No problem installing Armbian stable 23.11 (or 23.8) and then upgrading to 25.2.3. Don't use nightly/trunk...
francesco@orangepipc2:~$ uptime
08:32:44 up 29 days, 16:57, 1 user, load average: 0,26, 0,64, 0,36
Yes, still broken, after six months, it's almost a record XD
You can use 24.02 or 24.05 with old 6.1.xx kernel (disable kernel upgrade in armbian-config)
Or better remove Armbian and use vanilla Debian:
https://sd-card-images.johang.se/boards/orange_pi_pc2.html
(try Bookworm 12.5 - kernel 6.1.190, 27/05/2024)
No, it's not 🙂
If you need something stable and safe, don't waste money on these crappy chinese sbc.
Buy a LP Intel like a Dell Wise 5070 on ebay (~80/90€ with a Celeron J, 4/8GB RAM and a SSD) and install Debian o CentOS. is rock-solid and requires only 5/8 Watt.
@718aba Install the 23.11.2 on sd and block the kernel update in armbian-config, as recommended by Giulio. Configure everything and then make a full compressed backup of the whole SD with usbimager (gitlab).
Armbian 24.2 is broken on Orange PI PC2 (Debian Bookworm CLI)
Latest stable community release:
https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/24.5.0-trunk.123/Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.123_Orangepipc2_bookworm_current_6.6.20_minimal.img.xz
With update 23.11 -> 24.2 the orange pi pc2 no longer starts.
I tried a new sd installation and it too does not appear on the network. Right now I don't have a serial cable to check but it is possible that the network driver is missing or not working.
SD, SBC and PSU are 100% working: a revert to 23.11.2 makes it work perfectly.