ROCK 5A
Minimal, pure and up-to-date vanilla Debian/Ubuntu Linux SD card image for ROCK 5A.
- Board name
- ROCK 5A
- Board maker
- Radxa
- SoC
- Rockchip RK3588
- CPU
- ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8)
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 ROCK 5A
| 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 Radxa
| Board | Board maker | SoC | CPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCK 5A | Radxa | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| E25 | Radxa | Rockchip RK3568 | ARM Cortex A55 (armv8) |
| ROCK 3A | Radxa | Rockchip RK3568 | ARM Cortex A55 (armv8) |
| ROCK 5B | Radxa | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi 4 model B | Radxa | Rockchip RK3399 | ARM Cortex A72/A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi 4 model C | Radxa | Rockchip RK3399 | ARM Cortex A72/A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi 4 model C plus | Radxa | Rockchip RK3399 | ARM Cortex A72/A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi 4 SE | Radxa | Rockchip RK3399 | ARM Cortex A72/A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi E | Radxa | Rockchip RK3328 | ARM Cortex A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi N10 | Radxa | Rockchip RK3399Pro | ARM Cortex A72/A53 (armv8) |
| ROCK Pi N8 | Radxa | Rockchip RK3288 | ARM Cortex A17 (armv7) |
| Rock2 | Radxa | Rockchip RK3288 | ARM Cortex A17 (armv7) |
| Zero | Radxa | Amlogic S905X2/S905Y2/S905D2 | ARM Cortex A53 (armv8) |
| Zero2 | Radxa | Amlogic S922X/A311D | ARM Cortex A73/A53 (armv8) |
Boards with Rockchip RK3588
| Board | Board maker | SoC | CPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCK 5A | Radxa | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| IO-NCM6A | Edgeble | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| IO-NCM6B | Edgeble | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| NanoPC-T6 | FriendlyElec | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| Orange Pi 5 | Xunlong | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| Orange Pi 5 Plus | Xunlong | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| QuartzPro64 | PINE64 | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| RK3588 EVB | Rockchip | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |
| ROCK 5B | Radxa | Rockchip RK3588 | ARM Cortex A76/A55 (armv8) |