Linux Host Installation for DragonBoard-410c

 

Linux Host

This section show how to install a new operating system to your DragonBoard™ 410c using the fastboot method on a Linux host computer.

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• Step 1: Make sure fastboot is set up on host computer
• Step 2: Connect host computer to DragonBoard™ 410c
• Step 3: Boot DragonBoard 410c into fastboot mode
• Step 4: Flash Bootloader
• Step 5: Recall location of all downloaded files
• Step 6: Unzip all files
• Step 7: Flash all files to the DragonBoard™ 410c
• Step 8: Reboot DragonBoard 410c

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Step 1: Make sure fastboot is set up on host computer.

You can install fastboot from source or using your distro package manager.

• From source:

  • Android SDK “Tools only” for Linux can be downloaded here
  • The Linux “Tools Only” SDK download does not come with fastboot, you will need to use the Android SDK Manager to install platform-tools.
  • To do this follow the “SDK Readme.txt” instructions included in your SDK “Tools Only” download.

  If you are still having trouble setting up fastboot, click here for a short tutorial video

• Or using a distro package manager:

# Red Hat flavour (Fedora, CentOS)
$ sudo yum install android-tools

# Debian (Ubuntu)
$ sudo apt-get install android-tools

# Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) and beyond
$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot

Step 2: Connect host computer to DragonBoard 410c
 
 
DragonBoard™ 410c must be powered off (unplugged from power)
 
Make sure microSD card slot on DragonBoard™ 410c is empty
 
S6 switch on DragonBoard™ 410c must be set to ‘0-0-0-0’. All switches should be in “off” position
 
Connect USB to microUSB cable from host computer to DragonBoard™ 410c
 
 
 Step 3: Boot DragonBoard™ 410c into fastboot mode
 
Please read all bullet points before attempting
 
 
Press
 and hold the Vol (-) button on the DragonBoard™ 410c, this is the S4 
button. DragonBoard™ 410c should still NOT be powered on
 
While holding the Vol (-) button, power on the DragonBoard™ 410c by plugging it in
 
Once DragonBoard™ 410c is plugged into power, release your hold on the Vol (-) button.
 
Wait for about 20 seconds.
 
Board should boot into fastboot mode.
 
From the connected host machine terminal window, run the following commands:
# Check to make sure device is connected and in fastboot mode

$ sudo fastboot devices
Typically it will show as below
de82318	fastboot
At this point you should be connected to your DragonBoard™ 
410c with a USB to microUSB cable. Your DragonBoard™ 410c should be 
booted into fastboot mode and ready to be flashed with the appropriate 
images.
 
 Step 4: Flash Bootloader
 
 
Use host computer
 
Open “Terminal” application
 
Recall location of Bootloader download.
 
The bootloader file should be named dragonboard410c_bootloader_emmc_Y-XX 
 
Y represents Android or Linux
 
XX represents the release number of the Bootloader
 
 cd to the directory with your unzipped Bootloader Folder 
 
$ cd <extraction directory>

#Example:
cd /Users/YourUserName/Downloads
#<extraction directory> = /Users/YourUserName/Downloads
#For this example we assume the "Bootloader" is in the Downloads folder.


$ cd <unzipped Bootloader folder>

#Example:
cd dragonboard410c_bootloader_emmc_linux-40
#<unzipped Bootloader folder> = dragonboard410c_bootloader_emmc_linux-40
#This example took place during release 40

# This command will execute the flashall script within the bootloader folder
$ sudo ./flashall
The bootloader has now been flashed to the eMMC. Rebooting will launch 
the newly-flashed boot loader, which will allow us to flash the 
remaining parts of the operating system.
# Reboot the system so we can flash the rest.
$ sudo fastboot reboot
Step 5: Recall location of all downloaded files
 
Recall location of all downloaded files from the downloads page, files will be different for Android and Linaro/Debian:
 
 Linaro/Debian: Recall location of boot and rootfs downloaded from the downloads page
 
 
You should have downloaded the boot file
 
You should have downloaded ONE of rootfs file (Either Developer or Desktop - ALIP` version)
 
 
 Android: Recall location of boot.img.tar.xz, system.img.tar.xz, 
userdata.img.tar.xz, recovery.img.tar.xz, persist.img.tar.xz, cache.img.tar.xz, 
downloaded from the downloads page
 
 
All of these files should have been downloaded from the downloads page
 
 
 Step 6: Unzip required files
 
 For Debian
$ gunzip boot-*.img.gz
$ gunzip linaro-*.img.gz
For Android
$ tar -xvf boot.img.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf system.img.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf userdata.img.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf recovery.img.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf persist.img.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf cache.img.tar.xz
Step 7: Flash all images to the DragonBoard 410c
 
 
Use host computer
 
Use “Terminal” application
 
Recall location of extracted(unzipped) files
 
 cd to the directory with your unzipped files
 
From within extraction directory, execute the following commands:
 
 
 Linaro/Debian:
# (Once again) Check to make sure fastboot device connected
$ sudo fastboot devices
# It will show similar to below if the device is connected successfully
de82318	fastboot

# cd to the directory the boot image and  were extracted
$ cd <extraction directory>

# Make sure you have properly unzipped the boot and rootfs downloads
$ sudo fastboot flash boot boot-linaro-jessie-qcom-snapdragon-arm64-**BUILD#**.img
$ sudo fastboot flash rootfs linaro-jessie-developer-qcom-snapdragon-arm64-**BUILD#**.img


Note: Replace BUILD# in the above commands with the file-specific date/build stamp.
 
 Android:
# (Once again) Check to make sure fastboot device connected
$ sudo fastboot devices
# It will show similar to bellow if the device is connected successfully
de82318	fastboot

# cd to the directory with extracted images
$ cd <extraction directory>

# Make sure you have properly unzipped the downloads
$ sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img
$ sudo fastboot flash system system.img
$ sudo fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
$ sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
$ sudo fastboot flash persist persist.img
$ sudo fastboot flash cache cache.img

Step 8: Reboot DragonBoard™ 410c
 
 
Unplug power to DragonBoard™ 410c
 
Unplug micro USB cable from DragonBoard™ 410c
 
Ensure HDMI connection to monitor
 
Ensure keyboard and/or mouse connection (Depending on your rootfs selection)
 
All credit to this post goes to 96Boards for providing this wonderful information on the
internet, most part of it was carried out on personal devices and is meant absolutely for
the purpose of studies only. Neither we nor 96Boards Team will be held responsible, should in 
case any of this information is being maliciously used thanks.
Plug power back into DragonBoard™ 410c
 
Wait for board to boot up
 
Board will boot into either command line or desktop depending on rootfs
 
 
Note: For Linaro/Debian the username and password are both “linaro” when the login information is requested.
 
Congratulations! You are now booting your newly installed OS directly from eMMC on the DragonBoard™ 410c!










All credit to this post goes to 96Boards for providing this wonderful information on the
internet, most part of it was carried out on personal devices and is meant absolutely for
the purpose of studies only. Neither we nor 96Boards Team will be held responsible, should in 
case any of this information is being maliciously used thanks.