1.4. Simple Root Filesystem¶

1.4.1. References¶

1. Download a rootfs-xxx-simple.img.gz from the server (where xxx stands for the platform):

user@host: cd ${DL_PATH}
user@host: wget ${serverip}/downloads/rootfs-xxx-simple.img.gz

2. Extract the image on your host:

user@host: gunzip rootfs-xxx-simple.img.gz

Byte copy the extracted image to an SD card (for example: /dev/mmcblk0 or /dev/sda):
- WARNING: clearly check the device id of the SD card!
- WARNING: clearly check that the SD card partitions are not automatically mounted!

user@host: dd if=rootfs-simple.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M

Insert the SD card in the target and boot the board
- Watch the serial output while booting, using minicom at a baud rate of 115200 kbps

5. Explore the system:

login:  root
passwd: root

On the target: If the boot partition is not mounted on /boot or /boot does not exist at all:
- WARNING: clearly check the device id of the SD card!

root@target: mkdir /boot
root@target: mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot