Hi Team,
I just received the new ROCK 5T board and I’m excited to get started.
Can you please guide me on how to flash the OS on it?
Also, is it possible to use the same Ubuntu image provided for ROCK 5B , or is a separate image required for the 5T?
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Separate images are needed
This is not 100% accurate,
Probably 5B images will boot correctly on 5T board. As Jack said 5B+ and 5B should be compatible, 5T is almost same as 5B+.
Unless something specific from 5T is needed. Double ethernet or pcie bifurcation. Those two are not included in 5B images (mainly in board dtb).
I have no 5T to try that, but for sure 5B and 5B+ images are swappable. Same thing happened with 3A and 3B. With same SoC there are high chances that image will boot.
Yeah, you can always try, but the dtb can have some slight differences…
Sure, but it should not cause big issues and brick device
For such similar board just don’t expect that new feature will be present. Sometimes it’s about dtb, sometime different config, kernel, module or driver is needed to get thing to work.
For some releases there is no ver for 5T yet or project is already suspended (like Joshua Riek Ubuntu). And You may not need that second ethernet port at all or just try to get it to work later.
Can you please help me where I can ubuntu img for Rock 5T ?
Thanks @dominik
Finally I have decided to go with Debian 12 which I found in official page.
Debian 12 on a Rock 5T with two Ethernet ports.
192.168.7.202/22
192.168.100.1/24
Both are configured with static IPs using netplan , and only the internet port has a gateway.
My question is:
Can Debian 12 handle both Ethernet interfaces working at the same time on separate networks?
Just want to confirm if this setup is fully supported on ARM64 (Rock 5T).
Thanks!
This should be safe choice.
Nothing specific to Rockchip or ARM at all, You should be able to get it to work as it can be on x86.