Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> writes: > Hi. I am trying to install Debian on a Rock Pi 4 (v1.73). It is a > system-on-chip similar to and mostly compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 > but with an on-board SSD. > > I have managed to boot and install one of the Debian images provided by > the vendor, but they are obsolete or third-party or both.
Well, upgrading that to current Debian could be one way forward. There are tools in Debian you can use to weed out the proprietary stuff if that's a concern. Upgrades in Debian work in case you're unaware but follow the release notes. > Does anybody have something to suggest? Not really. I had no luck installing Debian on my Raspberry Pi CM3+ with a CM-IO-POE-BOX base board so I went with Ubuntu since it just worked. With Debian I got nothing on the serial port. I think I asked on some mailing list and then was adviced to ask on IRC but got nowhere. Nobody seemed to have the same hardware. Could be something simple or not. I guess, with a running Ubuntu I could convert it to Debian, I've done such to a VPS running Ubuntu once. There were instructions to follow though.