Unfortunately, the Orange pi zero 2 does not start with the Armbian img, it does turn on, but there is only a white line in the top left and it does not boot any further. I once downloaded the original ubuntu image from the manufacturer, this works without problems but is just outdated. Can you take a look at it? Actually wanted to install the pi hole project with Armbian

 

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Armbian 22.11 Jammy
Kernel 4.9.y, Size: 445Mb, Release date: Jan 10, 2023
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Edited February 19, 20233 yr by Trimx

Hey, I would suggest, that you should try the image with the newer kernel. You found it in the "Other supported variants" section. I installed the "Jammy CLI, Kernel 6.1.y" yesterday and on top pi-hole. And it works fine. So exactly what you want to achieve: armbian and pi-hole on the Orange pi zero 2.
Another aspect is that pi-hole dropped the support for Ubuntu 18.04 (with it's older kernel) anyway https://pi-hole.net/blog/2022/09/03/psa-dropping-support-for-ubuntu-18-04/

Also, make sure that when you power the board, after a second or two, the red LED must turn on. If this doesn't turn on, remove power and try again until the red LED turns on.

After having troubles with an update I switched back to the manufacturer's build for Ubuntu Server. Yes, outdated but with newer kernel than the "stable" armbian release. 

 

But I saw also that I didn't answer exactly on the first message and noticed the remarks on the armbian page for the opiz2 that newer "supported versions" doesn't include HDMI. That I haven't tested because I connected via terminal and this worked. Until my recent update try. 

 

I will gladly return to an armbian linux if this distribution has an actual maintainer and not only automated builds.