Computers/A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (eMMC)/Booting
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The bootloader cannot be installed on all storage devices, as the bootrom only supports loading it from certain storage devices.
See the table below to see which storage devices you can install the booloader on:
| Storage device | Bootloader can be installed |
|---|---|
| MicroSD | Yes |
| eMMC | Yes |
| SATA | No |
| USB keys, USB Hard drive, etc | No |
Once the bootloader runs, it can access files on USB keys, SATA HDD / SSD, etc.
However ARM bootloaders like u-boot often lags behind Linux:
- u-boot doesn't support all the newer ext4 filesystem features
- u-boot cannot open encrypted partitions
The installation instructions already takes all that into account, so you will either need to format the ext4 filesystem in a special way or convert it to not use certain features.
