Transclusion: CL-SOM-AM57x: Linux: Manual Installation: Preparation

Preparation steps

Obtain a PC workstation with a serial communication port.
Download the Linux package for CL-SOM-AM57x from CompuLab website. Unzip the package to a directory on your host workstation.
All image files mentioned below can be found in the install subdirectory.
Connect the host PC to the SBC-AM57x base-board (connector P8) via the serial cable supplied with the evaluation kit.

For networked installation you need to install a TFTP and NFS servers on the host PC

Obtain an SD card or USB storage with minimum capacity of 1GB.
Create a first partition on the installation media. The partition can be formatted either ext2/3/4 or FAT16/32 file system.
Copy the content of the install directory from the unzipped Linux package to the root directory on the first partition of the installation media.

Installation storage media must contain a partition table. Use fdisk (or alike) utility to create a partition table.

For networked installation

Connect the CL-SOM-AM57x Ethernet port (connector P21 on the SBC-AM57x) to your local network using the standard Ethernet cable.
Make sure the dedicated TFTP server as well as NFS server (may be the same machine) are connected to the local network too.
Copy the content of the install directory from the unzipped Linux package in a location accessible by the TFTP server.
Copy the content of the install directory from the unzipped Linux package to a directory exported through NFS.