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This document mainly introduces how to use the USB flash tool to install the OS image to Khadas SBC onboard eMMC.
Dowload the DriverAssitant,FlashTool and extract it to somewhere.
driver_install.exe
to install USB drivers.Tools were only verified to function properly on Ubuntu. No guarantees were made for other Linux distributions!
Install the dependencies.
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libusb-dev git parted
$ git clone https://github.com/khadas/utils
Or just pull it (if you have already cloned this repository).
$ cd /path/to/utils $ git pull
You need to install USB rules and create some links.
$ cd /path/to/utils $ sudo ./INSTALL
You will see this print-out if it was successful.
Installing Amlogic flash-tool... =============================================== Host PC: Ubuntu 16.04 =============================================== Installing USB rules... [sudo] password for User: Installing flash-tool... Done! Installing Rockchip flash-tool... =============================================== Host PC: Ubuntu 16.04 =============================================== Installing USB rules... Installing flash-tool... Done! Installing Khadas burn-tool... Done!
Root privilege is required.
You must now put your board into Upgrade Mode.
Check to see if Ubuntu has detected your board as an attached USB device.
$ lsusb | grep Rockchip
Bus 003 Device 117: ID 2207:350b Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company
The message above means that your board is connected and recogized by Ubuntu.
$ burn-tool -v rk -i /path/to/image
In successful case we will see these terminal logs:
Try to burn Rockchip image... Burn to eMMC... Rockchip Android image (or linux image compatible with AndroidTool one image burning) found! Try to burn Rockchip image... Using /storage/code/git/utils/rk-flash-tool/tools/Linux_Upgrade_Tool/config.ini Program Log will save in the /home/nick/upgrade_tool/log/ Loading firmware... Support Type:RK3588 FW Ver:1.0.00 FW Time:2022-04-08 10:31:34 Loader ver:1.01 Loader Time:2022-04-08 10:23:02 Upgrade firmware ok. Time elapsed: 1 minute(s). Done!
For more information please refer to rk-flash-tool docs.
$ cd /path/to/utils $ sudo ./UNINSTALL