# Orange Pi CM4
**URL:** https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424 "2025-01-02T09:42:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jjsteele](https://hub.mender.io/u/jjsteele)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/1 "2025-01-02T09:42:24Z")
We are going to have to change from Raspberry Pi CM4 to Orange Pi CM4 and wondered if anyone had investigated this board?
Unlike the Raspberry Pi version, Debian on Orange Pi uses u-boot as standard.
Any information you have would be greatly received.
John
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### Author:  [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/2 "2025-01-02T20:32:35Z")
Hi @jjsteele,
Presuming that you want to stick with a Debianoid, the process is roughly:
- create a `mender-convert` configuration, probably based off the RPi one.
- prepare a patched version of their `u-boot`. You can use the RPi one at [GitHub - mendersoftware/uboot-mender at mender-rpi-2024.04](https://github.com/mendersoftware/uboot-mender/tree/mender-rpi-2024.04) as reference
- create the `u-boot` binary, environment tools and corresponding configuration files, and provide them to the `mender-convert` config, usually through the assets directory.
Hope this helps,
Josef
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### Author:  [@jjsteele](https://hub.mender.io/u/jjsteele)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/3 "2025-01-03T09:12:39Z")
Thanks Josef,
Probably a couple of weeks before the Golden image is ready for conversion. I’ll let you know how it goes.
The current version on Raspberry Pi CM4 is approaching 10,000 units!
John
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### Author:  [@levantung](https://hub.mender.io/u/levantung)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/4 "2025-03-20T08:17:59Z")
hi @jjsteele @TheYoctoJester I’m developing mender on Orange pi 5 plus and I’m having the same error. Is there anything new?
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### Author:  [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/5 "2025-03-20T12:10:14Z")
@levantung, unless @jjsteele is willing to share his `mender-convert` configuration or the releavant parts thereof, I explained the process to create it at [Orange Pi CM4 - #2 by TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/2) already.
If you are stuck at a specific stage, please share the corresponding details so we can possibly help.
Greetz,
Josef
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### Author:  [@jjsteele](https://hub.mender.io/u/jjsteele)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/orange-pi-cm4/7424/6 "2025-03-20T12:24:59Z")
@TheYoctoJester @levantung I can’t help, I’m afraid. The company decided to go with RPI CM5 instead.
John