Here is a working SD card image for installing Arch Linux on an OrangePi Zero. It basically follows this excellent build guide but can save you a lot of time if you just want to get an image up an running, especially with getting the ethernet support to work.
The image is located here. (It is an unofficial image, not supported by ArchLinux, use at your own risk)
You need an SD card of at least 2GB. You can resize the partition to use your whole SD card after installing.
Replace 'sdX' with the device corresponding to your SD card.
curl https://dl.ng3.io/opz/ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz | xzcat | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M status=progress
Download the image, check the checksum, and install the traditional way. SHA256:
7265860878c03acff4f3ea36d66eb8c806a1ba2ec9589498176a0889869ddaba ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz
Steps:
$ wget https://dl.ng3.io/opz/ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz
$ sha256sum ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz
7265860878c03acff4f3ea36d66eb8c806a1ba2ec9589498176a0889869ddaba ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz
$ xzcat ArchLinuxARM-OrangePiZero-latest.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M status=progress
On Mac, use dd of=/dev/rdiskX bs=1m conv=sync (see why dd is slow on Mac).
On Windows, use a tool like Etcher.
Once the system is working, use fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 (fdisk) as root to resize the partition. Press d to delete the current partition, then press n to create a new partition, and press Enter 4 times to accept the defaults. fdisk will give you defaults that work and make the partition as big as possible. Then answer N when fdisk asks about removing the existing ext4 signature.
Finally press w to write the changes.
Reboot, and use resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1 as root to update the filesystem size. You're done!
Ethernet now works with linux-armv7-rc 4.17.rc5-1 and most probably newer versions.
Feedbacks and comments are welcome.
- Arch forum thread about Orange Pi Zero installation: https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=11790