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Installing Debian on Orange Pi PC

After misinterpreting the forum and trying to use loboris’ instructions on the official OrangePi Debian Server image, then having temporary success with a friend’s help, I’ve finally got it working.

The short story is to use loboris’ image, and his uImage and script.bin files, and follow the instructions here.

Step 6 took place within the BOOT folder — so really just copying the uImage_OPI-2 file over uImage, and script.bin.OPI-PC_720p60 over script.bin. First make sure you’ve copied the most up-to-date versions of those two files into the BOOT folder.

My initial error on step 6 was to assume that I was copying from the non-SD location and copying onto the SD. So I started in dev/sda and tried copying into dev/sdb (i.e. BOOT)

I ran through all the steps using Lubuntu. It was quick and works.

Orange Pi PC

I decided it’s finally time to get a mini server running at home to handle the basic webserver stuff that my shared host can’t handle (python, etc.).

I recently bought an Orange Pi PC from a friend, and it’s got a little more oomph than my old Raspberry Pi Model B, so that’s what I’m going with for now.

The issue I kept running into with the rPi was forgetting what hardware version I had, and the specs of that version. To avoid that with the OrangePi…

Stats for future reference (from OrangePi.org):

Orange Pi PC

Same chip and RAM as:
– Orange Pi 2
– Orange Pi Mini 2
– Orange Pi Plus

  • Board imprinted with: PC v1.2
  • CPU: ARM H3 Quad-core Cortex-A7 H.265/HEVC 4K 1.536 GHz
  • GPU: ARM Mali-400 MP2 @ 600 MHz
  • RAM: 1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
  • SoC: Allwinner H3
  • Storage: TF card (max 64GB) / MMC card slot
  • NIC: 10/100M Ethernet RJ45
  • Video Input: A CSI input connector camera:
    • supports 8-bit YUV422 CMOS sensor interface
    • supports CCIR656 protocol for NTSC and PAL
    • supports SM pixel camera sensor
    • supports video capture solution up to 1080p@30fps
  • Audio Input: MIC
  • Video Outputs:
    • supports HDMI output with HDCP
    • supports HDMI CEC
    • supports HDMI 30 function
    • Integrated CVBS
    • supports simultaneous output of HDMI and CVBS
  • Audio Output: 3.5mm jack and HDMI
  • Power Source: DC input can supply power, but USB OTG input don’t supply power
  • USB Ports:
    • three USB 2.0 HOST
    • one USB 2.0 OTG
  • Buttons: Power Button (SW4)
  • Low-level peripherals
    • 40 Pins Header, compatible with Raspberry Pi B+
  • GPIO(1×3) pin: UART, ground.
  • LED
    • Power LED
    • Status LED
  • Key
    • IR input
    • POWER
  • Supported OS
    • Android Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi image
  • Product Size: 85mm x 55mm
  • Weight: 38g
Orange Pi PC board (click for larger version)
Orange Pi PC board (click for larger version)

Starting out with Debian Server for OrangePi2.