Bpi-copy: INFO: /dev/sdc NOT THE removable device! EXIT!

Banana Pi SBCs design BPI-M2+/BPI-M2 Zero/BPI-P2 Zero(H3)
1

Hello, trying to get a M2 running.

The SD card is attached to my desktop on ubuntu, system calls it “sdc”. So, when calling bpi-copy, I get:

$ sudo bpi-copy 2022-09-27-Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_jammy_edge_lubuntu_5.19.6-qt5-swap-bpi-p2z-10804MB.img /dev/sdc
SRC=2022-09-27-Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_jammy_edge_lubuntu_5.19.6-qt5-swap-bpi-p2z-10804MB.img
DST=/dev/sdc
COPYMODE=imagetodisk
imagetodisk
bpi-copy(v1.3.4(github)), bananapi image & disk tools

Usage: bpi-copy [OPTIONS]...
       bpi-copy [ --help | -v | --version ]
       bpi-copy IMGFILE
       bpi-copy IMGDIR
       bpi-copy IMGFILE DEVICE
       bpi-copy DEVICE IMGFILE

Warning: Try to write 2022-09-27-Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_jammy_edge_lubuntu_5.19.6-qt5-swap-bpi-p2z-10804MB.img to BOOTDISK /dev/sdc
==============================================================
Mo 2. Jan 09:10:30 CET 2023
*** start COPY (blue led on ) .....
INFO: /dev/sdc NOT THE removable device!! EXIT!!

sdc definitely is not the bootdisk of my desktop. My wrong? What can I do?

Does bpi-copy in line 238ff look for a mmcblk device - which will not always be present in a desktop system?

Cheers, Wolf

2

In my case bpi-copy only work on the SD to write the mmc. On my desktop I use balena or dd command to write the SD.

3

Thanks for clarification. As I did not yet have any success with dd oder USBImager, I tried this idea - but obviously it’s a dead end.

I tried these images for a BPi-M2 Zero - H3:

2020-04-10-raspbian-jessie-ap6212-bpi-m2z-sd-emmc.img
2022-09-27-Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_jammy_edge_lubuntu_5.19.6-qt5-swap-bpi-p2z-10804MB.img

Both regularly lead to a red LED flashing twice any second or so, and no picture on screen. Should these images be good?

Cheers, Wolf

4

The problem with the images is that some of the drive do not work right. Despite being in their drive.

I use this: 2020-04-28-raspbian-stretch-bpi-m2z-sd-emmc.img.zip

5

Thank you. I’ll keep trying.