Difference between revisions of "iMX6 OpenRex Max Creating Bootable microSD Card"

Revision as of 15:00, 2 April 2021

The recommended procedure for creating a micro SD card contained with the required firmware and software is shown here. The following example shows steps used for iMX6 OpenRex SBC in Max configuration.

Recommended HW:

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

Recommended SW:

Windows

Using USBWriter feature

Unpack the downloaded package. GZ files can be opened using Total Commander or by installing TAR-GZ file extension.

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/files/iMX6_OpenRex_SBC/software/yocto/binaries/fsl-image-gui-imx6-openrexmax-2.4.sdcard.gz

Extracting binary files

gunzip -c fsl-image-gui-imx6-openrexmax-2.4.sdcard.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=sync bs=64K

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 ''''' Recommended SW: '''''
 * [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_OpenRex_SBC/tools/USBWriter-1.3.zip USBWriter]
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_OpenRex_SBC/software/yocto/binaries/fsl-image-gui-imx6-openremax-2.4.sdcard.gz Appropriate Image file]
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_OpenRex_SBC/software/yocto/binaries/fsl-image-gui-imx6-openrexmax-2.4.sdcard.gz Appropriate Image file]
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