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For reference, uname -r says I’m running 6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx Here’s what `/boot` looks like: total 79236 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 213 Nov 26 20:05 armbianEnv.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1536 Aug 31 2023 armbian_first_run.txt.template -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38518 Aug 31 2023 boot.bmp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3820 Aug 31 2023 boot.cmd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3892 Aug 31 2023 boot.scr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 245563 Nov 12 09:18 config-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Nov 18 18:40 dtb -> dtb-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 26 2024 dtb-5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 18 18:40 dtb-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Nov 18 18:41 Image -> vmlinuz-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17069030 Nov 18 18:41 initrd.img-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7390784 Nov 12 09:18 System.map-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Nov 18 18:41 uInitrd -> uInitrd-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17069094 Nov 18 18:41 uInitrd-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39287296 Nov 12 09:18 vmlinuz-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx Nothing surprising so far. Here’s armbianEnv.txt: verbosity=1 bootlogo=false overlay_prefix=rockchip-rk3588 fdtfile=rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5.dtb rootdev=UUID=f8bd3acd-806b-4fa3-a874-a910d7f30736 rootfstype=ext4 usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u OK, that appears to be correct. Let’s check /lib/modules to see if it matches the kernel version: $ ls -l /lib/modules total 20 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 26 2024 5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 15 2024 6.1.0-18-rt-arm64 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 26 2024 6.1.0-20-rt-arm64 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 26 2024 6.1.0-21-rt-arm64 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 26 20:50 6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx OK, those seem to make sense too. Let’s just see if there’s anything else installed that shouldn’t be: $ dpkg -l \* | grep 24\\. ii armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-legacy 24.5.1 arm64 Armbian CLI BSP for board 'orangepi5' branch 'legacy' ii armbian-firmware 24.11.1 all Armbian - Linux firmware ii armbian-plymouth-theme 24.11.1 all boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer - Armbian theme ii armbian-zsh 24.11.1 all Armbian improved ZShell (oh-my-zsh...) ii base-files 24.11.1-12.4+deb12u8-bookworm arm64 Armbian base system miscellaneous files ii libp11-kit0:arm64 0.24.1-2 arm64 library for loading and coordinating access to PKCS#11 modules - runtime ii linux-dtb-legacy-rk35xx 24.5.1 arm64 Armbian Linux legacy DTBs in /boot/dtb-5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx ii linux-dtb-vendor-rk35xx 24.11.1 arm64 Armbian Linux vendor DTBs in /boot/dtb-6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx ii linux-image-legacy-rk35xx 24.5.1 arm64 Armbian Linux legacy kernel image 5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx ii linux-image-vendor-rk35xx 24.11.1 arm64 Armbian Linux vendor kernel image 6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx ii linux-u-boot-orangepi5-legacy 24.5.1 arm64 Das U-Boot for orangepi5 ii mmc-utils 0+git20220624.d7b343fd-1 arm64 Userspace tools for MMC/SD devices Honestly that all looks like it’s supposed to. Firmware, image, dtb, modules all match. And yet this happens: # modprobe overlay -v insmod /lib/modules/6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx/kernel/fs/overlayfs/overlay.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'overlay': Exec format error

I’m getting this error again after installing a new kernel (and rebooting). Only now I cannot fix the error by booting off the SD card. When I go into armbian-config and try to install a new kernel, I’m told that no kernels are available, whether I boot off of nvme or SD. apt-get update shows everything is up-to-date, the /boot/armbianEnv.txt appears to point to the most recent 6.1.75 kernel, but when I modprobe overlayfs I get exec format error. Help! @Igor @Werner

Any updates on this? I just got bit again when I did `apt-get upgrade`, got a new kernel, rebooted onto the NVMe, and ended up running 6.1.43 again somehow. I had to search for this post to remember how I fixed it the last time.

I changed to the newer kernel using `armbian-config`, and then my system wouldn’t boot off the nvme (or even display on the console). I had to boot off the SD card, and I noticed that `/boot` still had the old images on it. I ran `armbian-config` from the SD card changed the kernel from there; that updated the `/boot` volume correctly. Afterwards I could remove the SD card and go back to booting off the nvme. Now everything works great again. Just posting this in case someone else has the same challenges. Thanks for all the help!

I just upgraded to Arabian 24.5.1 using `apt-get upgrade` and now I cannot load ip_tables: # modprobe ip_tables modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'ip_tables': Exec format error I’m not sure what to make of it.