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Add flash instruction for linux users

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......@@ -122,7 +122,22 @@ or a USB 3.0 super-speed micro-B cable. Connection guide for both are shown belo
Flashing eMMC
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To flash your BeagleV Ahead you need either a super-speed micro-B or high-speed micro-B cable as shown in section above.
.. note:: To flash your BeagleV Ahead you need either a super-speed micro-B or high-speed micro-B cable as shown in section above.
Download latest software image
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To download the latest software image visit `https://www.beagleboard.org/distros <https://www.beagleboard.org/distros>`_ and
search for BeagleV Ahead as shown below.
.. figure:: media/Software-Image.png
:align: center
:alt: Download latest software image for BeagleV Ahead board
Download latest software image for BeagleV Ahead board
Put BeagleV Ahead in USB flash mode
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.. note:: Only super-speed micro-B is shown in graphic below but you can use
a high-speed micro-B cable. Only difference will be lower flash speeds.
......@@ -146,6 +161,52 @@ To put your BeagleV Ahead board into eMMC flash mode you can follow the steps be
2. Press reset button once.
3. Release USB button.
Flash the latest image on eMMC
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.. tabs::
.. group-tab:: Linux
First you need to install android platform tools which includes `adb` and `fastboot`.
- Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux users can type the following command to install ADB:
.. code-block:: bash
sudo apt-get install android-sdk-platform-tools
- Fedora/SUSE-based Linux users can type the following command to install ADB:
.. code-block:: bash
sudo dnf install android-tools
Now unzip the latest software image zip file you have downloaded from `https://www.beagleboard.org/distros <https://www.beagleboard.org/distros>`_.
The zip file has four files shown below:
.. code-block:: bash
[lorforlinux@fedora deploy] $ ls
boot.ext4 fastboot_emmc.sh root.ext4 u-boot-with-spl.bin
.. important:: Make sure your board is in flash mode, you can follow the guide above to do that.
To flash the board you just have to exexute the script `fastboot_emmc.sh` as root and provide your passoword:
.. code-block:: bash
[lorforlinux@fedora deploy] $ sudo ./fastboot_emmc.sh
[sudo] password for lorforlinux:
.. group-tab:: Windows
.. group-tab:: Mac
Connect USB gadgets
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