IGEPv2 Ubuntu Distro
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How to get the Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
The Ubuntu project is excited to be working with the ARM ecosystem to port Ubuntu for ARM-based devices. This work fits with our goals of making Ubuntu available as an open platform to as many people as possible.
Overview of How-To
This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn install an Ubuntu image for OMAP3-based IGEP platforms as quickly and easily as possible.
This How-To covers IGEPv2, IGEP COM Module and IGEP COM Proton boards. if you are looking Ubuntu for IGEPv5 go to this other Howto.
Contents
Host Enviroment
We suggest use Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (32 bits) in your host, you can download it from our server using this link or directly from Ubuntu (Canonical) website. You can install it in a Virtual Machine enviroment using any Virtualization software or directly in your PC.
Material
- IGEPv2, IGEP COM Module or IGEP COM Proton.
- 1 MicroSD Card with 512 MiB minimum space.
- Serial Cable and conversor for attach the serial debug console.
- Ethernet cable (optional)
- Hub (optional)
- Keyboard and mouse (optional)
- HDMI/DVI Monitor (optional)
Download the Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Distribution and tools
The Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS distribution can be downloaded from here or if you want to use the hard float version you should use this other link.
The first boot must be done using this package, inside you've the bootloader, igep.ini and temporary kernel.
You can download this script for create the right partitions in the microsd card (Only is valid for microsd card, it cannot be used for prepare the raw Nand flash)
Prepare the Enviroment
Check if you've the packages bc and dosfstools
Verify that you've installed both packages as:
apt-get install bc dosfstools
Prepare the MicroSD card
Insert the microsd card in your host, after that you should see any similar to this output:
mcaro@mcaro-vm-u12:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk sda 8:0 0 100G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 98G 0 part / ├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part └─sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part sdb 8:16 1 3.8G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 1 70.6M 0 part /media/boot └─sdb2 8:18 1 3.7G 0 part /media/rootfs sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
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