Debian Image -> DietPI for Milk-V Mars

[peter-toft-greve]

I have worked quite a bit with Debian on MilkV Mars. The Debian Image found at https://milkv.io/docs/mars/resources/image I will not recommend to anyone, since the apt sources have not been maintained. Users cannot apt upgrade packages after installation. Not super.

I can instead warmly recommend to install https://dietpi.com/ -> Select "VisionFive 2"
https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/DietPi_VisionFive2-RISC-V-Sid.img.xz
It is 100% compatible with Milk-V Mars.

The Diet Pi image is a maintained Debian (trixie/sid) with full apt support. It works really well with the Mars board.

Special hint: Pay attention to the "dietpi-config" -> Performance where the clock control can adjusted to avoid that the board gets really hot (or force it into perfomance mode)