I figured out step 5 and 6. For step 7 should I keep the switches of the board in fastboot mode ?
For the step 1, I have used this image https://snapshots.linaro.org/reference-platform/embedded/master/hikey960/latest/rpb-wayland/rpb-console-image-hikey960-20180504111435-608.rootfs.img.gz
And for some reason step 5 worked when I used this image
The test images always give me an error as to “Error opening input file”
root@susmitha:/home/susmitha/may4loic# fastboot flash system debian.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse ‘system’ (412951 KB)…
OKAY [ 13.630s]
writing ‘system’…
OKAY [ 3.445s]
sending sparse ‘system’ (431355 KB)…
OKAY [ 14.143s]
writing ‘system’…
OKAY [ 3.194s]
sending sparse ‘system’ (452224 KB)…
OKAY [ 14.859s]
writing ‘system’…
OKAY [ 2.906s]
sending sparse ‘system’ (288809 KB)…
OKAY [ 9.228s]
writing ‘system’…
OKAY [ 1.958s]
finished. total time: 63.363s
This is what I get in my linux pc after all the steps. Now in order to login to the board, Do I have to use the HDMI cable and login, or can I login via serial console as suggested in linux installation ?
When I open the Serial console in normal boot operation I get the following error
root@susmitha:/dev# ls |grep ttyU
ttyUSB0
root@susmitha:/dev# picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200
picocom v1.7
port is : /dev/ttyUSB0
flowcontrol : none
baudrate is : 115200
parity is : none
databits are : 8
escape is : C-a
local echo is : no
noinit is : no
noreset is : no
nolock is : no
send_cmd is : sz -vv
receive_cmd is : rz -vv
imap is :
omap is :
emap is : crcrlf,delbs,
Terminal ready
[ 54.491781] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 55.498128] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 56.504552] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 57.510908] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 58.517272] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 59.312801] init: starting service ‘console’…
[ 59.318007] init: property_set(“ro.boottime.console”, “59266264574”) failed: property already set
[ 59.327420] init: setpgid failed for console: Operation not permitted
[ 59.334611] init: cannot execve(’/system/bin/sh’): No such file or directory
[ 59.342748] init: Service ‘console’ (pid 1990) exited with status 127
[ 59.349208] init: Sending signal 9 to service ‘console’ (pid 1990) process group…
[ 59.356998] init: kill(1990, 9) failed: No such process
[ 59.523717] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 60.530101] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 61.536456] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 62.542880] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 63.549212] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 64.317877] init: starting service ‘console’…
[ 64.323031] init: property_set(“ro.boottime.console”, “64271325511”) failed: property already set
[ 64.332136] init: setpgid failed for console: Operation not permitted
[ 64.339327] init: cannot execve(’/system/bin/sh’): No such file or directory
[ 64.347466] init: Service ‘console’ (pid 1991) exited with status 127
[ 64.353925] init: Sending signal 9 to service ‘console’ (pid 1991) process group…
[ 64.361703] init: kill(1991, 9) failed: No such process
[ 64.555625] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 65.562008] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 66.568363] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 67.574696] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 68.581122] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 69.322935] init: starting service ‘console’…
[ 69.328100] init: property_set(“ro.boottime.console”, “69276394260”) failed: property already set
[ 69.337517] init: setpgid failed for console: Operation not permitted
[ 69.344753] init: cannot execve(’/system/bin/sh’): No such file or directory
[ 69.352852] init: Service ‘console’ (pid 1992) exited with status 127
[ 69.359309] init: Sending signal 9 to service ‘console’ (pid 1992) process group…
[ 69.367101] init: kill(1992, 9) failed: No such process
[ 69.587541] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 70.593918] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 71.600364] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 72.606702] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 73.613031] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 74.328010] init: starting service ‘console’…
[ 74.333170] init: property_set(“ro.boottime.console”, “74281460405”) failed: property already set
[ 74.342208] init: setpgid failed for console: Operation not permitted
[ 74.349197] init: cannot execve(’/system/bin/sh’): No such file or directory
[ 74.357448] init: Service ‘console’ (pid 1993) exited with status 127
[ 74.363906] init: Sending signal 9 to service ‘console’ (pid 1993) process group…
[ 74.371685] init: kill(1993, 9) failed: No such process
[ 74.619456] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 75.625821] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 76.632181] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 77.638605] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 78.644938] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 79.333070] init: starting service ‘console’…
[ 79.338231] init: property_set(“ro.boottime.console”, “79286516654”) failed: property already set
[ 79.347337] init: setpgid failed for console: Operation not permitted
[ 79.354512] init: cannot execve(’/system/bin/sh’): No such file or directory
[ 79.364536] init: Service ‘console’ (pid 1994) exited with status 127
[ 79.371013] init: Sending signal 9 to service ‘console’ (pid 1994) process group…
[ 79.378906] init: kill(1994, 9) failed: No such process
[ 79.651321] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 80.657708] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 81.664058] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 82.670422] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 83.676909] binder: 1945:1945 transaction failed 29189, size 0-0
[ 84.338205] init: starting service ‘console’…
and so on…