Getting started with Linux on EM-X270

Image installation

Installation with LiveDisk

• Extract the contents of LiveDisk.zip from Linux package for EM-X270 onto USB flash drive.
• Insert the flash drive into "USB-A to mini-USB" adaptor supplied with EvalKit, and connect the other side of the adaptor to EM-X270.
• Power up the EM-X270 while holding the "suspend/resume" button. You may release the button as soon as you see CompuLab logo on the LCD screen.
• Wait until systems starts. You will be asked to calibrate the touchscreen and create a user to log in to the system
• Click on the Updater icon. EM-X270 updater application will start.

  

• Click Forward to continue, or Cancel if you decided to abandon the installation

  

• By default, updater application will search for /media/usb/em_x270.img image file. Press Open or fill the filename entry to choose another image.
• After you've chosen the image, press Forward.

  

• Press Start! button to update EM-X270.

  

• After restart the system will boot Angstrom Linux from the internal NAND flash. Note, that the first boot takes relatively much time because Angstrom Linux performs a lot of one-time initialization tasks.

Make sure you do not interrupt the updater application after pressing Start!, keep the USB flash drive inserted and the device powered up during the update process.

Any time you would like to boot clean system from the USB flash drive, you can unpack the original LiveDisk.zip to the USB flash drive and start over.

See also

• Angstrom Linux for EM-X270
• Software Development for XScale modules