Information installing armbian on M8S+ (amlogic s812)

[nobuteru]

Hello, 

This is my first post here, I don't know if this the right place, I just want to know if it is possible to install armbian on an M8S+ tv box, it has a amlogic s812 chip.

 

I already downloaded  the image file from :

 

https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/s8xx/

 

I just want to ask if I have only to follow this guide of there is other things I need to know 

 

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/

 

thank you

 

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2021 by nobuteru

[nobuteru]

Hello, 

This is my first post here, I don't know if this the right place, I just want to know if it is possible to install armbian on an M8S+ tv box, it has a amlogic s812 chip.

 

I already downloaded  the image file from :

 

https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/s8xx/

 

I just want to ask if I have only to follow this guide of there is other things I need to know 

 

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/

 

I can't upload image here, I already wrote on off topic forum sections with images attached 

 

thank you

[Werner]

moved/merged

[SteeMan]

@nobuteru  Welcome to the Armbian community.  I will first direct you to read the TVBox forums FAQ items:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus

Note that the amlogic install FAQ item is for s9xx based cpus, not the s8xx series.  I don't own any 8xx based boxes so I have no experience with the installation specifics for them (if the do or do not differ from the s9xx instructions)

However there is an entire thread dedicated to the s8xx that likely has the information you need burried in it:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/3023-armbian-for-amlogic-s805-and-s802s812

 

[Erario]

Since this link is down does anyone have an image of the latest published for S812?

[stut]

Also interested in finding the latest s805/s812 images (they use the same kernel I think). The links above no longer work, the s8xx folder was removed.

 

I could find Armbian 20.05.3 s812 with kernel 5.7.0-rc3 but nothing after that. For the s805 the latest I could find was from 2018 with kernels 3.x and 4.x -- finally enough all 3 of them work but only the 3.x kernels can see/use the internal EMMC storage. But it's great being able to run a 5.x kernel on these s805's I have. I use them as headless systems so the fact idmi output is broken on 4.x and 5.x kernels doesn't matter to me nor does booting from usb or sd. They make great Pihole boxes, especially on 3.x kernels where the hot-lug scheduler is available. This will turns off cores completely when the load is low and enable them when the demand increases. The old s812 thread has many posts but as SteeMan said contains a lot of good information.

 

For future reference in case someone was also searching for them here are the Yandisk links:

 

S805 specific: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/DnCkh3KBvAFES

S812 (works on S805 too): https://disk.yandex.ru/d/wc2jqGsHuKy48

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by stut

[SteeMan]

12 minutes ago, stut said:

The links above no longer work

The developer that provided those builds and that link has pulled it down as he no longer wants his work to be used.

[soned]

Yandisk link don't work anymore.I need armbian for an amlogic s805

[bellad]

hello , where to find the armbian img for s805,s812 ??

please

thank you

[bellad]

i've try Armbian_21.11.0-trunk_Aml-s812_focal_current_5.14.0.img

with dtb file :

meson8b_hd18q

meson8b_m200_1G

meson8b_m201_1G

meson8b_m201C_512M

meson8b_m201d

meson8b_m203a

meson8b_m202_512M

meson8b_m203b

meson8b_mk808bplus

meson8b_mxq

meson6-atv1200

meson8b-ec100

meson8b-mxq

meson8b-odroidc1

meson8m2-m8s

meson8m2-mxiii

meson8m2-mxiii-plus

meson8m2-wetek-core

meson8-minix-neo-x8

meson8-tronsmart-s82

no result good

i search dtb file with AP6330 wifi

can you help , please

thank you