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-How to write the SD card - boards with sdcard.img
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+How to write the SD card
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The sdcard.img file is a complete bootable image ready to be written
on the boot medium. To install it, simply copy the image to a uSD
Where 'sdX' is the device node of the uSD.
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-How to write the SD card - other boards
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-Prepare the SD card
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-Erase existing stuff, and create an unique Linux partition with `fdisk`.
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- # fdisk /dev/sdX
- Command (m for help): o
- Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xf9e1616a.
- Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
- After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
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- Command (m for help): n
- Partition type:
- p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
- e extended
- Select (default p): p
- Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
- First sector (2048-7626751, default 2048): 2048
- Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-7626751, default 7626751):
- Using default value 7626751
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- Command (m for help): p
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- Disk /dev/sdX: 3904 MB, 3904897024 bytes
- 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 119168 cylinders, total 7626752 sectors
- Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
- Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
- I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
- Disk identifier: 0xf9e1616a
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- Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
- /dev/sdX1 2048 7626751 3812352 83 Linux
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- Command (m for help): w
- The partition table has been altered!
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- Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
- Syncing disks.
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-Copy images on the SD card
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- # dd if=output/images/rootfs.ext2 of=/dev/sdX1
- # dd if=output/images/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8
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-Finish
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Eject the SD card, insert it in the A20-OLinuXino board, and power it up.