Hi,

I tried to download CLI-ubuntu and Desktop-Debian archives, then i did like described in manual:

sudo dd if=Armbian_4.5_Cubox-i_Debian_jessie_3.14.54_desktop.raw of=/dev/rdisk2s1 bs=1048576

or

sudo dd if=Armbian_4.5_Cubox-i_Ubuntu_trusty_3.14.54.raw of=/dev/disk2s1 bs=1048576

When i try to use that on my cubox i-pro - nothing happend: TV connected via hdmi and i see only black window

I had ubuntu 12 installation on the same sd-card, i have backup of it and i can restore from backup (everything works fine). But how i can use the new one kernel, created here?

Ps. sd-card: 4Gb, cubox-i pro, mac os.

It seems like you are writing image to first partition of your sd card, but you need to write to disk itself, /dev/disk2 or /dev/rdisk2 rather then /dev/disk2s1 or /dev/rdisk2s1, if I correctly understood Mac OS disk device naming scheme.

Oh... my bad. thanks a lot!

Seems you are using OS/X....zdor is right on, please do use /dev/rdisk? and not /dev/disk?. The difference is astounding, it can mean the difference between taking 4 or 20-40 minutes to write a MicroSD card, and besides your saving them on the basis of less wear and tear.

I always do it that way: https://www.bananian.org/download#os_x

 

In fact the last step is 

sudo dd if=... of=/dev/rdisk? bs=1m && diskutil eject disk? && say "Whoot, There It Is"