Rock pi 4c doesn't boot Manjaro-ARM-xfce-rockpi4c-21.06.img.xz from eMMC 16Gb

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hello
I’ve downloaded image from:

https://github.com/manjaro-arm/rockpi4c-images/releases/download/21.06/Manjaro-ARM-xfce-rockpi4c-21.06.img.xz

wrote it via Rufus to eMMC 16Gb and it doesn’t boot normally.
Please take a look at the photos of TV screen with output:

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https ://ibb.co/J7fdp0n

https ://ibb.co/v1cmjd5

please delete the “space” between https and :
idk why I can’t upload images or paste the links… maybe because of my 1st message here.

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We recommend using Etcher to flash the images to the drives.

Rufus might be “re-creating” the partitions, so the PARTUUID gets changed.

So try flashing with Etcher.

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I’ve also checked with balenaEthecr on win10 - the same issue.
there error of eMMC as far I understand:

mmc_select_hs400es failed error -110

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Hm, seems it’s trying to use HS400, but I think the kernel/uboot only supports HS200 for rk3399 devices.

Is the eMMC an official one from Radxa or?

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rock pi 4c and eMMC memory card are both from aliexpress…
hmm… are you thinking that this may be an issue?

https ://aliexpress.ru/item/4001245742498.html?spm=a2g39.orderlist.0.0.64604aa6yRIiud&_ga=2.151475129.1218144861.1626351263-1268257010.1589258108&_gac=1.92365167.1624011394.CjwKCAjwiLGGBhAqEiwAgq3q_lgVM_tdSylEsWDLWj4H7yUh93hD5WwgzMUWqHcJZmVD7-x_5wk3RRoCaXMQAvD_BwE

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Maybe. Can you try flashing the image to an SD card and test that, just so we know for sure if it’s eMMC related or not?

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I will check it a bit later and will keep posted here

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but for example - all images from Armbian or official Radxa images - are booting from this eMMC without any issues.

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The difference between Armbian and Manjaro is that Manjaro uses mainline uboot and kernel, where Armbian uses BSP stuff and/or customizes it a lot.

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also there strange partitions location on eMMC:

https ://ibb.co/zZ7kJyv

there are only 2 partitions:
BOOT_MNJR
ROOT_MNJRO - 4.6Gb and used almost all space - 96%
and unallocated 9.7Gb.

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Those are normal, until you run through the First Run Setup.

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hi
sorry for late answer
it works from SD card 64Gb.

any advices how to run it from eMMC? maybe 16Gb not enough?

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Should run fine on eMMC (I have done it before).

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thank you… anyway - my first message says otherwise… it cant boot from eMMC.
what else can I try to check the issue?