IGEPv2 Ubuntu Distro flash

How to get the Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS in the Nand Flash Memory
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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 Nand Flash Install. if you are looking Ubuntu for IGEPv5 go to this other Howto.

Prerequisites

First you need follow theIGEPv2 Ubuntu Distribution howto and boot the IGEPv2 / IGEP COM Module / IGEP COM Proton using the Ubuntu distribution.

Where are the Nand Flash partitions?

First we need to check where the Nand flash partitions are located we will use the command lsblk command for check it:

root@igep00x0:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mtdblock0    31:0    0   512K  0 disk
mtdblock1    31:1    0    12M  0 disk
mtdblock2    31:2    0 499.5M  0 disk
mmcblk0     179:0    0   3.8G  0 disk
|-mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  70.6M  0 part /boot
`-mmcblk0p2 179:2    0   3.7G  0 part /

Where:

mdtblock0: Bootloader partition
mtdblock1: Boot partition
mtdblock2: rootfs partition