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Download the prebuild binary.

  • Download The prebuild binary of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric ocelot server edition for PandaBoard

Copy image to SD-card

  • Insert the SD-card into your host (Ubuntu) computer
  • Make sure the SD-card is not mounted (Unmount if necessary)
  • identify the correct device name in /dev
  • Run the following command:
gunzip -c ubuntu-11.10-preinstalled-server-armel+<omap image>.img.gz | sudo dd bs=4M of=/dev/<device name>
sync
 
 
note: replace "omap image" with the corresponding file name, replace "device name" with the corresponding device name (not a partition name !!)

Boot the PandaBoard

  • Connect the PandaBoard to your host PC via a serial cable
  • Open a serial connection on the corresponding device with the following settings: ( 115200, n, 8, 1 )
  • Insert the SD-card into the PandaBoard and power up the board
  • The boot output will be shown on the serial terminal. After this first boot sequence, the PandaBoard will reboot.
  • After this reboot, the PandaBoard is ready to use and a terminal prompt is shown on the HMDI output

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