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Prepare a bootable MicroSD Card

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<span class="mw-headline">It is important to difference between a MicroSD Card for a NXP processor and the other cases. The process of partition is similar but, in the case of NXP chips, there exists some differences. </span>
==='''<span class="mw-headline">General case process:</span>'''===
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Finding your device</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">[[File:1.png|774x336px]]</span>
Now we have the microsd prepared for copy the boot files
 
 
 
 
 
==='''<span class="mw-headline">NXP case process:</span>'''===
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Finding your device</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">[[File:1.png|774x336px]]</span>
 
 
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Create the MSDOS Partition Table </span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">The next step it's create the msdos table partition for it you should click in the "Device" menu and then in the "Create Partition Table" option. </span>
 
 
<span class="mw-headline">[[File:2.png|773x364px]]</span>
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Erasing all data</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">Check the default option it's create a msdos partition table.</span>'''<span class="mw-headline"><br /></span>'''
 
After that you can '''Apply'''.
 
<span class="mw-headline">[[File:SD4.png]]</span>
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Creating the boot partition</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">This Step it's only for iMX6 processor based IGEP boards.</span>
 
The Next step it's create the partitions for it you should go to the partition menu and select the "New" option.
 
We will configure the partition as:
 
* Primary Partition
* Format: FAT32
* Free Space Preceding: 8 MiB
* Size: 100 MegaBytes
* Label: Boot
* Align to: cylinder
 
It is recommended to apply changes now or you might get an error later.
 
'''<span class="mw-headline">[[File:SD_IMX_1.png|743x345px]]</span>'''
 
 
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===='''<span class="mw-headline">Creating the new partition</span>'''====
 
 
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<span class="mw-headline">The Next step it's create the root file system partition.<br />First you should select the unallocated partition area and then you should go to the partition menu and select the "New" option then the application show a window like this:</span>
 
 
[[File:SD_IMX_2.png|757x356px]]
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline"><span id="result_box" class="short_text" tabindex="-1" lang="en"><span class="">Characterizing</span></span> the Rootfs</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">We will configure the rootfs partition as:<br /></span>
 
* Primary Partition
* Format: EXT4
* Size: All the Rest
* Label: Rootfs'''<br />'''
* Other spaces such as the defaults ones
 
 
At end we will click on "Add" button.
 
[[File:SD_IMX_3.png|759x358px]]
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Applying changes</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">Click on apply button in the main menu after that gparted show a window like this for confirm all operations </span>
 
[[File:SD_IMX_4.png|772x361px]]
 
 
* <span class="mw-headline">We should click on apply button to confirm</span>
 
<span class="mw-headline">[[File:SD_IMX_5.png|771x363px]]</span>
 
===='''Loading'''====
When the process finish we can see all changes applied 
 
[[File:SD_IMX_7.png|768x361px]]
 
 
===='''<span class="mw-headline">Selecting boot flag</span>'''====
<span class="mw-headline">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</span>
 
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