Zero 3W fails to reboot after initial configuration

#1

I am working on installation and configuration of a Radxa Zero 3W using a A-1 SD card. Details are below:

Board: Radxa Zero 3W 4GB memory and 32GB of eMMc.
OS image: radxa-zero3_debian_bullseye_xfce_b6.img

I successfully flashed the radxa OS to my board, booted it up for the first time, then configured the network settings and upgraded it. Then I did a shutdown, and booted it again. I could see boot log messages flying across the screen for a bit, then the screen went blank, with a white blinking cursor in the upper left corner. I was unable to type anything, and the system seemed to be hung. I had to pull the power cord to shut it down.

Then I took a look at the SD card and discovered it had been partitioned from a single volume to four. Evidently, the board does that on first boot… I was quite surprised and puzzled about that but it seems normal.

I really don’t know were to turn next really. So a little help would be amazing!

Bill

#2

You can only update using the rsetup on the Zero3w. I fell into that trap too.

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#3

Kenneth! Thank you so much for the help!! I have been looking for the solution for over a week!!!
I will let you know how it goes!!

#4

Hi Bill,
I have also been given this from Arace,
You can try to follow the steps below:

Update the system:

1.wget https://radxa-repo.github.io/bookworm/pool/main/r/radxa-archive-keyring/radxa-archive-keyring_0.2.0_all.deb

2.sudo apt install ./radxa-archive-keyring_0.2.0_all.deb

3.Then follow the document steps to update the system: https://docs.radxa.com/en/zero/zero3/os-config/rsetup#system-update

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#5

Sorry for the late response, but rsetup did the trick! Thanks!!