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:
# 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
TTL connection
ls /dev/tty.*
/dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851
picocom -b 1500000 -d 8 /dev/tty.wchusbserial5ABA0915851