Boot from SD by holding the recovery (RCI) button while powering the board.
Release RCY button after the blue LED flashes once.
Once booted, use armbian-install to write u-boot to MTD (SPI flash). This completely and irrevocably removes Petitboot, replacing it with mainline u-boot.
You can also install to NVMe, USB, or eMMC. NVMe or eMMC is recommended.