Just to help anyone else that ran into this. I was able to get up and running by Armbian_25.8.2_Orangepi5_noble_current_6.12.49_minimal (1).img.xz then on boot I found the IP address on my network and SSH'd to it. Once on I used armbian-config to go and fetch the edge kernel 6.16.4-edge-rockchip64 Display is now working, but the older USB for the keyboard doesn't work. Only the USB 3.0 does.

Thanks, ok this works but only over SSH. Maybe the other ones did too and the fact my monitor wouldn't turn on for them had me stuck.

Those who are not getting hardware acceleration in Trixie, should compile their own mpv-0.4.0 with patches (in addition of using the ffmpeg-v4l2request deb version) Some guidelines here: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/32449-repository-for-v4l2request-hardware-video-decoding-rockchip-allwinner/page/5/#findComment-226875

Hello everyone, is there a solution to install Armbian on it? Thanks to all the experts.

I compiled kernel on debian vm which I just brought up via Vagrant but I guess that maybe I assigned not enough vCPUs to this vm (just 1). Yes, you're right, real kernel package is much smaller as around 103M vagrant@test-debian12:~/build/output/debs$ ls -lh linux-image-current-meson_25.11.0-trunk_armhf__6.12.51-Sa915-D8343-P0029-C8d22H47a6-HK01ba-Va132-B14f4-R448a.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 vagrant root 103M Oct 9 17:43 linux-image-current-meson_25.11.0-trunk_armhf__6.12.51-Sa915-D8343-P0029-C8d22H47a6-HK01ba-Va132-B14f4-R448a.deb I think I will go with using this new Armbian disk Image (this 1.3 GB file ;-)) so it will be easier to get this working. I have copy of my old drive so I don't have to worry about loosing any data . To be honest, I very occasionally compiling something from sources not even mention of cross-compiling kernel even if I use Linux on daily basis (work and home). I really appreciate your time in helping me with this and I think this information is very valuable as many people are still using the Odroid C1 board. Many Thanks !!!