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Update the PRE-INSTALLED software image to a current release

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{{Message/Information Message|title= How to create a SD-card with latest |message='''IMPORTANT NOTE''': This software image =is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but '''WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY''';without even the implied warranty of '''MERCHANTABILITY''' or '''FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE'''}}
= How to flash the latest software image =<br>
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First of all setup a poky-image-sato NFS-TFTP environment using latest images as explained in [[Ubuntu 8.04 IGEP v2.0 SDK Virtual Machine]]= Summary =
With this kernel This article explains how to '''update the partitions looks likepre-installed software''' of your IGEP Processor Board to a current release. This will update to the latest available version of the pre-installed software, which consists of IGEP X-Loader,IGEP Kernel and the IGEP firmware Yocto.
<pre># cat /proc/mtddev: size erasesize namemtd0: 00080000 00040000 "X-Loader"mtd1: 00180000 00040000 "U-Boot"mtd2: 00080000 00040000 "U-Boot Env"mtd3: 00300000 00040000 "Kernel"mtd4This tutorial will follow the following steps: 1fa80000 00040000 "File System"</pre>To flash files to mtd partitions just use the nandwrite program. For example, to flash the firmware factory v3.2.1-0 download from
*http://www.igep.es/downloads/01-ISEE_Products/IGEPv2/SW_Releases/binaries/firmware/#'''Download the latest firmware-poky-image-sato-igep0020-3''' from ISEE in a Linux PC.2#Run a script that will automatically setup and '''create a MicroSD card''' with the latest software in your host PC.1-0#Then '''boot your IGEP Processor Board''' from that MicroSD card you have just created.tar#Finally, you can write the updated software from the MicroSD to the '''flash memory''' on your IGEP device.gz
and copy {{Message/Information Message|message=If you want to target directory /home/root in your boardrun a '''different software distribution''', then you can follow next stepsthis article: [[How to boot from MicroSD Card]].}}
<prebr># cd /home/root/firmware-factory-igep0020-3.2.1-0# for i in 0 1 2 3 4; do flash_eraseall {{Message/dev/mtd${iForum}}; done# nandwrite  = How to create a SD-p /dev/mtd0 xcard with the latest software image = ''(from [[How to create a SD-load-ddp-1.4.2-2.igep0020card with the latest software image]])'' {{:How to create a SD-card with the latest software image}}  = How to flash the latest software image = ''(from [[How to flash the latest software image]])'' {{:How to flash.bin.iftthe latest software image}}# nandwrite -p /dev/mtd1 u-boot-arm-2009.11-1.igep0020.bin# nandwrite = Pre-p /dev/mtd2 u-boot-environment.bininstalled software on IGEP Processor Boards =# nandwrite ''(from [[Pre-p /dev/mtd3 uImage-2.6.28-r4-igep0020-20100321091933.bininstalled_software_on_IGEP_Processor_Boards]])'' {{# nandwrite lst:Pre-p /dev/mtd4 poky-image-sato-igep0020-20100321084218.rootfs.jffs2installed_software_on_IGEP_Processor_Boards}}</pre>Restart your board and enjoy your new firmware. That's all folks.[[Category:Software]] [[Category:Boot_loaders]] [[Category:Linux_Kernel]] [[Category:Software_distributions]]
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