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How to boot from MicroSD Card

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*Tools such, fdisk, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.vfat, gparted ...
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= Preparing the microSD card =
The Next step it's create the partitions for it you should go to the partition menu and select the "New" option then the application show a window like this:
[[Image:Gparted create first partition.png|thumb|center]]We will configure the partition as:<br>
*Primary Partition<br>*Format: FAT32<br>*Size: 100 MegaBytes<br>
*Label: Boot<br>
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[[Image:Gparted configure boot partition.png|thumb|center]]We must "add" the partition and gparted shows a partitions structure like this.
The Next step it's create the root filesystem partition.
First you should select the unallocated partition area and then&nbsp; you should go to the partition menu and select the "New" option then the application show a window like this:<br> [[Image:Gparted create first partition.png|thumb|center]] We will configure the rootfs partition as:<br>
*Primary Partition<br>*Format: EXT4<br>*Size: All the Rest<br>
*Label: Rootfs<br>
At end we will click on "Add" button.
[[Image:Gparted_all_configuredGparted all configured.png|thumb|center]]
=== Apply all Changes ===
Clink on Apply changes button in the main menu after that gparted show a window like this for confirm all operations
[[Image:Gparted_apply_changesGparted apply changes.png|thumb|center]]We should click on apply button. [[Image:Gparted_apply_information.png|thumb|center]]When the process finish we can see all changes applied [[Image:Gparted_operations_complete.png|thumb|center]] Now we can see all partitions and configurations done in the main gparted window [[Image:Gparted_partitions_done.png|thumb|center]]Now we must select the boot flag for the first partition for it we use the right mouse button over the boot partition and select "Manage Flags" option [[Image:Gparted_boot_flag.png|thumb|center]]Now we have the microsd prepared for copy the boot files
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