Pine H64

Minimal, pure and up-to-date vanilla Debian/Ubuntu Linux SD card image for Pine H64.


Board name
Pine H64
Board maker
Pine64
SoC
Allwinner H6
CPU
ARM Cortex A53 (armv8)

Install instructions

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/debian-bullseye-arm64-oom4su.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz debian-bullseye-arm64-oom4su.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 ("oom4su" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/debian-bookworm-arm64-fi7ax4.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz debian-bookworm-arm64-fi7ax4.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 ("fi7ax4" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-23/debian-trixie-arm64-aenae9.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz debian-trixie-arm64-aenae9.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 ("aenae9" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/debian-sid-arm64-chu4we.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz debian-sid-arm64-chu4we.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 ("chu4we" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/debian-experimental-arm64-fa4ow7.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz debian-experimental-arm64-fa4ow7.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 ("fa4ow7" 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/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/ubuntu-jammy-arm64-goo3ai.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz ubuntu-jammy-arm64-goo3ai.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 ("goo3ai" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/ubuntu-noble-arm64-ey9nue.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz ubuntu-noble-arm64-ey9nue.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 ("ey9nue" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/ubuntu-oracular-arm64-wa3efi.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz ubuntu-oracular-arm64-wa3efi.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 ("wa3efi" for this image).

wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/boots/2025-01-01/boot-pine_h64.bin.gz
wget https://dl.sd-card-images.johang.se/debians/2024-12-30/ubuntu-plucky-arm64-aud9iu.bin.gz
zcat boot-pine_h64.bin.gz ubuntu-plucky-arm64-aud9iu.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 ("aud9iu" for this image).


Downloads for Pine H64

Downloads relevant to Pine H64.
File Description Build date Size
boot-pine_h64.bin.gz Boot image U-Boot v2024.10 TF-A v2.9.0 RPi boot FW PLACEHOLDER AML boot FW PLACEHOLDER 2025-01-01 (5 days ago) 408 kB
debian-bullseye-arm64-oom4su.bin.gz Debian oldstable/11.11 ("bullseye") image Kernel 5.10.226-1 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 151 MB
debian-bookworm-arm64-fi7ax4.bin.gz Debian stable/12.8 ("bookworm") image Kernel 6.1.119-1 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 183 MB
debian-trixie-arm64-aenae9.bin.gz Debian testing ("trixie") image Kernel 6.12.5-1 2024-12-23 (14 days ago) 200 MB
debian-sid-arm64-chu4we.bin.gz Debian unstable ("sid") image Kernel 6.12.6-1 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 200 MB
debian-experimental-arm64-fa4ow7.bin.gz Debian experimental ("rc-buggy") image Experimental Kernel 6.12.6-1 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 200 MB
PLACEHOLDER Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ("focal") image Kernel PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER
ubuntu-jammy-arm64-goo3ai.bin.gz Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ("jammy") image Kernel 5.15.0.130.128 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 703 MB
ubuntu-noble-arm64-ey9nue.bin.gz Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ("noble") image Kernel 6.8.0-51.52 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 713 MB
ubuntu-oracular-arm64-wa3efi.bin.gz Ubuntu 24.10 ("oracular") image Kernel 6.11.0-13.14 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 736 MB
ubuntu-plucky-arm64-aud9iu.bin.gz Ubuntu 25.04 ("plucky") image Experimental Kernel 6.11.0-8.8 2024-12-30 (7 days ago) 775 MB

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Boards made by Pine64.
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Orange Pi Lite2 Xunlong Allwinner H6 ARM Cortex A53 (armv8)
Orange Pi One Plus Xunlong Allwinner H6 ARM Cortex A53 (armv8)
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