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Revision as of 13:12, 10 March 2008

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.
    Em x270 updater screen.png
  • Click Forward to continue, or Cancel if you decided to abandon the installation
    Em x270 updater intro.png
  • 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.
    Em x270 updater file.png
  • Press Start! button to update EM-X270.
    Em x270 updater start.png
  • 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.


Admolition caution.png

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.


Admolition tip.png

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