Cubieboard 2
Minimal, pure and up-to-date vanilla Debian/Ubuntu Linux SD card image for Cubieboard 2.
- Board name
- Cubieboard 2
- Board maker
- Cubieboard
- SoC
- Allwinner A20
- CPU
- ARM Cortex A7 (armv7)
Install instructions
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER1.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/PLACEHOLDER2.bin.gz
zcat boot.bin.gz debian.bin.gz > sd-card.img
dd if=sd-card.img of=/dev/sdXXX # ...where /dev/sdXXX is your SD card
When the dd command is done, put the SD card in your board and power it on. The board will boot up and assign itself an IP address using DHCP. The last part of the Debian/Ubuntu image filename is the default root password ("PLACEHOLDER" for this image).
Downloads for Cubieboard 2
| File | Description | Build date | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLACEHOLDER | Boot image U-Boot PLACEHOLDER TF-A PLACEHOLDER RPi boot FW PLACEHOLDER AML boot FW PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Debian oldstable/11.11 ("bullseye") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Debian stable/12.8 ("bookworm") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Debian testing ("trixie") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Debian unstable ("sid") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Debian experimental ("rc-buggy") image Experimental Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ("focal") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ("jammy") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ("noble") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Ubuntu 24.10 ("oracular") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | Ubuntu 25.04 ("plucky") image Experimental Kernel PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
Boards by Cubieboard
| Board | Board maker | SoC | CPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubieboard 2 | Cubieboard | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Cubieboard | Cubieboard | Allwinner A10 | ARM Cortex A8 (armv7) |
| Cubieboard 4 | Cubieboard | Allwinner A80 | ARM Cortex A15/A7 (armv7) |
| Cubietruck | Cubieboard | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Cubietruck Plus | Cubieboard | Allwinner A83T | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
Boards with Allwinner A20
| Board | Board maker | SoC | CPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cubieboard 2 | Cubieboard | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-OLinuXino-LIME | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-OLinuXino-LIME w/ eMMC | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-OLinuXino-MICRO | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-OLinuXino-MICRO w/ eMMC | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-SOM-EVB | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-SOM204-EVB | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| A20-SOM204-EVB w/ eMMC | Olimex | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Banana Pi M1 | Sinovoip | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Banana Pi M1+ | Sinovoip | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Banana Pro | LeMaker | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Cubietruck | Cubieboard | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Lamobo R1 | Lamobo | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Mele M3 | Mele | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Orange Pi | Xunlong | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| Orange Pi Mini | Xunlong | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| pcDuino3 | LinkSprite | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |
| pcDuino3 Nano | LinkSprite | Allwinner A20 | ARM Cortex A7 (armv7) |