setup/pinephone.md

   1 ## About
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   3 Cheat sheet for Linux Mint connecting to and imaging a PinePhone64.
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   5 ## Commands
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   7 > Tip: Run `lsblk` before attaching anything to your Linux Mint PC. Take note of what you see - none of those are what you want to run commands against.
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   9 Unpack `.xz` images with `unxz -v <filename>`. `-v` is important to see progress, because this is not quick.
  10 Get a list of attached devices with `lsblk`
  11 Images can be written to SD card with `dd` - BE CAREFUL not to wipe your PC boot drive!
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  14 > Tip:
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  16 > Note: The image needs to be written to the whole device, not to partition 1. Make sure you're NOT selecting /dev/sda1 or /dev/mmcblk0p1 as target.
  17 (from https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone_Installation_Instructions#Installation_to_eMMC_.28Optional.29)