The current DIY AngelBox image (angel-box-rpi-2026-03-17.img.zip) has SSH disabled by default although the post-installation instructions refer to connecting via SSH to obtain the MAC address. You’ll need to connect a keyboard and monitor unless you get the MAC address from you router, for example. I’ve had to reboot mine so many times trying to get it to connect that I prefer to do it via the CLI instead of power-cycling it every time. Use “sudo raspi-config” => “Interface Options” => “SSH” to enable it.
Also, “sudo apt update” produces this error on a RasPi 4B trying to get the repository information:
Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file ‘main/binary-arm64/Packages’ as repository ‘http://apt.angelcam.com/rpios-trixie stable InRelease’ doesn’t support architecture ‘arm64’
Hi Ivor. We’ve started using rpi-gen to generate standard Raspberry Pi OS images with our APT packages pre-installed. The image has the same default settings as all official RPi OS images. This means that SSH is disabled by default. That’s why the guide recommends using Raspberry Pi Imager. So you can either enable SSH by checking the corresponding option in Raspberry Pi Imager before flashing the image or you can enable it after flashing the image using raspi-config, as you mentioned.
Regarding the arm64 notice printed by APT - right now we don’t provide ARM64 packages but as long as you’re using 32-bit OS, this isn’t a problem. APT in Raspberry Pi OS attempts to fetch arm64 index even on 32-bit builds for some reason but it really isn’t an issue.
Thank you for bringing this up. We’ll update our guide accordingly to make this information more clear.
It appears the Windows imager installs the 64-bit OS without an option to select the 32-bit OS or to enable SSH:
I have installed the latest version of the imager (2.0.7). I can select the device (Raspberry Pi 4)->NEXT->Use custom (“angel-box-rpi-2026-03-17.img”)->NEXT->Select SDHC Card->NEXT->Write image. The “Customization” option is disabled & skipped. So where would I select the 32-bit OS or enable SSH before writing the image?
uname -a shows
Linux tch-angelbox 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.75-1+rpt1 (2026-03-11) aarch64 GNU/Linux
During “apt update,” there is no indication that it examines any 32-bit version of the repository; it just punts because there is no arm64 configuration..