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Installing and booting an image on i.MX6 SOM eMMC
Installing and booting an image on i.MX6 SOM eMMC
Background
The instructions below can be used to install the SolidRun provided Debian image on the i.MX6 SOM eMMC as an example. Customer can use these instructions to install any other Linux image.
Set the boot select jumpers to boot from SDHC, please see HummingBoard Edge/Gate Boot Jumpers article for more information.
Boot from SDHC
Download the Debian image :
wget https://images.solid-run.com/IMX6/Debian/sr-imx6-debian-stretch-cli-20180916.img.xz
As root write the image to the eMMC:
xz -dc sr-imx6-debian-stretch-cli-20180916.img.xz | dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=4M conv=fsync
Download bootloader images:
wget https://images.solid-run.com/IMX6/U-Boot/v2018.01/spl-imx6-sdhc.bin
wget https://images.solid-run.com/IMX6/U-Boot/v2018.01/u-boot-imx6-sdhc.img
As root write the bootloader images to the eMMC:
Shut the system down with the ‘poweroff’ command
Disconnect power source
Set the boot select jumpers to eMMC boot
Boot the system from eMMC
, multiple selections available,
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