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26/09/2017 Wandboard | Arch Linux ARM

Wandboard
Overview Installation

Install to a micro SD card


Replace sdX in the following instructions with the device name for the SD card as it appears on your computer.

1. Zero the beginning of the SD card:


dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8
2. Start fdisk to partition the SD card:
fdisk /dev/sdX
3. At the fdisk prompt, delete old partitions and create a new one:
a. Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
b. Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
c. Now type n, then p for primary, 1 for the rst partition on the drive, 8192 for the rst sector, and then press ENTER to accept the
default last sector.
d. Write the partition table and exit by typing w.
4. Create the ext4 lesystem:
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1
5. Mount the lesystem:
mkdir mnt
mount /dev/sdX1 mnt
6. Download and extract the root lesystem:
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz
bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-armv7-latest.tar.gz -C mnt
sync
7. Download and install the U-Boot bootloader:
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/imx6/boot/wandboard/SPL
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/imx6/boot/wandboard/u-boot.img
dd if=SPL of=/dev/sdX seek=1 bs=1k
dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdX seek=69 bs=1k
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/imx6/boot/wandboard/boot.scr -O mnt/boot/boot.scr
umount mnt
sync
8. Insert the SD card into the Wandboard module (not the carrier board), connect ethernet, and apply 5V power.
9. Use the serial console (with a null-modem adapter if needed) or SSH to the IP address given to the board by your router.
Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm.
The default root password is root.

Install the U-Boot package


1. In order to receive updates to the U-Boot bootloader, after logging into the system type:
pacman -Sy uboot-wandboard
2. When prompted, press y and hit enter to ash the bootloader to the micro-SD card.
3. Merge any pacnew les created by the package overwriting the manually installed bootloader les.

Copyright 2009-2017 Arch Linux ARM


The registered trademark Linux is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.
The Arch Linux name and logo are used under permission of the Arch Linux Project Lead.

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