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Orange Pi 3 LTS

Installation

Prerequisites

Installation requires:

  • a Linux or Windows host
  • a microSD card or eMMC target disk
  • a card reader or USB adapter

Download the latest Pocketblue release from releases and extract the archive, then proceed to installation.

Warning

All data on the target disk will be deleted

Manual installation

List of provided images

The archive contains the following image:

  • disk.raw - full disk image for Orange Pi 3 LTS (ESP + /boot + root, with U-Boot embedded at the required offset)

Flashing

Connect the target disk (microSD or eMMC) to your computer and install the system:

Extract the image archive:

7z x pocketblue-xunlong-orangepi3-lts-<DESKTOP>-<TAG>.7z
Method 1: dd (Linux)

Find the target device:

lsblk -p

Write disk.raw:

sudo dd if=disk.raw of=/dev/<TARGET_DISK> bs=8M status=progress conv=fsync
sync
Method 2: balenaEtcher (Linux/Windows)
  • Download: etcher.balena.io
  • Start balenaEtcher.
  • Select disk.raw.
  • Select your target microSD/eMMC disk.
  • Click Flash.
Method 3: Rufus (Windows)
  • Download: rufus.ie
  • Start Rufus.
  • Select your microSD/eMMC disk in Device.
  • Click SELECT and choose disk.raw.
  • Keep default options and click START.
  • If Rufus asks for image mode, choose DD Image mode.

Insert the flashed media into the Orange Pi 3 LTS and boot the device.

On first boot, the root partition is automatically expanded and the system reboots once. Do not power off the device during this process.

Default credentials

  • default username: user
  • default password: 123456

Images, updates and packages

Learn how to upgrade the system and install packages in the following guide: Installing packages

You can rebase to a different image, for example to switch your desktop environment. To do this, run:

rpm-ostree reset
sudo bootc switch <IMAGE>

Available images:

  • TTY - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-tty:43
  • Gnome desktop - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-gnome-desktop:43
  • Gnome mobile - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-gnome-mobile:43
  • Plasma desktop - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-plasma-desktop:43
  • Plasma mobile - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-plasma-mobile:43
  • Phosh - quay.io/pocketblue/xunlong-orangepi3-lts-phosh:43

Notes

  • UART console is enabled by default on ttyS0 at 115200 baud.

Enabled copr repositories