View source for UCM-iMX8M-Mini: Android: Running from SD card

= Introduction =
This article provides instructions needed to install the Android image on SD card using a Linux Host workstation. 
The image provides full boot system including U-Boot, Linux kernel, device driver modules and necessary filesystems.

= Preparation steps =
* Use a Linux PC workstation,equipped with a USB SD card reader and a micro-SD Card. Any commercially available micro-SD card of <b>16GB</b> (or more) may be used for the installation. The device name of the SD card on your Linux PC hereinafter is referred as {{filename|/dev/sdX}}.
* Obtain the UCM-iMX8M-Mini Android image:
:- Download the compressed UCM-iMX8M-Mini Android image from [https://www.compulab.com/products/computer-on-modules/ucm-imx8m-mini-nxp-i-mx-8m-mini-som-system-on-module-computer/#devres CompuLab website].
* Prepare the uSD card:
:<pre>sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=16 of=/dev/sdX</pre>
:<pre>sudo partprobe /dev/sdX</pre>
*Deflate the image to the uSD card:
:<pre>unzip -p ucm-imx8m-mini_android.zip | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/sdX</pre>
:<b>OR</b>
:- [[UCM-iMX8M-Mini:_Android:_Building_images|Build your own Android image from source]] 
: and
:- [[UCM-iMX8M-Mini:_Android:_Building_images#Create_a_bootable_SD-card|Deploy it on the uSD]]

=Boot from the SD-card=
*Insert the prepared SD card into the socket P23
*Power on the board
*Press and hold SW6 (RESET) and SW7 (ALT_BOOT) buttons
*Release SW6 and then SW7
The system will boot into Android.

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