# RDK X5 fails to boot after flashing a self-compiled image: troubleshooting and recovery for a corrupted partition table

- Source: D-Robotics Developer Community
- Published: 2026-10-12T08:18:41.915Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/v73gkhvhg8dmy4lrn432hlq0s
- Original: https://forum.d-robotics.cc/t/topic/35783

## Summary

After flashing a self-compiled emmc_disk.img to the RDK X5, boot fails, and fastboot reports Writing 'boot' FAILED (remote: 'cannot find partition'); the cause is that the board cannot read a valid GPT partition table.