Upgrading Friendlycore to armbian Kernel

[Wiidesire]

This is likely a stupid question but I couldn't find anything about it.

I have a NanoPi Neo2 v1.1 1GB where I flashed nanopi-neo2_sd_friendlycore-xenial_4.14_arm64. After that it has been upgraded to 18.04.2 LTS Ubuntu.

 

Outputs:

 

uname -a
Linux NanoPi-NEO2 4.14.0 #82 SMP Fri Dec 8 14:33:14 CST 2017 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

 

cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

 

Question:

Is it possible to use the Armbian 4.19.57 Ubuntu kernel without wiping my device completely with an Armbian image? If yes is there a direct download link to the kernel available or do I need to extract it out of the Armbian image provided under Downloads?

The Friendlycore included 4.14 kernel is giving me some problems with a WinTV-soloHD DVB-C USB Stick (stops working after 20 minutes to 10 hours, then gives out garbage data, dvb powerdown has been set to 0) so I'm trying to update the kernel to see if it helps.

Thanks for any help!

[Igor]

It is highly recommended to start with a clean Armbian in any case since its not just kernel which is improved. In Armbian you can switch kernel up to 5.1.y and down/back in no time - from menu driven utility.

 

If you don't start with a clean Armbian, problem is only yours - we don't deal with such transitions. Its not a rocket science but IMO pointless to waste time with.