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I was able to boot my Orange Pi Plus 2 using Armbian 22.11.1 Jammy but only after replacing boot loader with boot loader from working image 22.08.1. Here is a procedure of replacing boot loader: 1) Get root privilegies, make directory for doing a job and change working directory: sudo -i mkdir <whatever_you_want> cd <whatever_you_want> 2) Download recent working image, unpack it, save boot loader and remove image: wget https://archive.armbian.com/orangepiplus/archive/Armbian_22.08.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.63.img.xz unxz -d Armbian_22.08.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.63.img.xz dd if=Armbian_22.08.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.63.img of=armbian_bootloader.bin bs=512 count=8192 rm Armbian_22.08.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.63.img 3) Download recent non-working image, unpack it, associate image with loop device: wget https://dl.armbian.com/orangepiplus/archive/Armbian_22.11.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.80.img.xz unxz -d Armbian_22.11.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.80.img.xz losetup -P -f Armbian_22.11.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.80.img 4) You can run losetup command without parameters to see loop device which image is associated with. 5) Backup image partition table, replace boot loader, restore partition table, remove loop device, compress image (replace "loop#" with actual device name): sfdisk --dump /dev/loop# >partition_table_backup.txt dd if=armbian_bootloader.bin of=/dev/loop# bs=512 count=8192 sfdisk /dev/loop# <partition_table_backup.txt losetup -d /dev/loop# unxz -z Armbian_22.11.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.80.img

I have Orange Pi Plus 2 running Ubuntu Bionic with Armbian Linux 4.19.62-sunxi and I would like to upgrade it to recent Armbian build based on Ubuntu Linux Server and move OS to SSD connected to one of USB ports. I tried to use Armbian_22.08.2_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.69.img.xz but it does not connect to both HDMI and network. I tried unofficial command line interface images from product page and weekly released unsupported community builds. Behavior of all these builds is the same - no output to HDMI, no network connection. Finaly I found that recent image for Orange Pi Plus / Plus 2 which boots is Armbian_22.08.1_Orangepiplus_jammy_current_5.15.63.img.xz. I was able to boot from this image and transfer OS to SSD but running "apt update" and "apt upgrade" breaks something in operating system even if Kernel is "frozen" using armbian-config utility. After upgrade OS does not recognize usb-to-serial adapter CH341 connected to one of USB ports. Amout of loaded Kernel modules essentially decrease: orangepiplus:~:# lsmod Module Size Used by pwrseq_simple 16384 1 sy8106a_regulator 16384 0 gpio_keys 20480 0 uas 24576 1 realtek 24576 1 orangepiplus:~:# Attempt to load module using modprobe fails: orangepiplus:~:# modprobe usbserial vendor=1a86 product=7523 modprobe: FATAL: Module usbserial not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.63-sunxi orangepiplus:~:# It looks like kernel modules were upgraded by running "apt update" and "apt upgrade" although Kernel was "frozen" using armbian-config utility. There is no 5.15.63-sunxi folder in /lib/modules: orangepiplus:~:# ls -la /lib/modules/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 14 21:04 . drwxr-xr-x 76 root root 4096 Nov 14 20:31 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 14 20:31 5.15.74-sunxi orangepiplus:~:# Adding sym link to upgraded modules does not help. Load module fails due to exec format error: orangepiplus:~:# ln -s /lib/modules/5.15.74-sunxi /lib/modules/5.15.63-sunxi orangepiplus:~:# ls -la /lib/modules/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 14 20:45 . drwxr-xr-x 76 root root 4096 Nov 14 20:31 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Nov 14 20:45 5.15.63-sunxi -> /lib/modules/5.15.74-sunxi drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 14 20:31 5.15.74-sunxi orangepiplus:~:# orangepiplus:~:# modprobe usbserial vendor=1a86 product=7523 modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'usbserial': Exec format error orangepiplus:~:# All modules in /lib/modules before and after running "apt update" and "apt upgrade" are compressed and have extension ".xz". It looks like upgraded Kernel has no ability to load compressed modules. I understand that Orange Pi Plus / Plus 2 is not supported anymore but is it possible to check if Kernels newer then 5.15.63 were compiled with "CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y" and "CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ=y"? Thanks, Sergey