Armbian and Orange Pi boards

I have found the Armbian sources to be a valuable source of information.

It has been several years since I tried, but it used to be necessary to build the Armbian linux kernel using a Debian system. I run Fedora, so what I had to do (back in 2017 or so) was to use VirtualBox to set up and run a Debian system, then use that to build Armbian. This was a big pain in the ass, to say the least. The main benefit was that when I pulled the source tree back to my Fedora system, I had object files as (bread crumb) markers to help me identify exactly which source files were used in the build.

The current instructions describe using Docker to build Armbian on Fedora. Unfortunately Fedora 32 has completely broken Docker and various suggested workarounds fail completely.

My section on "Exploring Armbian" is turning into a linux kernel tour.

• Exploring the Armbian sources

• Blink an LED on an Orange Pi pc2
• Set up a 2020 Armbian SD for TFTP booting

• Armbian home page
• Download and run on my Orange PI PC 2
• Armbian build options

• Windows WSL, Debian, and thus Armbian
• First half of Armbian build
• Second half of Armbian build
• Third half of Armbian build

• My notes on the Armbian sources
• Armbian build using Docker
• getting a fresh copy of the Armbian Sources - first attempt (failed)
• Getting a fresh copy of the Armbian Sources - second attempt (failed)
• Getting a fresh copy of the Armbian Sources - full output from the second attempt

• Armbian for the Orange Pi 4 (RK3399)
• Armbian for the Orange Pi PC plus (H3)