Blog: 2024-10-29

Great gist how to mount an nvme ssd

https://gist.github.com/a-maumau/b826164698da318f992aad5498d0d934

Good guide to debian on starfive

https://rvspace.org/en/project/VisionFive2_Debian_User_Guide

cool balena etcher alternative mkusb:

user@starfive:~/Downloads$ bash mkusb-min 
 Run 'mkusb-min' with sudo or as root 
               This shellsript wraps a safety belt around 'dd'               
Clone from an iso or image file to a target device (typically a USB pendrive)
You may want to install 'pv' (progress view)
Usage:
 sudo /path/mkusb-min <source file> <target device> 
Examples:
 sudo mkusb-min file.iso /dev/sdx
 sudo mkusb-min file.img /dev/sdx
Help:
mkusb-min -h
Version:
mkusb-min -v
Available devices (tran-MODEL  device),
 mmc-DA2016_0x60ad0d1e  /dev/mmcblk0 
 mmc-SR64G_0xe6da3c97  /dev/mmcblk1 
 nvme-CT1000P3SSD8_2328E6EE1782  /dev/nvme0n1 
 nvme-eui.6479a77e20000088  /dev/nvme0n1 
user@starfive:~/Downloads$ sudo bash mkusb-min  starfive-jh7110-202409-nvme-minimal-desktop-wayland.img /dev/nvme0n1
[sudo] password for user: 
               This shellsript wraps a safety belt around 'dd'               
It helps you select the target device in a safe way to avoid
overwriting valuable data by mistake.  Please double-check 
at the final checkpoint! [press Enter to continue] 

And it turns out ... it's just using dd with a bs=4096 flag. But nice of it to give me some feedback

user@starfive:~$ ps 2484
    PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
   2484 pts/2    D+     0:15 dd if=starfive-jh7110-202409-nvme-minimal-desktop-wayland.img of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=4096