Latest version for OrangePi PC?

[Sciamano]

Hello,
I have an old OrangePi PC laying in a drawer. I would like to use it to make a Squeezelite player (I already have a running server on a Pine A64), and I was wondering if it were still possible to download the last version of DietPi that supported this SBC.

I know I could go the Armbian way or the conversion way, but I want something simple and reliable as the most common problem with my previous Armbian installation was that it corrupted very easily and I want something almost bulletproof like DietPi is.

The board would only be used on the LAN (not exposed to the Internet) and exclusively to run squeezelite… therefore I see no problems/risks in running an older OS.

So, what was the last version to support the OrangePi PC and where could it be downloaded from (if still possible)?

Thanks

[Joulinar]

we don’t keep old images. Anyway have a look to Index of /downloads/images That’s all we have

[Sciamano]

Thanks. Unfortunately no images for the OrangePi PC are available.
That’s a pity though

[StephanStS]

You could try the following:

1. Download the Debian image from orangepi.org (Orange Pi - Orangepi)
2. Upgrade it to Bullseye
3. Convert it to a DietPi system incl. upgrading to Bookworm

Upgrade to Bullseye: See our blog post (which is special related to a DietPi system and not to a standard Debian system): DietPi - How to upgrade to "Bullseye" - DietPi blog
From this blog post deducted, the upgrade should work with

apt update
apt -y install --reinstall librtmp1
sed -i 's/buster/bullseye/g' /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*.list}
sed -i 's|bullseye/updates|bullseye-security|' /etc/apt/sources.list
[[ -f '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list' ]] && sed -i 's/ ui$//' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pivpn-bullseye.list
rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pivpn-bullseye-repo.list
rm -f /etc/apt/preferences.d/pivpn-limit-bullseye

apt update

[[ -f '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sonarr.list' ]] && sed -i 's/bullseye/buster/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sonarr.list

apt upgrade

apt full-upgrade

apt -y install fdisk systemd-timesyncd

reboot

Check with

cat /etc/os-release

Execute

apt autopurge

Converting to a DietPi system: Do the procedure given there: Supported hardware - DietPi.com Docs

A different option could work based on an Armbian system:
Use https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/orangepipc/archive/Armbian_23.8.1_Orangepipc_bookworm_current_6.1.47_minimal.img.xz
and boot up your system.
Then do the conversion to DietPi via this description: Supported hardware - DietPi.com Docs

[MichaIng]

Right, the 2nd option should be clearly preferred, with a much cleaner image, which is on the final Debian version already .

[Sciamano]

Sure, I’m aware of the armbian conversion method.
Considering the very limited use I would do of the installation, I was just looking for a shortcut