Armbian Linux 6.6 (Ubuntu 24.04 Noble) Cubox server image doesn't boot

[monetschemist]

Greetings;

 

I have downloaded this https://dl.armbian.com/cubox-i/Noble_current_server and verified that I got what I was supposed to (ASC, SHA).

 

I have used a brand new usbimager to install it on various freshly formatted (brand new SD Formatter) and verified working Samsung Evo 32GB, SanDisk Extreme Plus 16GB, Extreme Plus 32GB.

 

All the formatting, imaging and installation done on an Ubuntu 25.04 laptop.

 

After usbimager is done, if I use the Ubuntu Disks application to look at the drive, the first partion shows as free space, which seems suspicious.

 

When I insert the newly-set up SD cards in the Cubox-i4, I see the bootloader start and then do its handoff to the operating system... and then nothing.  No more signal on the HDMI cable, nothing out on ssh, nothing.  The Cubox-i4 tries to reboot every few minutes with no more successful outcome.

 

This same Cubox-i4 runs fine with the last SD card system disk I built for it using the previous Debian server image.

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!