Difference between revisions of "iMX6 Rex Ultra Creating Bootable microSD Card"

Revision as of 16:19, 22 March 2021

On this page the recommended procedure for creating a micro SD card contained with the required firmware and software is shown here. Following example shows steps used for iMX6 Rex Ultra Module.

Recommended HW:

PC with microSD port (or an external SD reader)
microSD card

Recommended SW:

Windows

Using USBWriter feature

Open USBWriter. Browse source file (appropriate fsl-image). Select target device:
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Click on Write button and confirm the procedure:
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Bootable microSD Card is now created and prepared for use:
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Linux

Downloading image

mkdir -pv ~/workdir/imx6/rootfs/yocto
cd ~/workdir/imx6/rootfs/yocto
wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/yocto/binaries&dl=fsl-image-gui-imx6-rexultra-2.1.sdcard

Extracting binary files

sudo dd if=fsl-image-gui-imx6-rexultra-1.1.sdcard of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=sync bs=64K

or

gunzip -c fsl-image-gui-imx6-rexultra-2.3.sdcard.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=sync bs=64K

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 ''''' Recommended SW: '''''
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/tools&dl=USBWriter-1.3.zip USBWriter]
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/tools/USBWriter-1.3.zip USBWriter]
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/yocto/binaries&dl=fsl-image-gui-imx6-rexultra-2.1.sdcard Appropriate Image file]
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/yocto/binaries/fsl-image-gui-imx6-rexultra-2.1.sdcard Appropriate Image file]
 == Windows ==