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This is a guide for installing the stock pre-compiled Yocto Linux image provided by Intel

Prepare the MicroSD Card¶

• Install dosfstools:
  

  sudo pacman -S dosfstools
  

• 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
    

    [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
    

  • NOTE: This example will use /dev/mmcblk0 for the microsd device path.

• (Optional) Zero the MicroSD card:
  

  sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0
  

• Now create a partition for the MicroSD card:
  

  sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
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  n
  p
  1
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  t
  b
  a
  w
  

• Next format the micro SD card to fat32:
  

  sudo mkfs.msdos /dev/mmcblk0p1
  

• Next, download and extract the LINUX_IMAGE_FOR_SD_Intel_Galileo_v1.0.4.zip file:
  

  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
  

• Mount the micro SD card and copy the extracted stock Linux files over to the micro SD card:
  

  sudo mkdir /mnt/sdcard
  sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard
  sudo cp -r ~/galileo-img/image-full-galileo/* /mnt/sdcard/
  sudo sync
  

• Unmount the MicroSD card:
  

  sudo umount /mnt/sdcard
  

At this point the stock Yocto Linux provided by Intel is installed and ready for use; complete with persistent sketches and wireless support.

Resources¶

• http://www.intel.com/support/galileo/sb/CS-035101.htm