge (Innostor IS621) Seagate 2TB (SEAGATE Surveillance ST2000VX003).
27 Mb/s through internal USB<>SATA (GL830).