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By default, if you power up your board it will run the software on the flash. But you can prepare a MicroSD card and boot from it by inserting it to the MicroSD card reader of your IGEP Processor Board, as it has more priority than the flash.
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== Overview  ==
  
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If you have a brand new IGEP Processor Board you must know that '''it comes with a firmware''' provided and installed on it by ISEE.
  
If you have a brand new IGEP Processor Board you must know that it comes with a firmware provided and installed on it by ISEE.
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By default, if you power up your board it will run the software on the flash. But '''you can prepare a MicroSD card and boot from it''' by inserting it to the MicroSD card reader of your IGEP Processor Board, as it has more priority than the flash.  
  
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The pre-installed software consists of a minimal '''Linux-based distribution''' with a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Yocto Platform Builder.
  
Therefore, when you power up your board it boots the pre-installed software, which consists on a minimal Linux-based distribution with a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Poky Platform Builder.
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== About the pre-installed software ==
  
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The pre-installed software consists of:
  
If you want to update your pre-installed software, you can create a MicroSD card in your host PC with the latest sofwtare. Then boot your IGEP Processor Board from that MicroSD card.
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*IGEP X-loader: a '''bootloader''' compatible with all IGEP Processor Boards.  
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*IGEP Kernel: a '''Linux Kernel''' maintained by ISEE.  
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*IGEP firmware Yocto: the software distribution consists of a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Yocto tools
  
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For more information about these specific sotware, read the following articles:
  
Finally, you can write the updated software from the MicroSD to the flash memory on your IGEP device.
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*[[The IGEP X-loader]]
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*[[The Linux kernel]]
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*[[IGEP firmware Yocto|IGEP firmware Yocto]]
  
=See also=
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Other useful articles:
*[[Update the PRE-INSTALLED software image to a current release]]
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*[[How_to_create_a_SD-card_with_the_latest_software_image|How to create a SD-card with the latest software image]]
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*[[Update the PRE-INSTALLED software image to a current release|Update the PRE-INSTALLED software]]
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*[[How to boot from MicroSD Card|How to Create a bootable MicroSD card for IGEP devices]]
  
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 2 March 2016

Overview

If you have a brand new IGEP Processor Board you must know that it comes with a firmware provided and installed on it by ISEE.

By default, if you power up your board it will run the software on the flash. But you can prepare a MicroSD card and boot from it by inserting it to the MicroSD card reader of your IGEP Processor Board, as it has more priority than the flash.

The pre-installed software consists of a minimal Linux-based distribution with a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Yocto Platform Builder.

About the pre-installed software

The pre-installed software consists of:

  • IGEP X-loader: a bootloader compatible with all IGEP Processor Boards.
  • IGEP Kernel: a Linux Kernel maintained by ISEE.
  • IGEP firmware Yocto: the software distribution consists of a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Yocto tools

For more information about these specific sotware, read the following articles:

Other useful articles:


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