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* Obtain a Linux PC workstation. | * Obtain a Linux PC workstation. | ||
| − | * Obtain a USB SD card reader and | + | * Obtain a USB SD card reader and a micro-SD Card. Any commercially available micro-SD card of <b>8GB</b> (or larger) may be used for the installation. |
* Plug the USB SD card reader into the host PC. Insert the micro-SD card into the card reader. From now we assume the device name of the SD card on your Linux PC is {{filename|/dev/sdX}}. | * Plug the USB SD card reader into the host PC. Insert the micro-SD card into the card reader. From now we assume the device name of the SD card on your Linux PC is {{filename|/dev/sdX}}. | ||
* Obtain the UCM-iMX8M-Mini Android image: | * 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]. | :- 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: | :- Deflate the image to the uSD card: | ||
:<pre>unzip -p ucm-imx8m-mini_android-8gb-image.zip | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/sdX</pre> | :<pre>unzip -p ucm-imx8m-mini_android-8gb-image.zip | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/sdX</pre> | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 10 June 2019
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
- Obtain a Linux PC workstation.
- Obtain a USB SD card reader and a micro-SD Card. Any commercially available micro-SD card of 8GB (or larger) may be used for the installation.
- Plug the USB SD card reader into the host PC. Insert the micro-SD card into the card reader. From now we assume the device name of the SD card on your Linux PC is /dev/sdX.
- Obtain the UCM-iMX8M-Mini Android image:
- - Download the compressed UCM-iMX8M-Mini Android image from CompuLab website.
- - Prepare the uSD card:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=16 of=/dev/sdX
sudo partprobe /dev/sdx
- - Deflate the image to the uSD card:
unzip -p ucm-imx8m-mini_android-8gb-image.zip | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/sdX
- OR
- - Build your own Android image from source
Boot from the SD-card
- Insert the prepared SD card into micro-SD 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.
