Hi All

What is current working image for banana pi pro? Can't find any except one in archive (bookworm) which is not perfect.

i should add some details: minimal version which is from yesterday for download, which has short description: "optimised for automation and production deployments" doesn't say too much. No idea what it means without better description. it's not in any of defined categories defined in faq.

Is there any specs how to get sources and compile it for my small server with sata drive? I was not compiling kernel for about 30yrs+ however could do it with good specs . Many things changed... like even sources are not accessible as they were in the past. Naturally specs which i've seen is not the way to go.

As per documentation, run on a compatible host:

git clone https://github.com/armbian/build
cd build
./compile.sh

Follow screen menus.
Build system will download necessary toolchain, sources, patches, etc and build an image.

Whether or not it will work depends on whether sources/patches for a particular board deviated from the hardware due to time or bugs. If someone is regularly testing then image likely will be ok, if not then image might work or not.

If the board has community maintained status, then it is up to its users to test/develop/send patches in GitHub.

If necessary, it is possible to play with sources, configs, develop and place extra patches, etc. At times it looks not that straightforward, so there will be a learning curve.

Thanks for answering. Couple things: "As per documentation, run on a compatible host".  Which documentation? can you provide link you define by this word? Define pls compatible host as it is very unclear in comparison to what i was reading ( it was unclear too) , or it is defined in docs you mentioned... banana pi pro is not supported as I understood. Igor Pecovnik  was supporting this device for years. Maybe he can deliver more info in this subject.

 

 2 points in reqs:

- Armbian / Ubuntu Noble 24.04.x for native building or any Docker capable Linux for containerised

- Windows 10/11 with WSL2 subsystem running Armbian / Ubuntu Noble 24.04.x

 

Both required?

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Are you joking? Open readme.md in GitHub repo, read it and explore links therein

 
 2 points in reqs:
- Armbian / Ubuntu Noble 24.04.x for native building or any Docker capable Linux for containerised
- Windows 10/11 with WSL2 subsystem running Armbian / Ubuntu Noble 24.04.x
 
Both required?

Either of those, I personally used Ubuntu running in ESXi VM

Not joking at all.

1st point Supported Architectures: x86_64, aarch64, riscv64

board is armhf

Next 3 points from this readme:

System: VM, container, or bare-metal with:

          ≥ 8GB RAM (less with KERNEL_BTF=no)

                   ~50GB disk space

Operating System:

             Armbian / Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) for native builds

              Any Docker-capable Linux for containerized setup

Windows: Windows 10/11 with WSL2 running Armbian / Ubuntu 24.04

 

Are they alternate to each other

" Either of those," i'm one step closer

OK, i 'll get Ubunto on vm and will look deeper. Thanks for now

WSL might be easier if you're on windows

still on windows , but microsoft suggests 11 so looking for linux 11