Flashing Ubuntu/Debian Image into MicroSD Card using Windows host

In this tutorial, we describe the procedures on how to flash Ubuntu/Debian image into MicroSD Card on Windows environment.

Prerequisites

Hardware Requirement:

  • I-Pi SMARC IMX8M Plus Development Kit
  • Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse
  • HDMI Display
  • MicroSD Card

Software Requirement

Steps:

  1. Go to your working directory to extract the downloaded Ubuntu/Debian image.

  2. Insert an empty MicroSD Card into the card reader and then insert the card reader into the host computer.

  3. Open rufus.exe to flash the image into the MicroSD Card, It will auto-detected MicroSD Card as shown below.

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  1. Press the SELECT button to browse to the .img file in your directory. After selecting the .img file, click START.

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  1. A Warning message will pop up, click OK.
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  1. Click OK to continue
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  1. Wait for the process to finish.
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  1. After successfully booting, you can now connect to the I-Pi SMARC IMX8M Plus

​ Note: I-Pi SMARC IMX8M Plus Connections

​ Refer to this link for I-Pi Connections.
​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axp5oOVpnDE

  1. Power on the board to boot.

Default home screen for Ubuntu

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Default home screen for Debian

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