Hi all,

I'm new to this forum, but I frequent the LinusTechTips forum a lot, some of you may recognize it. Any way, my issue is with my Orange Pi R1. I've tried both Ubuntu Server and Debian server images and I can't seem to get either to work. I'm using a good OEM Samsung wall wart that can supply up to 2 amps, and I'm using a 32GB Sandisk microSD I pulled from a working Raspberry Pi 2. With the Ubuntu Server image I can get in on the first boot and make a new user, but once it reboots to expand the filesystem it seems like it'm outta luck. I assume the red LED flashes when the kernel is running as normal, and after the first reboot the red LED never flashes, I can't find it anywhere on my network, and I can't SSH to it. Even if I try rebooting it again, it never comes back. I think I waiting like, half and hour just to be sure and it never came back.  On the Debian image I never even get the first boot to work, the red LED never flashes.

 

Do I have a dead board here? Is 32GB too big?

 

Thanks for the help.

Well, if you have burnt the SDcard with etcher.io and if you have an UART cable you can see what happens live  https://linux-sunxi.org/UART

2 minutes ago, Tido said:

Well, if you have burnt the SDcard with etcher.io and if you have an UART cable you can see what happens live  https://linux-sunxi.org/UART

Yup, I have burnt the image using etcher, I unfortunately do not own a UART cable.

21 hours ago, Theguywhobea said:

On the Debian image I never even get the first boot to work, the red LED never flashes.

Do I have a dead board here? Is 32GB too big?

32GB shouldnt be to big - but Iam only use a 16GB Sandisk AND successfully with debian.

I started with the image Armbian_5.34.171121_Orangepi-r1_Debian_stretch_next_4.13.14.7z

and after some apt update & upgrade Iam now using

Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.37.180112 nightly Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.13-sunxi
root@orange-pi-r1:~# 

Please recheck the uSD Card with h2testw - maybe the Raspberry hasnt seen a problem on the card or didnt used a "defective" part of it.

The R1 only doesnt need much power.

I installed and updated him with ethernet. After all was working I configured the WiFi and disconfigured the Ethernet.