[Bug]: radxa-dragon-q6a Armbian partition layout is incompatible with non UFS devices

[mufflegyro]

What happened?

When trying to use the Armbian images for this device, it became clear they do not boot. upon further investigation:

• Armbian's build scripts generate a standard 2-partition layout (EFI + root) suitable for UFS direct-write installation
• But the Q6A's UEFI firmware requires a 3-partition layout (EFI + config + root) when booting from standard block devices like NVMe/USB
• UFS devices are no longer or very rarely available
• This requirement is not documented in Armbian's build configuration for the Q6A

How to reproduce?

Write any of the available Armbian images to USB or NVME, and attempt to boot from the media

Branch

main (main development branch)

On which host OS are you running the build script and observing this problem?

Debian 13 Trixie

Are you building on Windows WSL2?

• Yes, my Ubuntu/Debian/OtherOS is running on WSL2

Relevant log URL

No response

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

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Jira ticket: AR-2846