Rock5b+

Install system

Prerequsits:

• Install Etcher

Rock5b+ Official image

Download image from rock site https://docs.radxa.com/rock5/rock5b/download:

rock-5b-plus_bookworm_kde_b2.output.img.xz

Note that the image must be decompressed first.

You may get error like:

Grant full disk access to etcher in privacy setting and run as sudo user:

# see https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/4451
sudo open -a balenaEtcher

Armbian

Download image from https://www.armbian.com/rock-5b-plus/.

eg. Armbian_25.11.1_Rock-5b_noble_vendor_6.1.115_gnome_desktop.img.xz

Note that the xz file must be extracted before writing.

shasum -a 256  ~/Downloads/Armbian_25.11.1_Rock-5b_noble_vendor_6.1.115_gnome_desktop.img.xz
d3977e1bb9932b35a10e891fddb4e5d4840d709f2094c5a0cfdfb15cfa97b522  /Users/riguz/Downloads/Armbian_25.11.1_Rock-5b_noble_vendor_6.1.115_gnome_desktop.img.xz

Write to image using etcher or USBImager.

(base) ➜  ~ picocom -b 1500000 -d 8 /dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851
picocom v3.2a

port is        : /dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851
flowcontrol    : none
baudrate is    : 1500000
parity is      : none
databits are   : 8
stopbits are   : 1
escape is      : C-a
local echo is  : no
noinit is      : no
noreset is     : no
hangup is      : no
nolock is      : no
send_cmd is    : sz -vv
receive_cmd is : rz -vv -E
imap is        :
omap is        :
emap is        : crcrlf,delbs,
logfile is     : none
initstring     : none
exit_after is  : not set
exit is        : no

Type [C-a] [C-h] to see available commands
Terminal ready

Repeat root password: ****
Rejected - passwords do not match. Try again [3].
Create root password: *********
Repeat root password: *********

Choose default system command shell:

1) bash
2) zsh
2

Shell: ZSH

Creating a new user account. Press <Ctrl-C> to abort

Desktop environment will not be enabled if you abort the new user creation

Please provide a username (eg. your first name): riguz
Create user (riguz) password: *********
Repeat user (riguz) password: *********

Please provide your real name: Riguz

Dear Riguz, your account riguz has been created and is sudo enabled.
Please use this account for your daily work from now on.

Internet connection was not detected.

Connect via wireless? [Y/n]

TTL connection

ls /dev/tty.*
/dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851
picocom -b 1500000 -d 8 /dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851