Tow-Boot

Radxa ROCK Pi 4 model C

Manufacturer
Radxa
Name
ROCK Pi 4 model C
Identifier
radxa-RockPi4C
SoC
rockchip-rk3399
Dedicated firmware storage
yes
Architecture
aarch64-linux
Source
Tow-Boot repository
Links
Product page

Installation instructions

Installing to SPI (recommended)

NOTE: The SoC startup order for Rockchip systems will prefer SPI, then eMMC, followed by SD last.

You may need to prevent default startup sources from being used to install using the Tow-Boot installer image.

By installing Tow-Boot to SPI, your Radxa ROCK Pi 4 model C will be able to start using standards-based booting without conflicting with the operating system storage.

To do so, you will need to write the SPI installer image to an SD card.

 # dd if=spi.installer.img of=/dev/XXX bs=1M oflag=direct,sync status=progress

Once done, start the system, and in the boot menu, select “Flash firmware to SPI”.

Once this is done, remove the installation media, and verify Tow-Boot starts from power-on.

Installing to shared storage

Using the shared storage strategy on the Radxa ROCK Pi 4 model C can be done by writing the shared.disk-image.img to an SD card or eMMC.

 # dd if=shared.disk-image.img of=/dev/XXX bs=1M oflag=direct,sync status=progress

Device-specific notes

This board is nearly identical to the Radxa ROCK Pi 4 A/B. As a result, all device-specific notes from there also apply here.