OleksandrK Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago I know this sounds strange, but I cannot get any of the images to boot. I have an R3S non-LTS + SD card. It works well with the stock images from FriendlyElec, but none of the Armbian images I tried will boot. I tried different tools to write the SD (BalenaEtcher, USBImager, Rufus), but nothing changed. When I tried to read the SD card with Armbian on my x86 laptop running Debian, the system didn’t recognize any proper partitions (maybe that’s normal, maybe not—I don’t know). But when I write an Armbian image for Allwinner NanoPi, the partitions are detected correctly. And finally, I can’t connect to the debug UART, so I can’t get any logs. I feel the solution should be simple, but I need help with this. 0 Quote
laibsch Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Armbian's archives can be uncompressed with 7-Zip on Windows, Keka on OS X and 7z on Linux. Images shall only be written with imaging tools that validate burning results. This saves you from corrupted SD card contents. Approved Tools: USBImager a lightweight cross-platform imaging tool Balena Etcher an electron / node.js based cross-platform imaging tool (may contain spyware) Did the validation of you burning the image succeed? 0 Quote
OleksandrK Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago Yes, validation always succsess. I tried even different SD cards (brand new Sandisk). After Armbian fails to boot I write stock friendlyelec image by the same tool and stock image always properly boot 0 Quote
laibsch Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago @c0rnelius is the maintainer of the board. Maybe he has something to say. 0 Quote
c0rnelius Posted 10 minutes ago Posted 10 minutes ago @OleksandrK 3 hours ago, OleksandrK said: the system didn’t recognize any proper partitions (maybe that’s normal, maybe not—I don’t know) I wrote both the Bookworm and Noble img and in both cases the partition table looked fine. I booted the Noble img; _ _ _ /_\ _ _ _ __ | |__(_)__ _ _ _ / _ \| '_| ' \| '_ \ / _` | ' \ /_/ \_\_| |_|_|_|_.__/_\__,_|_||_| v25.8.1 for NanoPi R3S LTS running Armbian Linux 6.12.41-current-rockchip64 Packages: Ubuntu stable (noble) IPv4: (LAN) 10.0.0.xxx (WAN) xx.xxx.xxx.xx IPv6: 2601:xx:xxx:a200::b05b, 2601:xx:xxx:a200:510c:3033:d120:7b0d (WAN) 2601:xx:xxx:a200:e489:6cce:bd44:57dc Performance: Load: 25% Uptime: 1 min Memory usage: 8% of 1.92G CPU temp: 30°C Usage of /: 10% of 29G RX today: 127 KiB Commands: Configuration : armbian-config Monitoring : htop Last login: Fri Aug 22 09:00:15 2025 from 10.0.0.36 root@nanopi-r3s-lts:~# As asked before, did you decompress the img before writing? 0 Quote
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