[Selling my helios4 & helios64]

@Igor Thank you for your comment and caveat.

SATA port multiplication is definitely a no-go for my application (OMV6 + RAID5 with 4 8TB HDD). Is there any Armbian-based recommendation supporting 4 SATA ports "natively"?

I want to avoid to go away from Armbian and looking for for a Mini-ITX based configuration (e.g. Intel N100).

 

[Selling my helios4 & helios64]

I (still) use Helios4 which has been downgraded to "Community maintained" recently after Armbian 23.8.1. I'm aware that I have to migrate to a different HW later in 2025 because It's getting more difficult every day to deal with a 32-bit system using OMV (plus some docker based services) with Armbian.

Question: Is there any good advice for a 64-bit HW supported by Armbian and (at least) 4 SATA ports?

[The repository 'http://apt.armbian.com bullseye Release' no longer has a Release file.]

bullseye is alive again.

 

[The repository 'http://apt.armbian.com bullseye Release' no longer has a Release file.]

 

Thank you and waiting for the re-creation ....

[The repository 'http://apt.armbian.com bullseye Release' no longer has a Release file.]

Support for bullseye dropped?

 

[Succes! Helios4 23.05 Bookworm with ZFS and working fan control]

@Werner

In Armbian Leaflet #8 from June 8th we read (bold typing by me):

Zitat

We have fixed images that didn’t boot and we decided to hold back the repository update for now. Rest assured, our dedicated team is working tirelessly to identify and resolve any critical bugs within the next two weeks.

Now we are in week 5. Any news about Helios4 23.05 Bookworm?

[Anyone successful in upgrading to 23.5.1 (Suni)?]

@SvenHz

Thank you to link to your work from last Friday. I decided for me to stay with bullseye until the repository update will be re-activated.

[Anyone successful in upgrading to 23.5.1 (Suni)?]

@SteeMan

Thank you. The leaflet #8 explains the release situation sufficiently.

 

[Anyone successful in upgrading to 23.5.1 (Suni)?]

I'm using Armbian 23.02.2 Bullseye with Linux 5.15.93-mvebu and OMV6. I want to upgrade to Armbian 23.5.1 Bookworm with Linux 6.1.30. Up to now no upgrade is offered.

If the answer to the thread title is "yes" I need help how to do the upgrade.

If the answer is "no" I kindly ask for information about the reason not to be able to upgrade.

 

By the way: Helios4 is a maintained platform, maintainer is @Heisath

[Upgrade to 23.02.2 not possible because apt.armbian.com/dists not refreshed]

@SteeMan

Thank you for your explanation. I'll keep patient.

 

[Upgrade to 23.02.2 not possible because apt.armbian.com/dists not refreshed]

I'm using 22.11.4 Bullseye on Helios4. 23.02.2 is available in dl.armbian.com (and mirrored) since Feb 18th. But an upgrade of my installation is not possible because apt.armbian.com/dists is from Feb 12th (all mirrors) for all supported platforms (not only Helios4). It could be that the problem is related to last year's problem discussed in https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19982-how-to-upgrade-to-2202/ (aptly?).

[What's your setup? Need inspiration!]

@Kribbstar Some facts from my configuration, in general: Nothing fancy here.

 

OS: Linux 5.15.89-mvebu + Armbian 22.11.4 (up-to-date)

NAS: OMV 6.2.0 + omvextrasorg 6.1.1 (up-to-date) + RAID5 (4 * 8TB WD Red)

Filesystems: type=ext4*, 3 fs, one of them LUKS-encrypted

Shared foldes (5) provided bei SMB/CIFS

omv-extras: docker, portainer, yacht

Container: nextcloud (supported by nextclouddb and swag)

Backup: a) SD-card cloning, b) rsync

 

ext4*: I started with ext4 because of no own experience with btrfs, zfs, ... But because the configuration is stable and sufficiently responsive, I stayed with ext4.

 

Any further information you are interested in?

[Upgrade to 22.11.1 successful]

Straightforward! See signature.

Thanks to the team.

 

[Fancontrol service fails to start with kernel version 5.15.72]

Update successful, see my signature. Thank you.

[Fancontrol service fails to start with kernel version 5.15.72]

@Heisath

Unfortunately I am not able to build a new kernel applying your patch. Sorry. But I will test the new kernel after release asap.

OTOH I can live with the situation that from time to time the fancontrol doesn't work. Now I know what to do (using last working alternative kernel) and reporting the fact here in the forum or within discord.

 

EDIT: I see that the patch has been committed and merged.

[Fancontrol service fails to start with kernel version 5.15.72]

1.  @Igor Thank you for the explanation. Let's see what will happen at the next kernel update.
2. Maybe @Heisath has an idea/solution preventing the problem in future updates?

 

[Fancontrol service fails to start with kernel version 5.15.72]

Same effect here.

After applying the workaround by @Igor - now I'm back at 22.08.2/5.15.69 - fancontrol is working again.

Any patch for 22.08.4 or an upstream solution to be expected?

 

[Upgrade to 22.05]

Upgrade to 22.05.3 successful also.

[Upgrade to 22.05]

System successfully upgraded. No problems detected (so far).

Thanks to the team.

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

@Igor

I just used http://imola.armbian.com/apt for the upgrade and at the end the system rebooted successfully (Linux 5.15.25-mvebu | Armbian 22.02.1).

Thank you for your help.

I conclude that I'm the only one on any platform to upgrade a running system to 22.02 now using apt-get. Or, is there any other method for upgrading without starting from scratch with a release package?

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

@Heisath

> Seems weird or really kinda broken. Its been now 5days(?) since release

 

If I have a look at any mirror the situation is:

- The "dl" subtree is up-to-date.

- The "apt/pool" subtree is up-to-date.

- The "apt/dists" (where apt-get is looking for updates) subtree is of Feb 1st.

 

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

@Heisath

Thank you for your clarification. Than I practice patience until the repo rebuild will be completed. In the meantime I'm observing the build train #267.

 

 

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

@Werner

Because this problem is a generic one and affects all supported platforms, I recommend to move this thread to a more general and more active forum.

The question is: How to upgrade bullseye from armbian 21.08.8 to armbian 22.02.1 via apt as long as the apt/dists branch of a armbian mirror is frozen at Feb 1st 2022?

Thank you in advance

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

@Werner @Heisath

According to https://docs.armbian.com/Release_Board-Maintainers heisath is the maintainer for helios4 and the new release is available at <mirror>/dl/helios4/archive. But the problem is not helios4-centric: <mirror>/apt/dists is from Feb 1, so I think the "inline" upgrade problem is valid for all platforms.

[How to upgrade to 22.02.]

I'm using Armbian 21.08.8 (Bullseye). I want to upgrade to Armbian 22.02.1 but "apt-get update" doesn't offer anything. Reason seems to be that <mirror>/apt/dists is from Feb 1st 2022. OTOH <mirror>/dl contains the new release but "starting from scratch" (download image, write SDcard) implies that I have to rebuild my OMV6 on top of Armbian.

Question: When can I expect that <mirror>/apt/dists will be refreshed? Or is there any other way to upgrade my installation?