Pi Zero w2 is aarch64 the right architecture?

[foxy82]

I’ve downloaded the dietpi Buster Armv8 image burnt it to a SD card and insterted it into a Pi Zero w2. After the initial setup I get below.

Is aarch64 the right architecture? Shouldn’t it be ARM? It means some packages I want to install don’t appear in the software list (specfically snapcast client).

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DietPi v8.5.1 : 07:02 - Tue 06/21/22
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• Device model : RPi Zero 2 W (aarch64)

[Joulinar]

Let me try to answer some of your questions

@foxy82

dietpi Buster

I guess you mean Bullseye, because we don’t offer Buster anymore.

@foxy82

Armv8 image

This basically is the 64bit (aarch64) image

@foxy82

Is aarch64 the right architecture?

Yes, as you installed 64bit image

@foxy82

Shouldn’t it be ARM

They are all ARM based boards Raspberry Pi - Wikipedia
On a Pi Zero w2 you can install 32bit (ARMv6/7) as well as 64bit (ARMv8)

@foxy82

don’t appear in the software list (specfically snapcast client)

correct, it has been disabled on 64bit systems. You can check it as follow

dietpi-software list | grep "snapcast"

You would need to install a 32bit image in this case.