Support #598
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago
This is a guide for installing the stock pre-compiled Yocto Linux image provided by Intel
h2. Prepare the MicroSD Card
* Install dosfstools:
<pre>
sudo pacman -S dosfstools
</pre>
* To start, find the device path for the microsd card. insert the microsd card into the workstation, open a terminal and run:
dmesg
#* _Example output_
<pre>
[13103.012976] mmc0: new SD card at address 8ccd
[13103.052022] Driver 'mmcblk' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[13103.057749] mmcblk0: mmc0:8ccd YV04F 1.89 GiB
</pre>
#* *NOTE*: This example will use @/dev/mmcblk0@ for the microsd device path.
* (Optional) Zero the MicroSD card:
<pre>
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0
</pre>
* Now create a partition for the MicroSD card:
<pre>
sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
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* Next format the micro SD card to fat32:
<pre>
sudo mkfs.msdos /dev/mmcblk0p1
</pre>
* Next, download and extract the LINUX_IMAGE_FOR_SD_Intel_Galileo_v1.0.4.zip file:
<pre>
mkdir ~/galileo-img && cd ~/galileo-img
wget http://downloadmirror.intel.com/24355/eng/SDCard.1.0.4.tar.bz2
tar xjf SDCard.1.0.4.tar.bz2
</pre>
* Mount the micro SD card and copy the extracted stock Linux files over to the micro SD card:
<pre>
sudo mkdir /mnt/sdcard
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard
sudo cp -r ~/galileo-img/image-full-galileo/ /mnt/sdcard/
sudo sync
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* Unmount the MicroSD card:
<pre>
sudo umount /mnt/sdcard
</pre>
At this point the stock Yocto Linux provided by Intel is installed and ready for use.
h2. Resources
* http://www.intel.com/support/galileo/sb/CS-035101.htm